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   :vibing_fast: kittymaxxing :vibing_fast: (rosey@fuwafuwa.town)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:09:10 JST :vibing_fast: kittymaxxing :vibing_fast:

   i don't even need an e-paper tablet, i'd be fine with a regular android tablet but it seems like there are literally zero 4:3 android tablets on the market anymore aside from a handful of epaper devices

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:09:09 JST 翠星石

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     @rosey Getting a second hand Kobo tablet (4:3) rather than going that far into proprietary degeneracy would be a better idea (the nonfree postmarketos distro supports a few models).
     
     Kobo tablets would be fully usable in freedom if it wasn't for the realtek wifi card and how postmarketos uses the proprietary version of Linux.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:56:07 JST 翠星石

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     @rosey >open-source
     GNU/Jihad against "open source"!
     
     Waydroid can run android software, but wayland does not support e-ink displays, which are framebuffer based (yet another L for wayland) and really that's too resource intensive and RAM intensive for the SoC that the kobo's use.
     
     If that is a e-ink reader you want to run, there's a native version of koreader for GNU/Linux (it does not work on BusyBox/Linux, but you can install a free debian chroot and run it from there).
     
     You actually have to manually install one of the few X11 wms that is usable on an e-ink touchscreen from a handful of options.
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     :vibing_fast: kittymaxxing :vibing_fast: (rosey@fuwafuwa.town)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:56:08 JST :vibing_fast: kittymaxxing :vibing_fast:

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com i want a device that can run a specific open-source android app, it looks like postmarketos might be able to support it with some work... i'll have to investigate further