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(DIR) Post #A2u5thOQyCIFwVqPqq by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2021-01-04T19:36:15Z
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I think I'll return the Kobo. Can't get it working, support won't talk to me because I use Linux. It's a pile of rubbish that seems to me to be an Amazon wannabe.
(DIR) Post #A2u6Rd7rLHCAYOGt7o by mgrondin@youdabomb.social
2021-01-04T19:43:00.817318Z
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@ChrisWere Sadly we do not have a good Privacy respecting E-reader. As far as i know anyways. Kobo and Amazon both have there won DRM in place. Kobo is better i think but still not any good.
(DIR) Post #A2u6W3DgGeeqdn6PEu by mgrondin@youdabomb.social
2021-01-04T19:43:49.496085Z
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@ChrisWere Sadly we do not have a good Privacy respecting E-reader. As far as i know anyways. Kobo and Amazon both have there own DRM in place. Kobo is better i think but still not any good.
(DIR) Post #A2u6gwaNGysrFduYpE by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2021-01-04T19:45:05Z
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@mgrondin Kobo's not better if it won't work though.Although admittedly, probably more privacy respecting given that it doesn't work.
(DIR) Post #A2u73oFqPj0q4bDBh2 by mgrondin@youdabomb.social
2021-01-04T19:49:54.548912Z
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@ChrisWere LOL i suppose.If not for the fact that they are forcing a connection to there store now(older device did not...) then i think you would be able to transfer DRM-free ebooks to it without issues. The forcing of the store connection is the awful part.Just give me a device with a e-ink display that just runs a epub/pdf reader and that's all we need.
(DIR) Post #A2u7nsIPii3LvcNZD6 by tocageek@linuxrocks.online
2021-01-04T19:56:49Z
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@ChrisWere have you looked at https://remarkable.com/ beautiful device, supports epub and PDF plus lots of other features. Very expensive though :0(
(DIR) Post #A2uAR73oxX6KvEOK6y by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2021-01-04T20:26:36Z
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Oh, this is golden. Kobo support say that the servers no longer support this model. Basically it's a brick.These people are worse than Amazon.
(DIR) Post #A2uAziuoir0yAkgR16 by mgrondin@youdabomb.social
2021-01-04T20:33:59.798521Z
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@ChrisWere That's the same problem i have with the one i have...Maybe KOReader would work for you as well. I'm going to try on mine tonight.https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/Installation-on-Kobo-devicesJust found out about this from another post on Fedi...
(DIR) Post #A2uAzsu7aIOr9UR1Jw by matt@linuxrocks.online
2021-01-04T20:33:23Z
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@ChrisWere Internet of Shit!
(DIR) Post #A2uCiNPbcONSSxwNyy by maikek@eupublic.social
2021-01-04T20:52:35Z
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@ChrisWere have a look at #pocketbook readers, maybe they meet your requirements?
(DIR) Post #A2uCxmDZflCJkCelJg by galaxis@mastodon.infra.de
2021-01-04T20:54:11Z
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@ChrisWere WTF? Now I'm curious about the model you got (and which drugs their support is on).Just for reference: I own an Kobo Touch, which is almost 10 years old now, and it still gets software updates, and can talk to all of their backend systems (yeah, I'm using it with an account).I would be very surprised if any of the newer models went unsupported.
(DIR) Post #A2uDe9GaMvWXOHGlEG by immychan@antabaka.me
2021-01-04T21:03:07Z
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@ChrisWere the current state of ebooks is just kind of sad to be honest, most readers and ebooks are highly proprietary garbage, I refuse to buy an ebook with DRM that I can't break
(DIR) Post #A2uE5BuEfB5dOai5ia by avery@social.avery.cafe
2021-01-04T21:08:07Z
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@ChrisWere do you need to use their store? I have an old Kobo (Touch I think?) that still works, but the battery has gotten really bad so I don't use it anymore. The last time I set it up I used a trick to bypass logging into a Kobo account (I think it involved editing a SQLite database on the device from your computer), turned off the Wifi, and it was a nice offline device that I could just throw EPUBs onto from Calibre.
(DIR) Post #A2uEF4qtkBecPkra7c by brad@weeaboo.space
2021-01-04T21:10:23.520001Z
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@mgrondin @ChrisWere https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book
(DIR) Post #A2uETGjYMiexJoC8qe by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2021-01-04T21:12:21Z
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@avery Unfortunately to get past the first boot prompt, Indeed to create an account with their store.They said they no longer support the device updating outside of their Windows/Mac app.
(DIR) Post #A2uEi1oq6HZ5PAhmca by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2021-01-04T21:14:20Z
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@galaxis I spent a few hours with three of their support members. They all told me to get a refund as the model is from 2012 which is no longer supported outside of their Windows/Mac app.
(DIR) Post #A2uEnpZMYb5h9QEVTk by avery@social.avery.cafe
2021-01-04T21:15:30Z
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@ChrisWere I think this is the guide I used when I did it (but it was a few years ago at this point):https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kobo_Touch_Hacking#Fake_registrationI think you just connect it over USB and insert a fake user into device's database
(DIR) Post #A2uGxXcWLVOEHrT5LE by galaxis@mastodon.infra.de
2021-01-04T21:40:02Z
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@ChrisWere Weird... I had a quick look at https://pgaskin.net/KoboStuff/kobofirmware.html - the only device that's unsupported is the Kobo Mini, so if that's what you have you'll be best off returning it right away.If it's one of the others, you can try to download the appropriate firmware file - updating is all of connecting via USB and unpacking the firmware.zip file to the ./.kobo subdirectory of the device. But yeah, looks like you spent way too much time on this thing already... š
(DIR) Post #A2uHTh0sxU5KgZCBW4 by mgrondin@youdabomb.social
2021-01-04T21:46:37.607500Z
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@brad I've heard of that. And while it sounds nice it's not end user ready as far as i can tell@ChrisWere
(DIR) Post #A2uP56k8xPSWsa9WHg by kev@fosstodon.org
2021-01-04T23:11:29Z
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@ChrisWere what exactly canāt you get working? I have a Kobo and it works great with Calibre.
(DIR) Post #A2uSvRcyr0xqZXRxBI by eric@mastodon.ericlathrop.com
2021-01-04T23:53:34Z
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@ChrisWere Dang, I was just thinking about getting one. I didn't know they required internet, thought they just acted as a usb drive to dump files on.
(DIR) Post #A2uTQr5KFrVkVGgaAq by brad@weeaboo.space
2021-01-05T00:00:35.218065Z
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@mgrondin @ChrisWere Do you mean it's not usable post-assembly or just that it's not pre-assembled? Seems they've ticked off all the little progress markers now, I would think it's fairly usable. I may end up trying to build one in the next few months now that I have a Pinecil to solder with.
(DIR) Post #A2uTto0QmV9ZLtCWFk by mgrondin@youdabomb.social
2021-01-05T00:04:58.063832Z
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@brad > I may end up trying to build oneNot everyone has the skills to do this. That's what i meant. If it's not something i can purchase in a finished usable format then it's no good to me personally...@ChrisWere
(DIR) Post #A2uUO8Vd7DAld4FytM by brad@weeaboo.space
2021-01-05T00:11:17.561853Z
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@mgrondin @ChrisWere For the record I've never really done anything similar to assembling one, so I don't think I have the skills either.I would say if you're unwilling to even try (somewhat understandable), you could probably ask a local repair shop if they'd do the build for you, and then just bring them the parts or ship them straight to their shop. That, or ask a friend if you know someone who has the tools around.
(DIR) Post #A2uppGo0TY4kDSdFM8 by jiewawa@alive.bar
2021-01-05T04:10:42Z
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@ChrisWere I was planning to switch to a Kobo and put Koreader on it, but I donāt have any immediate plans to ditch my Kindle
(DIR) Post #A2zTyfXSDoBfbGQNHs by VikingKong@freespeechextremist.com
2021-01-07T10:00:16.600130Z
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@mgrondinhttps://www.pocketbook-int.com/int/products@ChrisWere
(DIR) Post #A3283hUGIkgdXXL6zQ by deadbeatguitarist@mastodon.social
2021-01-08T16:37:56Z
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@ChrisWere Oh? Which Kobo model is it? I have an old Kobo Glo that I've been using for close to 10 years and it still works. It would show as a removable device and I could copy files to it.