Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Unknown Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: E-reader: expand capabilit? Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:53:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:53:04 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="734384a9a838181e633e640ff07b2815"; logging-data="10175"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+wyJhXM5gzkpMavGNXgcUmv5DSwAADi9Y=" User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Cancel-Lock: sha1:b84YEpcx+wiZx0op3X/zvGCAlVo= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:2261 Going to a remote, isolated location for a few weeks, may be a good reason to buy an e-reader. But since e-readers are said to actually be linux/android computers, a linux user would not want to be restricted to using the e-reader for reading text. Where's the 'entry point' for "jailbreaking" an e-reader? An essential is that, you need to get into a loop: . Currently I'm interested in the make: kobo; but the principles should be the same for all brands? Thanks for any info.