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On 3/7/25 15:08, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> On 03.07.2025 09:35, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 08:25:27AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
>>> On 03.07.2025 04:47,fxkl47BF@protonmail.com  wrote:
>>>> i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and other media
>>>> are there any running debian or other linux based distributions
>>>>
>>> "okular", "evince", "viewnior" to name a few.
>> And xpdf.
>>
>>    apt search "pdf.*reader"
>>
>> yields (among a few false positives) a few possible hits I never heard
>> of.
>>
>> Cheers
> I've re-read original poster's message and now I think we all 
> mis-interpreted their request.
> I think they asked for a suggestion about hardware, like a tablet 
> computer, or a handheld book reader capable of viewing PDFs and other 
> media formats, with Debian or another Linux distro under the hood.
> Probably these devices originally will run on Android or on some 
> proprietary OS with locked bootloader and encrypted firmware, so the end 
> user couldn't fight planned obsolescence.
> Speaking from my little experience, making custom firmware will be 
> incredibly difficult, also according to: https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile
> 
> -- 
> 
>   With kindest regards, Alexander.
> 
>   Debian - The universal operating system
>   https://www.debian.org
> 

Yes, I quite agree with the last post above; in reading the Subject 
field of the thread, and, the text cited above, from the original 
device, the original poster appears to be seeking something like a 
kindle device - note - device, not software application - that will run 
the Debian operating system -"readers running debian" - not "PDF viewers 
running on Debian".

And,
"
 >>>> i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and other media
 >>>> are there any running debian or other linux based distributions
"


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readers running debian fxkl47BF@protonmail.com - 2025-07-03 01:50 +0200
  Re: readers running debian ghe2001 <ghe2001@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-03 02:50 +0200
  Re: readers running debian "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2025-07-03 05:30 +0200
    Re: readers running debian <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2025-07-03 06:40 +0200
      Re: readers running debian "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2025-07-03 09:10 +0200
        Re: readers running debian tomas@tuxteam.de - 2025-07-03 10:00 +0200
          Re: readers running debian fxkl47BF@protonmail.com - 2025-07-03 13:30 +0200
            Re: readers running debian didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2025-07-03 14:10 +0200
              Re: readers running debian didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2025-07-03 14:20 +0200
              Re: readers running debian Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de> - 2025-07-03 20:20 +0200
                Re: readers running debian Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2025-07-03 22:10 +0200
                Re: readers running debian fxkl47BF@protonmail.com - 2025-07-03 23:00 +0200
              Re: readers running debian "Russell S." <rsstinnett@pm.me> - 2025-07-06 00:40 +0200
        Re: readers running debian Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2025-07-03 11:10 +0200
          Re: readers running debian Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2025-07-03 11:40 +0200
    Re: readers running debian Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2025-07-03 09:00 +0200
  Re: readers running debian Alif Radhitya <alif@radhitya.org> - 2025-07-03 07:40 +0200
    Re: readers running debian <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2025-07-03 08:50 +0200
  Re: readers running debian Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2025-07-03 09:10 +0200

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