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The PineNote is an e-ink notebook that runs Linux

The PineNote is an e-ink notebook that runs Linux

While our short holiday interrupted us for some weeks, we have become used to Pine64 launching some of the boldest mobile Linux devices ever seen. Still when, in their August update [https://www.pine64.org/2021/08/15/introducing-the-pinenote/], PINE64 announced a new device, we remained particularly surprised. The PineNote,

Some Kobo e-readers can now run Linux, becoming inexpensive e-ink tablets

Some Kobo e-readers can now run Linux, becoming inexpensive e-ink tablets

Attempts to run Linux distributions on e-readers like the Amazon Kindle and Rakuten Kobo series date to many years ago, when hackers initially discovered the surprising flexibility of these devices, which are usually based on mostly open hardware and lack the advanced bootloader locks found in most phones. However, proprietary