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Debian on a kobo : Impressive
I am really tempted to buy a kobo mini to tweak with it ... What I really miss with the kobo is : - folder hierarchy - RSS newsreader (offline mode) - manga/comics viewing With debian it is pretty sure it should be ok (well in coolreader for kobo too I gues). How about the usuability of calibre in "Koboian" ? Would gestikk (https://launchpad.net/gestikk) work on the kobo mini ? That would be great for switching full screen ^^ Last edited by allw; 09-24-2013 at 05:04 AM. Reason: added gestikk ref |
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09-25-2013, 12:49 PM | #18 |
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Which desktop you use in this debian? I installed pidgin, xfe, calibre and so on and I dont know how I add this programt to menu. Thanks for help
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09-25-2013, 01:21 PM | #19 |
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I did looked again at mouse gesture
This one seems to be quite better http://pengpod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4489 than the previous one. I wish my new "experimental" kobo will arrivce soon (cheap one : 50€)! So i'll see how it works I would like to see if something like a mail retrival client could be setup ^^ PS : will it be possible to have a detail of the needed task to perform in order to be able to build the SD image ? Thanks Last edited by allw; 09-27-2013 at 09:09 AM. |
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Hello
Would a freedesktop compliant plug in would do the trick ? http://debian-facile.org/viewtopic.php?id=4029 (sorry it is in french ....but the main stuff is in the git ) Marek, do you think it would be possible to provide us the informlation on how to create the SD card ? I'm absolutly not proficient with that kinf of work:s it's not urgent ...but if I want to changes some stuff in the kernel ....that would be of great help for a lot a people I guess, PS : depending on how i manage to make it work on the mini, i'll perhaps go for a aura HD |
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debian + kobo = debo
It is - no small thing
to get, a small thing to work like a bigger thing. Here are some pics of my kobo-mini as it now works with debian (version is latest "testing") OS [screenshots are taken by the kobo-mini] === My daughter commented that, "all these black screens look like the monolith in the movie "2001", black tombstone trans-ceivers talking to, who knows who, what or where ... - Hence the choice of image for - startup/power_off === - 16Gb partitioned w/space for 2nd (future *nix OS) - boot to "kobo or debian" screen in < 5 sec - boot debian OS in < 10 sec - web browser boot < 5 sec - high contrast theme/icons - optimized fonts for EInk screen - (most) color info removed for high contrast text - xfce desktop - ad blocking via auto update/hosts file - synaptic package manager - custom useragent for mobile sites - news feed reader, email, ebook reader ... etc - Panel: . clock . system menu . internet browser . news/rss reader . ebook reader . file manager . editor . virtual keyboard . wifi ON/OFF . terminal . status cpu/ram/swap . windows active & a working torrent downloader * Tip: - opening the terminal (with it's background set to white) - then minimizing windows (with desktop background black) refreshes the screen. Later 2bits Last edited by 2bits; 10-03-2013 at 05:44 PM. Reason: pics didn't attach ? |
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I want your image big please It look perfect! Can you upload?
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It looks impressive !!!
Congratulations Edit : can't wait for you to upload the image Edit2 : do you think you could share it with us, your job seems very good ! Unfortunally I do not known the stepds needed to obtain a such image ... Last edited by allw; 10-09-2013 at 05:32 AM. |
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I installed the image that Marek Gibek provided on the mini.
I only replaced one line with the hex editor. I worked like a charm -- dual boot! (linux boot) ssh and ftp did not work, however vncserver did. (on the koboreader boot, ssh and telnet were OK) I would like to get USB host mode, so I recompiled kernel and injected it using dd if=uImage of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=2048 I even used the config.gz that Marek provided (to check) but touchinput is not functional anymore. Any ideas? |
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Tip of the day: Not all roads are straight lines ...
Well I was following the "GPS" thingy and am now in a corn field.
I've driven my $50 tablet (kablet, dablet?) into the ditch and lost touch screen function. It looked good and worked fine until I went "off road" like on tv ads. === Wireless surfing seems to use about 350ma so 2 1/2 hours to dead dog. Screen shot of gparted shows very little space is needed - debian rootfs 5GB available used only 2.43GB. Response is slow (as you would expect but still usable. I expect best added value will be - debian side to collect (and maybe reformat w/ calibre?) & converting web page/articles to epub (w/ dotepub?) then epubs moved to kobo side for best reading experience. If you use the device within it's limits it works well. It's like ... while you can get a fat old man into a bikini "speedo" it's never a beautiful sight. Midori browser seems very good and even synaptic was usable. Some apps (like synaptic etc) may need internal icon tweaks to get visibility up to standard ... Later 2bits Last edited by 2bits; 10-09-2013 at 03:16 PM. Reason: spelling correction |
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I think an ideal format for kobo + debian would be a minimal debian install onto a 4gb SD chip (the chip inside current kobo-mini production) ...
All practical apps (for small EInk screen would be possible) no extra chip to buy) ... Partitions remain as original so that kobo upgrades would still work - just expand space for debian (there is ample room). Solution is minimaly intrusive and entirely in software alteration. Just my 2 cents Later 2bits |
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How to make good better?
Consider ... (Smart) Phone: - $$$$ - color - Reading experience? Poor/compromised - too small - real browser? Tablet: - $$$ - color - Reading experience? Compromised - too big - real browser? Kobo-Mini: - $40 - EInk in your pocket - Reading experience? Excellent BUT Kobo-Mini lacks a web browser with 1) User Customized CSS for reasonable legibility 2) Ability to download ebooks 3) method to convert web articles to epub 4) automatically drop 2) & 3) into kobo library ? Question ? What is BEST way to overcome road block of the (crippled) kobo browser ? (And get the world of print into your pocket?) Fix it? Replace it? Install 2nd linux OS? Other ... ? |
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Regarding the browser it is possible to take a look at :
http://pandoralive.info/?p=143 LightWeight2 if available could be interresting I guess it is possible to use calibre to convert a webpage to an epub. If that is possible, it should be possible to create a script that download the current page and process it into epub ? The ideal would be a web browser that use a "paged" displaying of each page (ie not scrolling) ....I haven't foudn one yet (perhaps chromewith that plugin https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...igoaecbmbnmfkc but that may be too heavy for the kobo) Will you be able to share your kobo mini image ? Edit : if you are confortable with it, you can try : https://trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/Eve#no1, it should be more confortable for browsing Last edited by allw; 10-23-2013 at 09:42 AM. Reason: edit : addition of EvE |
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