- cross-posted to:
- opensource@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- opensource@lemmy.ml
It’s a free software firmware replacement for ereaders based on Alpine Linux.
I’ve not tried it myself but wonder how it compares to the stock firmware on Kobo, particularly in terms of battery life and general performance.
I’d never even heard of it before, but it sounds hella interesting! I’d like to know more as well.
As is customary with absolutely every single device and non-device in existence, the developer has made it run DOOM.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=xb-FgfQZEUM
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
If anybody is curious on why the screen is flashing like that, E-readers are basically etch-a-sketches and it must shake (or in this case apply a charge to the particles) to remove the previously drawn frame. Then, the next frame can be drawn.