I wanna buy an ebook reader but i don’t want any amazon or other companies shit in there, just something i can connect to my pc, pass ebooks in different formats into it and read.
I’ve looked into this in the past and settled on Kobo. You can disable the telemetry and never use the the Rakuten account part and have a very good ereader… And you can install the open source KOReader software.
https://github.com/koreader/koreader
MobileRead forums and wiki are a good resource for ebook stuff.
For example, a breakdown of the hidden configs on Kobo devices https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kobo_Configuration_Options
+1 on this. Kobos actually use Linux under the hood. And although the default UI is proprietary, it’s super easy to install KOReader.
You don’t even need to hack into it some custom firmware, just a sideloader, which normally doesn’t break even if you actually updated the base firmware.
Here the official tutorial on how to do it: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/Installation-on-Kobo-devicesAFAIK every single ebook reader on the market actually runs Linux under the hood!
My kobo is great. You never have to connect it to the internet if you don’t want to. I transfer epub files to it via USB.
Look at OnyxBoox
I own an Onyx Boox Air, but sadly can’t recommend it as Onyx refuse to comply with the Linux kernel license and don’t publish their changes. Not only is this a dick move it means custom ROMs and hacking is not likely to happen.
