In regards to the tablet, I’m thinking about buying an Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet. I’m open to any and all recommendations.

As for the distro, I’m fine with Ubuntu or Linux Mint (or for that matter anything that you may recommend).

For the ebook reading software, I’m leaning towards using Foliate since it supports kindle, epub, and pdf formats, not to mention that the UI is great and intuitive.

  • llothar
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    10 months ago

    Starlabs StarLite is just around the corner, they should be shipping first units very soon. Passively cooled, Intel N200, 16GB RAM, 3k screen.

  • trevorEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have the reMarkable 2. It ships with real Linux and has full SSH and root access. It’s an awesome, hackable device.

    The only annoying thing about it is that I tend to have to use PDFs instead of EPUBs because it lags to hell when rendering them for some reason.

  • darcmageEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Wouldn’t getting something like a Kobo and syncing with Calibre be a much easier/cheaper option?

    • Sleestak_ChakaEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I do this with older Kindles that I do not sign into. It works great and inexpensive.

  • flashgnash
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    10 months ago10 months ago

    Having tried and failed miserably with Linux tablets a number of times I don’t think they’re quite there yet

    As much as Amazon suck my old Kindle has always been pretty nice to use (the OG e-ink ones not the android ones, if you’re looking at the kindle fire just look into buying a better android tablet)

    There’s also the ReMarkable, I believe that also works as an e reader with the added benefit of the pencil to take notes with (worth looking into yourself I’ve never owned one)

  • spaduf
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    10 months ago

    They’re a little pricy (particularly the first party accessories) but the remarkable tablets run Linux out of the box.

    • WalrusDragonOnABike
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      10 months ago

      Glad to hear the tables are remarkable, but how are we supposed to find them if we don’t know what they’re called? /j

  • Revv
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    10 months ago

    The only tablet that immediately comes to mind is the Pinetab. For just reading books and satisfying your ethical requirements and running Linux, I imagine it would do the trick.

    • AbsentBird
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      10 months ago

      +1 for Pinetab. I got a Pinetab 2 this year and I love it.

  • LinuxSBC
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    10 months ago

    Honestly, an actual ereader might work out better for you if that’s all you plan to do.

  • raptirEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You can’t just install an arbitrary Linux distro on an Android tablet.

    If you want to run Linux, buy something like the Juno or Librem tablets.

  • fernandorincon
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    10 months ago

    Why do you want to run linux? Wouldn’t an android app like Moon Reader be enough?