Thread: Linux for e-readers: OpenInkpot progress *IS* being made...
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Old 07-08-2008, 10:41 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by pieter View Post
wow, impressive! Or is this like the Windows on the Iliad thing?
Pieter,

This is going to be a complete replacement of the OS. (Okay, the Cybook already runs Linux - my older version runs 2.4.x and the newer versions should be running 2.6.x.) OI will be 2.6.x-based and will have the feature that it *IS* completely open-source for all supported devices. That means Sony, Hanlin Jinke, Netronix, Iliad and all the rest of the e-ink readers should, eventually, get the same version. And the distro will include the library manager (whichever is developed) and the ebook reading app (FBReader right now - but maybe in a year or two something else could come along.). Now, as with the iLiad, the open-source nature of OI will allow developers to create other apps. (And if you want a calendar app for the Cybook, why aren't you developing one??? )

Derek
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