I bricked my Kobo and finally un-bricked it by followin
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=209122
While looking for a solution, I noticed that one can expose the bare Android o/s and wondered if there is a list of Kobo Glo images which can easily be installed using the methods described in the thread referenced above.
[Upadte] Let's rephrase the question as "Question: what neat stuff can run on the hardware of a Kobo Glo, and does anyone have an image file which I can simply copy onto my hardware and try it out?"