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Originally Posted by uppon2
@eschwartz Wow. Thank you for such a detailed response. I think I like to tinker, hack and customize and I'm wondering if the Kindle will offer me enough. I actually build custom themes for Android devices, so I really like to have root access and software flexibility. They both sound like they offer that to some point, though, the Kobo might have greater depth but lack the stability overall.
Something tells me to get a Kindle, I think it might be the whole social/ecosystem. I know I can still get books from there either way but it is not the same.
I think I will be like to customize the Kobo a lot more but feel more involved with the Kindle. It is still 85% Kobo, though.
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Well, I believe there ARE some straight-up Android images for the Kobo, the Glo at least (dunno about the others, I think debian is available for the HD though)... running Android will give you plenty of room to do things in a standard manner -- but if you are going to boot Android, you might want to consider getting the Onyx
Boox T68 or similar E-Ink tablet.
Although once you are rooted on the Kindle you can of course run anything you want, assuming you built it right. I think some people are actually running ArchLinuxArm or debian in a chroot...
There are several active devs in the Kindle forums who can help you get started cross-compiling for the Kindle, I know that much.
At the end of the day, you will probably want to get down to reading
don't forget to factor that in too.