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Originally Posted by JSWolf
With a Kindle, you have to jailbreak to get any sort of access to the system. What the Kobo patches do is patch the firmware files outside of the Reader and then has the Reader install them over what is already there. No jailbreaking required. In fact, I was able to replace the default hyphenation dictionary (for US English) with a better one.
Yes, patching can be considered hacking, but there is no jailbreaking required.
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I understand. Linux depends on text configuration files and you -- often -- need root access to modify those files. However, I was able to apply configuration modifications (patches?) to both my Kindle 4 (margin changes) and my Kindle Touch (adding fonts and modifying the Touch to see them) without root access (jailbreaking).
(I should mention that I was only able to do this because folks were kind enough to post "howto" posts in the Kindle developer's section. And I should say "thank you" to them again. These two relatively small changes make my two Kindle devices much more satisfying to use.)