Thread: Alternate OS for Kindle DX (white)?
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Old 08-19-2016, 01:38 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by painkiller View Post
I found that an alternative OS for almost all Kindles is Duokan, but I was wondering if it's open source and if it works with the Kindle DX (the wiki doesn't mention it, but some posts here do)..
Using that OS will avoid the "Big Brother" feature of Amazon, right?

Are there other OSs beside that one?

Thanks in advance
What HarryT said. Duokan is a closed-source commercial rip-off app containing GPL open source code, and it has stolen from our developer community here as well, while violating open source licenses and being incompatible with our hacks. We do not support it here, but there is a thread dedicated to Duokan nonetheless.

It may be possible to port Android OS to kindle devices, but somebody has to be interested in it enough to devote the time to develop and support it. The are hints (adb server) that newer eink kindles may have official amazon Android OS in the future.
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