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Old 05-25-2021, 03:48 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice View Post
It means eReaders that use Linux as their operating system, e.g. Kindle, Kobo, Remarkable. They don't give you root access out of the box, they don't run standard Linux applications out of the box and I'm pretty sure they don't use standard mainline kernel because usually these kinds of devices require some sort of binary blob driver for something.
Odd, I could have sworn my Kobo ereaders give me root access out of the box. No jailbreaking, no rooting, no hacking needed. But what do I know after a decade or so of using Kobo ereaders?
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