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Old 07-19-2021, 02:21 PM   #8
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Device: BQ Cervantes 4
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Originally Posted by anarcat View Post

I have zero idea what Cervantes is (other than the writer), I didn't know it was a device until I read the koreader wiki. Any good?
Cervantes were good but they company that made them, BQ, died a couple of years ago. Their last model - The Cervantes 4 - has the same specs as a Kobo Clara HD but with a faster storage. By default they run a locked image of Debian Wheezy. You need to flash a developers firmware in order to do something with them besides stock OS (which is very bad compared with Kobo FW).

I got a few reports of people unable to flash dev fw lately and a handful of successes.

I have one and its my main drive but I cannot recommend it unless you get a cheap one (say 50-60€) with developers fw already installed.

A rule of thumb for running KOReader: stay away from Pocketbooks, use Kobos. A Libra/Forma is probably the best purchase you can do.
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