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So can we infer that the other Kobos should support rmkit?
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This is on a case by case basis, I typically use NiLuJe's fbink to look up what support is necessary for a device. the advice I had previously received from NiLuJe is to get the Clara working because that is similar to the most other Kobo devices. In terms of supporting that device listed - yes, it seems possible, but we would end up doing a lot of work. My ideal is to somehow use fbink as the backend for rmkit's notion of a framebuffer. then we can say anywhere fbink works, rmkit is supported (for drawing to screen). the main issue after that is aligning the input coordinates with the display coordinates
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Security-conscious people should also be concerned that a proliferation of low quality apps makes a nice target for malware.
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this is a fair point. I think that the major problem is that all readers are running as root and we haven't thought about what it takes to run an app as non root. I know that Oxide (for rM) does do sandboxing with a chroot. overall, this could be something to investigate for remux. for now, we have to trust that the source code does what it says and that the community is not being malicious.
i'm not a security person, so i don't know how they grade security issues, but i think there are two major portions: opportunity size and risk size. the opportunity is low (not that many users: maybe dozens or low hundreds, i have no way of knowing) and the risk is also low (people do not keep sensitive personal information on their readers. the major risk is having your data deleted on you or someone install spyware to report on your activity). probably we mostly need to watch out for people who get some fun out of harming other people's daily life (a griefer)