Thread: Kobo touch won't set up with Linux debian, is this thing junk?
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Old 03-13-2024, 09:34 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Killray View Post
Bought a kobo hoping to sideload it, it wants me to set up an account with kobo desktop. Desktop will not work with linux debian which I run and besides of which I find the whole thing a privacy violation since invariably the device will be phoning home.

Can I run a Kobo touch without running their desktop app first?
You may have some fun doing this since the Touch firmware can have issues connecting to Kobo over WiFi due to severely outdated security protocols. If you connect it to your computer and copy the updated firmware, this may help with being able to do a WiFi connect. If you update the firmware and still have issues, you may want to see for how to edit the SQLite database to fake a user.
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