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Old 12-24-2024, 09:46 PM   #235
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Originally Posted by sherman View Post
To be fair. Kobo firmware up to and including v4 is running some truly ancient software, and it was built with a custom toolchain.

FW 5.x has much newer software. It has Python, the latest Qt (the version of Qt in the older FW is truly ancient). And Yocto is basically the industry standard for building firmware these days.

Unfortunately, I do not have a Kobo which can run FW 5, nor do I have Yocto experience.
All I know is that I'd happily pony up on Patreon or the like if that's what it took to keep KOReader alive if/when all Kobos are on 5.x
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