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rbarham · 01-14-2012, 05:38 AM

Hello everyone,

I have had a big interest in the Kindle lineup for a few years and just recently purchased a used Kindle 2. I am interested in updating the firmware to 3.x and installing Debian.

I am curious if it is possible to replace the e-ink screen with a resistive tablet screen? The reason I mentioned Debian is because I assume it would be possible to find display drivers that could be compiled for it.

If this has been mentioned in this forum before, I apologize. I searched Google and this forum and could not find any information over this subject.

First post!

01-14-2012, 05:38 AM	#1
rbarham Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle 2	Replace Kindle e-ink screen with LCD? Hello everyone, I have had a big interest in the Kindle lineup for a few years and just recently purchased a used Kindle 2. I am interested in updating the firmware to 3.x and installing Debian. I am curious if it is possible to replace the e-ink screen with a resistive tablet screen? The reason I mentioned Debian is because I assume it would be possible to find display drivers that could be compiled for it. If this has been mentioned in this forum before, I apologize. I searched Google and this forum and could not find any information over this subject. First post! Last edited by rbarham; 01-14-2012 at 05:59 AM.