It is - no small thing
to get, a small thing
to work like a bigger thing.
Here are some pics of my kobo-mini
as it now works with debian
(version is latest "testing") OS
[screenshots are taken by the kobo-mini]
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My daughter commented that,
"all these black screens look like
the monolith in the movie "2001",
black tombstone trans-ceivers talking
to, who knows who, what or where ...
- Hence the choice of image for - startup/power_off
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- 16Gb partitioned w/space for 2nd (future *nix OS)
- boot to "kobo or debian" screen in < 5 sec
- boot debian OS in < 10 sec
- web browser boot < 5 sec
- high contrast theme/icons
- optimized fonts for EInk screen
- (most) color info removed for high contrast text
- xfce desktop
- ad blocking via auto update/hosts file
- synaptic package manager
- custom useragent for mobile sites
- news feed reader, email, ebook reader ... etc
- Panel:
. clock
. system menu
. internet browser
. news/rss reader
. email
. ebook reader
. file manager
. editor
. virtual keyboard
. wifi ON/OFF
. terminal
. status cpu/ram/swap
. windows active
&
a working torrent downloader
* Tip:
- opening the terminal (with it's background set to white)
- then minimizing windows (with desktop background black)
refreshes the screen.
Later
2bits