Libra 2 Kobo Libra 2 first impressions

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by mathil

I would love using this patch if I didn't have to choose between this and fully justified text. I can read without ligatures but absolutely can't read unjustified text - it makes me feel as if I'm not reading a book but a Word document, if that makes sense (note: this is not a complaint - it's great enough that this patch exists at all for those who can use it!)

I set my books to justified using Sigil. Most already are.

[mathil]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I set my books to justified using Sigil. Most already are.

That's not the issue, I also justify my books via the stylesheet if they're not already. It's just that activating the ligatures patch with justified text causes some weird (and frequent, unfortunately) spacing issues: it's mentioned in the patch description as well.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Good - a 50% increase! Bad - still only confirmed OK for horizontal text in English books.

Anyway, the patch is, once again, part of the standard kobopatch pack.

Thank you. I do appreciate all the work that goes into creating the patches.

[mezzanine]

Originally Posted by Pjama

I hope I can behave with this similar to my iPad, which I will soon have had for ten years, as there has been no need to upgrade (I mostly use it for this kind of thing, and website/newspaper reading, plus the odd game), I would like to just keep this for the next ten years. What would tempt me to upgrade would be moving above 300 dpi. That’s it, really.

For me, upgrading from the Libra H2O to the Libra 2 has been well worth it.

Try not to charge your Libra 2 until full and don't let it completely drain. It's likely the battery will go first.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by MGR97

Hi, I’ve seen some people already doing it but I wanted to ask again (sorry if it has been asked before, I’m not used to this site yet haha). How’s the process of replacing the sd card on Kobo Libra 2? Are there any problems with the new sd card? I did that on my Kobo Clara Hd and it works great, but the screen is starting to feel a bit small for the use that I have (I mostly read manga). Thanks in advance!

the SD card in the Libra 2 is glued in. therefore if it fails it will be more difficult to replace than your Clara HD.

best wishes koboy

[MGR97]

Originally Posted by koboy

the SD card in the Libra 2 is glued in. therefore if it fails it will be more difficult to replace than your Clara HD.

best wishes koboy

Thanks! I’ll wait a bit and see if somebody does a tutorial like the one that exist for the Clara, I don’t want to risk breaking an e-reader jajaja

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by mathil

That's not the issue, I also justify my books via the stylesheet if they're not already. It's just that activating the ligatures patch with justified text causes some weird (and frequent, unfortunately) spacing issues: it's mentioned in the patch description as well.

That is true. Adding the better hyphenation dictionary available here can alleviate some of it though: Better Hyphenation

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

That is true. Adding the better hyphenation dictionary available here can alleviate some of it though: Better Hyphenation

The problem is that Kobo sets hyphenation for 5 characters. That's too large for most words that should be hyphenated. I set the other dictionary to a smaller value so you get better hyphenation by getting more words hyphenated.

[Sirtel]

I also set the text to justified in the css and disable hyphenation. For this reason, I use the disable ligatures/kerning patch, as I don't really care about those, but I do care about spacing issues. Hyphenation is not an option for me, though, I can't stand it.

[Pjama]

Yesterday I was reading an EPUB and it hyphenated township as towns hip.

That reminded me I have to set the number of letters after to at least four.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

For me there is a huge complication: fingerprints. Can't stand them on my ereaders. And yes, I can always see them, even when my hands are absolutely clean and dry.

I've figured out the problem and I know how to solve it.

The problem is the capacitance touch layer does show fingerprints. Using IR touch does not show fingerprints. I've not seen fingerprints on my H2O. But I do on my Libra 2.

[John F]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've figured out the problem and I know how to solve it.

The problem is the capacitance touch layer does show fingerprints. Using IR touch does not show fingerprints. I've not seen fingerprints on my H2O. But I do on my Libra 2.

You need to wash your hands.

[MaxStirner]

Can anybody tell how much RAM it has? Everywhere I look this info is either missing or is confused with storage. When the info is available there are confusing opinions between 512-1 gb but nobody seems to know for sure.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by John F

You need to wash your hands.

I do. But Kobo should go back to IR.

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by MaxStirner

Can anybody tell how much RAM it has?

it's still 512M

# free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            495         177         184           2         133         298
Swap:             0           0           0