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Old 06-03-2025, 08:25 PM   #1
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Thumbs up A RSS converter(?) for Kobo eReader

For someone who is new to the Kobo e-reader, I still don't think there is any way to compare the Kobo to the Kindle. I previously used a Kindle Oasis 3 with LTE, and connecting to the internet anytime and anywhere allows me to access fresh information often. But since I switched to Kobo, I don't have access to the internet during my commute to and from work, but I still want to read news and information. So I tried to write a Python script to fetch 5 recent articles under each RSS link and turn them into ePub files to display on my desktop.


Click on the link below to see how to install it:
https://github.com/IcingTomato/Kobo-...ster/README.md

It looks like I don't have a way to upload attachments yet, so I'll post the GitHub link here:
https://github.com/IcingTomato/Kobo-RSS/releases
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Old 06-03-2025, 08:38 PM   #2
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Looks great, I will give it a try!

It is resource intensive to create such ePub directly on the Kobo Libra?
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Looks great, I will give it a try!

It is resource intensive to create such ePub directly on the Kobo Libra?
Yes, I’m building the ePub files directly on the Libra Colour.
I’ve tried using 10 RSS feeds, each fetching 10 articles, and the maximum memory usage was only around 120MB.
On Linux systems, Buffers and Cache might consume a lot of memory resources, so I added two lines in NickelMenu to check memory usage and to clear the Buffer and Cache.

Code:
menu_item : main : Memory Usage : cmd_output : 500 : free -m | awk 'NR==2{printf "Used: %dMB\nBuff/Cache: %dMB\nAvailable: %dMB\n", $3, $6, $7}'
menu_item : main : Clear Memory : cmd_output : 500 : sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && free -m | awk 'NR==2{printf "Used: %dMB\nBuff/Cache: %dMB\nAvailable: %dMB\n", $3, $6, $7}'
By the way, this script can also run on a server. I'm also exploring whether it can be deployed to Google App Engine to automatically push to Google Drive. That way, it can be used without jailbreaking, although it would still require an internet connection.
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