PW3 Can run full blown Chromium browser on up-to-date Alpine Linux

[juegos]

Does this work on the latest Kindle Scribe now that it is jailbreakable with WinterBreak? Given:

"alpine linux extension and many others probably don't work properly after fw >=5.13.6 as new fw versions need hf binaries . Try removing extension files and reinstalling KUAL ."

Thank you!

[mergen3107]

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[firstname]

@schuhumi: Thank you for sharing this, picked up a PW3 on eBay just to try it. Will be very happy just to have proper web access, but who knows perhaps in time a USB keyboard.

For anyone unaware, there is another recent thread where development has been discussed: Full blown linux alpine on Kindle Scribe?

Initially I followed the easy install instructions on the github for the KUAL Alpine installer verbatim, without first installing kterm, which is mentioned as a step in that thread.

Get started easily
Install KUAL Launcher from here: https://github.com/schuhumi/alpine_kindle_kual/releases
Use the KUAL Launcher to deploy Alpine Linux on your Kindle
Start Alpine from the Launcher

EDIT: Internet access issue resolved by setting my router as an alternate DNS server by adding the line 'nameserver 192.168.1.1' to /etc/resolve.conf.

Both kterm and Alpine now work great on my PW3 (5.16.2.1.1, WinterBreak) but there is no Internet access. If I just run kterm from KUAL I can ping www.google.com fine, but in Alpine there is no response from the same URL (with or without sudo), although if I use sudo there is from 8.8.8.8.

bash-5.0$ ping www.google.com
ping bad address: 'www.google.com'
bash-5.0$ ping  8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
ping: permission denied (are you root?)
bash-5.0$ sudo ping www.google.com
[sudo] password for alpine:
ping bad address: 'www.google.com'
bash-5.0$ sudo ping  8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): seq=0 ttl=117 time 73.577 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): seq=1 ttl=117 time 93.602 ms

I have not changed anything in the network settings in the Alpine GUI which is set to direct, and webpages do load in the normal Kindle Browser.

Is there something I can try other than a reinstall to fix the DNS or whatever the issue may be, or if I should uninstall is the KUAL Alpine removal option enough for this or are there any files or directories I should remove manually?

Also, as attached, the on screen keyboard often shows many ghosts of the cursor which remain fixed on keys I have pressed.

If relevant whenever I use log out alpine, after the device reboots I have an error file as attached.

[Piecho]

I managed to run it on PW12, thank you for the extension!
1) Is there any way to adjust the screen brightness and temperature while running linux?
2) How I should turn off the Linux? I used log of, but I had to reboot the Kindle. It had constant white screen.

Project of Chrome with ublock for Kindle sounds like great idea to be maintained : ) I was surprised I could play YT videos, I wish there was more control over eink modes!

EDIT: I played a little more and I failed on 2 simple steps. You cannot use Chrome add store beacuse it says device not supported. Another part is getting the plugins from the Github. I add "/releases" and click on assets but they never opens. Another step would be for me using claude for some terminal tips or using ssh to transfer the plugins and fonts, but thats not for today. I though about adding Dark Reader and Lexend font.