How to use a Kindle DX as information dashboard

[peanutman]

Hi,

This is probably a stupid question considering all the fancy stuff that is going on here, but here goes. I did look around but surprisingly didn't really find anything related.

I have a Kindle DX and I would like to use it as a kind of information display (show my calendar events, some stock data, ..). I have the required coding and UNIX experience but I am completely unfamiliar with the Kindle jailbreak ecosystem and I'm not sure which existing tools I can use to make my life easier.

Projects such as Kindle DX PC Display are a first step to what I want to achieve, but ideally the Kindle would act as a standalone device and not just as a display for another device.

From what I learned I'm thinking this is what I should do:

- Jailbreak my Kindle DX to get access to the underlying OS
- Get SSH working over USB (for development)
- Get SSH working over WiFi (for development)
- Find a way to run a webbrowser or image viewer for displaying content of my choice

Ideally my info app would just be a website rendered in a browser on the Kindle, but worst case I can even prerender the whole screen on an external server and just let the Kindle refresh and show the image every few minutes. Perhaps I can even abuse the "screensaver" for this.

Anyone have any advice on how to achieve this? Can I easily get graphical apps running on the Kindle? I also came across Kite and KUAL but I'm unsure if they would help for my use case.

TL;DR: What is the easiest way to get my Kindle DX to show an information dashboard (that I will make). The information could be in the form of a simple webpage, or a static image, or a native app, whatever is easiest.

[encol]

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