[NTLK] Chances of Einstein on a Kobo

[Sylvain]

Hi Noah,

For this model I don't know exactly, but in general, Kobos run under a kind of extra-light « linux" that isn't really a linux. It seems to me that you can inject applications in QT4 or QT5 depending on the model, but you still need to know how to inject these Apps and which ones are compatible, especially as there can't be all the linux libraries installed inside. Kobos is not the best ebook to try this out. The Book Air are better because they run on Android and an apk already exists (in Paul's Git release) and seems to work on some models, I've seen photos on twitter/X but I can't remember where.
With the kobo it's immediately less easy, nobody has tackled the task, especially since kobo blocks “external” Apps. As always, all it takes is one good dev to make it a reality, but few are capable of doing it and even fewer will have the time to do it... 

There are also a few small projects to install Linux on certain Kobos, but these are still in the experimental sphere. Especially as you need to open these models to be able to make a physical hack to be able to boot the e-reader on the SD card (so the e-reader must have the SD card option…) In short, it's not easy. 

But hope springs eternal. And that would be great indeed!


Sylvain
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> Le 2 juin 2024 à 16:33, Noah Leon <moosefuel at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> I just received a Kobo Libra Colour from my wife, along with the stylus. Of course my first thoughts are, I wonder if I can run Einstein on this?
> 
> It seems to run some sort of Linux. Has anyone got Einstein running on a Linux e-reader recently? I know people used to hack these for fun but I don’t know if that is still a thing.