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Here's a few that I know of. What other things are commonly running Linux that most people may but be aware of?

  • Ingenuity (helicopter drone on Mars)
  • Smart TVs and streaming devices (Samsung's TizenOS and Roku devices)
  • Smart appliances (Samsung's smart refrigerator)
  • Digital signs and billboards
  • My car stereo (Sony XAV-AX6000)
  • The Large Hadron Collider
  • FAA Air traffic control and radar systems
  • Self driving cars
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Remarkable eink tablets. Buried deep in the settings they actually give you the root password so you can SSH in. Also, it comes with an epic .vimrc file.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But, the software they ship is completely closed source and displaying anything on the screen requires hacking the binary (each software release). They have have been the opposite of helpful to open source for the last few years and have stooped to a cloud company trying to collect your data.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What is the best supported Linux e-ink device that's decent? I really want the PineNote, but it seems like its hard to find in stock and its pretty damn expensive. At this point, I'd consider building my own with off the shelf parts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I thonk kobo or onyx

[–] neonred 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. Have been running an FTP server on my Kobo Touch over its WiFi. Kinda neat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was referring specifically to Remarkable-brand devices... but Kobos are nice too, with that company also being indifferent to aftermarket hacks.

[–] neonred 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah, "Remarkable" is a brand, never heard of them and never would have guessed as the "R" is uppercase at the start of a sentence

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Oh, good point. If I was being brand-proper I'd spell it "reMarkable"... but, lol, not doing that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

https://github.com/reMarkable/linux At that, there are ways to hack it of course (Fairly certain it “ruins” some returns/warranty policies, but if you can in those cases, you can easily revert the modified bits if needed)

tl;dr : if you want to try to hack it safely, heads up to : https://remarkable.guide/

If you would like to run a pre-made Debian chroot on it. Saw other distros from other users https://github.com/Eeems-Org/remarkable-debian-chroot

If you would like to use (Not fully replace for stability/recovery concerns) another launcher which is MIT licensed https://github.com/Eeems-Org/oxide

You can install the “vanilla” (minus extra bits) kernel via Toltec https://toltec-dev.org/stable/#section-launchers

Aaaand, if you want to go the full libre way, there's a port of parabola on it sold here http://www.davisr.me/projects/parabola-rm/ Article here https://hackaday.com/2020/09/06/a-free-software-os-for-the-remarkable-e-paper-tablet/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Kindles too. You can jailbreak them and get a shell. They're so much more useful when they're jailbroken. They can read multiple other formats, they can get books from a fileserver on your local network, the jailbroken reader app is better, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've made a custom lock screen picture and uploaded it. I unfortunately have to redo it every update.

Also what is a .vimrc file?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Settings/customizations file for legendary text editor vim. Remarkable's comes with a lot of stuff built-in.