[NTLK] Chances of Einstein on a Kobo

[Matthias Melcher]

Hi Noah,

there are such wonderful e-readears out there these days, and many of them use the Newton form factor and a pen. In theory, all of them can run NewtonOS just fine. A good paper display is actually very useful with NewtonOS, which displays relatively static graphics and works great with shades of gray or even just B&W.

Einstein OTOH is an emulator and needs a CPU that is much faster than the original MessagePad to be useful. Some of the E-readers have very limited CPUs. I did get Einstein to run on some, but it is quite slow.

I did a little bit of research and found that Kobo readers run on a minimal Linux. I did not find much on sideloading (installing apps that are not sanctioned by the manufacturer), and I got conflicting information on how to control the display. 

Maybe the device is too new to have a good hacker scene behind it? Or I am just too distracted to find the obvious?

 - Matthias

> On 2. Jun 2024, at 16:33, Noah Leon <moosefuel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> https://ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-libra-colour
> 
> noah