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Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle

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327 points Quizzical4230 | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 16:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Havoc ◴[08 Dec 25 16:56 UTC] No.46194646[source]▶
> is available for all but the most up-to-date Kindles

Bought one from eBay to try it out. Silly me connected it to wifi and suddenly it’s up to date and no longer breakable

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jsheard ◴[08 Dec 25 17:17 UTC] No.46194904[source]▶
If you want a cheap rooted eReader I think you're better off getting a Kobo instead, they don't officially support rooting but AFAICT they make basically no effort to prevent it.
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tfsh ◴[08 Dec 25 17:33 UTC] No.46195120[source]▶
+1 to a Kobo, they cheaper and better than Kindles, with full Calibre support (https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre - OSS which has been in development for ~20 years!).

The way you install additional software is literally just moving files into folders whilst its plugged into your computer. I'm sure it could handle Tailscale.

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jrm4 ◴[08 Dec 25 18:51 UTC] No.46196110[source]▶
Also consider koreader instead of the stock reader app.
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cyberpunk ◴[08 Dec 25 19:17 UTC] No.46196411[source]▶
I kinda love that buried in the koreader menu somewhere is an option that drops me at a linux shell. I have no use really for this feature, but i like it. Good for those times you absolutely have to crank out some awk on the plane or whatever. :)
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1. dotancohen ◴[09 Dec 25 12:45 UTC] No.46204331[source]▶
Thank you, I did not know about this!

But what I'd really like is an option not to hide the navigation bar while KOReader is open. I work with technical PDFs and need to jump between applications very often.

One of which is often Termux!