I want to take it as a tool for reading/writing/studying and super basic browsing. My phone just broke, chat control just got approved and I’m sick of proprietary shit: I decided I’m not gonna buy anything which doesn’t hold free software anymore.

I love e-ink and I love Linux, but how usable is the pinenote with Linux? How hard is the install process? Can an average Linux user/self hoster use it daily? How’s battery? Couldn’t find many reviews online…

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    Had one from the start and also had a reMarkable 1, 2, Pro and e-readers with e-ink. I did discuss all that before so feel free to check my comment history. You can also check related prorotypes at https://fabien.benetou.fr/Tools/Eink including for the PineNote.

    Now on your questions :

    how usable is the pinenote with Linux?

    Last time I check it didn’t run well enough (basically CLI only) so I’m still on their stock Android OS. Worked great. According to other comments it seems fine now and I’m familiar with KOReader and a bit Xournal++ so I’ll try again.

    How hard is the install process?

    Easy, I didn’t do anything ;)

    Can an average Linux user/self hoster use it daily?

    Well in my case yes but again Android, so if you are familiar with it, e.g. adb then it’s easy.

    How’s battery?

    Fine but power management kind of sucks so it will not go to sleep properly and thus waste battery. It’s also heavy so honestly I wouldn’t travel with it.

    Couldn’t find many reviews online…

    Again, I did share on Lemmy quite a bit. I do warmly recommend it if you are a tinkerer who doesn’t travel too often. If you are a minimalist who wants to get things done then IMHO reMarkable is better.