Hello, I am looking for a 7 or 8 inch e reader which supports KOreader. I dont have to big expectations, it should just have a Touchscreen and preferably wifi so I can wirelessly transfer books to it. I currently use an old kobo aura, and ereaders based on Linux are pretty interesting to me, but i also dont really care if the device runs Android. Also, I would like to stay und er my budget if 250€

  • huginn@feddit.it
    5·
    4 months ago

    TIL KOReader.

    I think staying with Kobo is a solid idea but it depends on if you’ve liked your device or not.

    I like my 5 year old Kobo Libra H2O - it looks like the new color Kobo Libra is a pretty big upgrade to that that looks like it’s in your budget.

      • huginn@feddit.it
        4·
        4 months ago

        I’m a professional android dev so I popped over to their open source project to see if there was any UI changes I could make to help out the cause.

        … The whole fucking project is lua.

        So I can’t help them: they appear irredeemable tbh.

        They wanted to make one UI for all platforms. That will always cause issues.

        • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          4 months ago

          The actual reader is better than a lot. I got convinced to try librera in another discussion about readers, and the library is better (with tags and filters instead of just a filesystem), but if you read too fast it chokes and can’t load pages (and this is just text). I get that an ereader might not have amazing specs, but it’s not something I’ve run into with any other app except ones streaming from the actual internet.

          But yeah, I have too many books. I need to be able to search and filter to find what I need.

      • exu@feditown.comEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        It’s the best of a bunch of bad options for cross-device reading unfortunately.

        I’m hopeful for a native app using Kavita, the main dev has said he might make one when the server is stable.