So I bought a bunch of stuff to build an #epaper#weather display based off an #esp32 board, sort of mixing and matching stuff up from a few project I had found.
I had assumed that the hardware would be supported by #esphome, but the amount of stuff that especially me actually supports is... Disappointingly low.
So, besides learning how esphome works, I now get to figure out how to add a 3rd party library in there and how to write a panel description so it can drive it.
@farooqkz I'm using #KaiOS too! But wondering whether to get an #epaper#Android device for the few things like need apps like cab booking and payments (so unlike you it will be partially a phone). Of course if I can get those apps onto KaiOS that would be even better...
Something I'd be interested in that I can't seem to find:
A low-powered Linux laptop with an e-ink display, that I could use for long-form writing or coding.
What I've found so far are mostly either
Tablets intended for note-taking (like the ReMarkable or BOOX's various lines)
Higher-end where the e-ink display is an extra (like Lenovo's swivel designs where you rotate the display to use either an OLED or e-ink).
Some of the tablets do have keyboard cases, which would be better than just hooking up a random Bluetooth keyboard, but it doesn't look like I can just install programs on them, except for the Android ones, which aren't going to be ideal for things like coding or running build scripts or anything like that.
The closest I found was the Modos Paper Laptop, but seems to still be in the prototype phase.
Does this form factor exist yet? Am I just having trouble finding them because of the current state of search?
I have these two next to my front door, one shows where my car parked (redacted) and one shows the day’s weather. I thought the weather one died because I couldn’t ssh to it, but a restart fixed that (after I’d unplugged everything and pulled it off the wall of course).
It wasn’t working because I accidentally left a reference to the darksky API (RIP) and Jan 22nd was apparently the day that decided to break my code.
🎉 The cases for the Hush Line Personal Server arrived yesterday, and I couldn’t be happier with the result!
We worked with an OEM in Taiwan on a custom-designed, security-focused case for our forthcoming self-hosted tip line product, and what was just a concept is now real!
Only 100 exist, and they’ll go on sale after our security audit, and once all the findings are addressed. 🔥
#BOOX uses a big number of #FOSS stuff in their #epaper tablets. I first thought it's just the #Linux#kernel which they don't release the source code. But I've realized they are using many more FOSS stuff. Like the #Android apps from #SimpleMobile which are not #copyleft but if they were, legally, BOOX had to free their source code, too. One might argue what is the difference when they don't release the source codes. The differences come up when BOOX is in a court. #GPL#free_software
Thank you so much! Another person, @elsewhere0789, suggested the same in private. I've installed koreader on Android but it is not much user friendly. But I'm looking forward to buy a #Kobo#ereader install #postmarketOS on it and install this #koreader on it.
But that would be about a year from now as I'm having too many technical debts
I'm thinking, a very basic #WM written in #rust which loads koreader and a #gemini browser.
We are currently witnessing the fallout from monopolization in the browser space. Back in 2007, Internet Explorer received much criticism for its phishing protection mechanism which transmitted all visited websites to Microsoft servers. Mozilla paired up with Google and designed a different system which performed most checks locally and preserved users’ privacy. That’s what healthy competition looks like.
Fast forward to 2023. Almost all web browsers in use are either Chrome or based on the Chromium browser engine. With the competition pretty much eliminated, Google is now pushing its “Enhanced Safe Browsing” down everyone’s throats – which is a nice sounding name for “every website you visit is sent to our servers.” The Internet Explorer approach from 2007 all over again, only that now it’s Google getting all this data. And they certainly won’t do anything evil with it. Yeah, sure.
Reminder: Firefox and Safari are the only remaining browsers worth noting which are not using Google’s browser engine.
I think #Firefox is not healthy either anymore. I think I read about it moderating bookmarks or something. Either way, if you use a liberated and community based fork like #Chromium or #LibreWolf you are fine. I am using the latter on desktop and #einkbro on my tablet(I have got an #Epaper tablet).
Hey, fellow #ADHD and other other #Neurodivergent types: Someone in our office showed me the Remarkable 2 notetaking tablet and it looks amazing, but is crazy expensive. Any real world reviews for me? #tablet#epaper#TechReview
heise+ | E-Book-Reader im Farbdisplay: Pocketbook InkPad Color 2 im Test
Pocketbook hat seinen großen Farb-E-Reader für Comic-Fans deutlich verbessert. So darf er etwa mit in die Badewanne und liest Bücher über den Lautsprecher vor.