Well i just saw the remarkable 2. I liked how it workes at feels. But im concerned for the update abillity, like the software support, and the abillity to decide what data is send and so on. Im a noob for Linux, i use fedora on my laptop, and thats it. So yir Pinenote isnt for me,because im not that good in linux development. What is the linux community thoughts on the remarkable 2 (as far as i know, its based on Linux) or are there good alternatives out there? I want to use it for note taking and reading pdf…
The Remarkable 2 is fantastic. You can ssh into it, and scp from it. There are some filesystem layout quirks, but it’s good. Peerless writing experience. Great battery. Plenty storage. Large screen. No backlight, sadly. Good for
- taking notes
- reading & annotating PDFs
- reading technical books, with illustrations and diagrams
- reading graphic novels
Not so good for reading for pleasure, like fiction. It’s too big. It’s best for active reading and writing.
I have a Kobo Aura H2O for recreational reading and travel. Massive memory and an SD expansion slot. Backlight. Pretty indestructible, I read it in the jacuzzi.
I’ve found that all modern E-Ink tablets are trash. They’re built cheaply and to fail after 2 years or less, regardless of premium model or not. I went through 4 devices of various models and manufacturers (Kobo, Kindle, Pocketbook) over <2 years, while I used my old Kindle 3 for >5 years and technically it still works. These days they all use the same wonky chipsets and flakey components especially for power management. 3 of those 4 devices just suddenly didn’t turn on anymore one day.
Personally, I now read on my FP5 with the Android KOReader port, which due to the AMOLED screen has excellent contrast and sufficient battery life with white-on-black text. Maybe when we finally stop producing devices for land fills I’ll take another look at E-Ink.
Bigme ePaper Smartphone Hibreak Pro if the money allows you to buy this device.
I have kobo sage. It runs on a Linux based OS. Not fully Linux, but very open and doesn’t get in your way. Easily jailbreakable if you want to install KOreader on it. I turn off the wifi on it and go for it. Been loving it. Only issue with it is the battery is on the smaller side, so it doesn’t last for weeks like the Amazon
kindledKindles, but it’s good enough for me when the wifi is off.I went with the supernote Manta and I love it. It is Android based, not Linux, and the ecosystem is really sparse. But you can easily side load F-Droid or the aurora store and that opens everything up. I have next cloud syncing my documents and moon reader giving me access to my calibre library.
It is first and foremost a note taker and drawing pad, sacrificing lights and color for writing feel. The writing feel is amazing though. No subscriptions, non replaceable pens, support for replaceable tip 3rd party pens.
It’s cost is quite a bit more than remarkable 2 or the pinenote though.
Another vote for the Supernote. I’ve got the Nomad and I’m so far pretty happy with it. I use it mainly for note taking, for which it excels. It was pretty expensive to import it where I live, but its worth it.
Not to nitpick, but Android is Linux based. So I would expect to be able to do all the same stuff that I can on a Linux based one.
Edit: can anyone explain why the downvote? Any concern about android ecosystem vs linux ecosystem should be moot, and I think that’s useful context…
In practice, it isn’t trivial to use android as a computer like you would in a linux-based system, installing desktop apps and stuff. It’s definitely doable, but although one of based on the other they are very different systems in day-to-day use.
