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…
I have an original reMarkable (not the 2) and whilst it’s a but slow for big fancy scanned PDFs it is generally pretty good for what I want. It does also run linux so you can ssh into it and do everything locally away from their cloud services which is nice
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 had the remarkable 1, 2 and now have the Pro.
I also have a PineNote.
My notes on both https://fabien.benetou.fr/Tools/Eink including installing specific apps
So it sounds like you could recomend Remarkable? Do you know how long the software support is?
I definitely recommend it… but I also wouldn’t dare predicting the future.
So far unofficial hacking on the reMarkable has been great. The Discord is very active, new development e.g. https://github.com/asivery/rm-appload (random pick from Discord) so that’s the sign of a healthy tinkering environment.
Yet, reMarkable has never pushed for customization either. They also got VC funding in 2019 and 2022 but that seemed to have changed nothing on that front.
So… I highly doubt they would somehow break the ability to connect to ssh then install applications. They definitely can not even technically do that as long as one does not automatically update. Consequently I can safely say that if you get a reMarkable today, you will be able to do a lot with it.
All that being said, even though it’s Linux proper, it’s also a rather specialized environment with limited resources. If you do not love to tinker, make sure the application you actually need is already available and working on the right version you want (e.g. might work on rM2 but not on rM Pro).
If you have a specific need in mind, let me know and I can try to share the right resource, otherwise join the Discord and ask there.
oh thank you. Im going to think about it more. I thank you for the research. I just dont wanna buy a device, that when the company ehind, decides that the device isnt working anymore, i cant do anything to expand the lifecircle. I like how i could get a older Thinkpad to get a new life with Linux :)
With pleasure, if you do have questions later on though, even in months, please feel free to ask here again.
Yes using an older device is nice. If you like to tinker a bit there are even older eInk devices that can be unlocked so maybe finding which one and getting it 2-hand could be an interesting adventure.
Based on linux is no guarantee for stable, secure or privacy respecting software. Android is based on Linux. :-) And so is Remarkable, and some of the e-book readers.
I really like both the idea behind e-book readers and Remarkable, but they are often a very closed environment, so forget about most FOSS, if any. They want to make money on you, and that stops, if you use other software than theirs.
Take a look at the Kobo Elipsa. I know someone who has it and they like it a lot. They use it daily at work for taking notes. I think you can export your notes to a computer by connecting it via USB and mounting it as a drive.
I would suggest a super note manta.
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.Yeah I have the Libre Colour and it’s great! The pen feels good, it lets you do what you want with it (eg. using Calibre to strip the DRM off your books and loading them via USB, installing KOReader etc.) and it works well with Libby for getting eBooks from the library (at least in Canada.)
I have a remarkable 2 and I like it. And yes it’s a Linux machine.
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Hey. Thank you all for the answers. It made me see that there are more devices to get to know. Like one of you has written, some devices may be so niche, that support isnt going too stay long. And, what to do then? Is it another device that will be in the schelff? Im going to look more into Kobo, and Boox, at first. But yir its just easyer to have a device in the hand, and then make a choice :)
