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Looks like this is for the old version. The new version is going through staged preorder now.

If it'll work on the new that'd be enough to make me want one, but kind of rough to do it in the hopes it'll be able to run linux. The official OS sounds like its actual ebook reader software is pretty crap. If I'm going to pay that much for a device like this I really want a nice reading experience, not just note-taking.

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I agree completely with respect to the e-reader point. I was _almost_ ready to preorder V2, but that shortcoming gave me pause. I really hope they step it up a notch with that.

I did a little more research, and it appears that you can run KOreader on the V1. It doesn't seem to be supported at all, but it looks easy enough.

If you're not familiar with it, KOreader is pretty nice, supports all the formats I'd want and has decent features and performance (in general, haven't tried it on these devices specifically).

Would still need to see if it'll work on the V2, but if I knew it would I'd perorder right now.

A used V1 is suddenly more valuable.

But, wow, running Gnome on it would wear out the screen in only a couple of weeks.

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