Hacker News Reader

Comment by V1ndaar | Hacker News Reader

I was under the impression there were a few big issues with the openness of the reMarkable. Don't remember the details, but at some point I decided it wouldn't be for me. But this seems like I may be wrong?

This seems like there should be good ways for a) easy sync and b) OCR without relying on their subscription (that's required, no?).

View on HN

Open-ness as in open source, I can't comment on, but open-ness as in being able to get root, is almost easy enough to stumble into

https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Help documents where to find the information, and the account details you are given afaik are for root

Some of their stuff is open source[0], others, like the UI, are not.

0. https://github.com/reMarkable

I would recommend looking at the Supernote. I did a ton of research and the ReMarkable seems very oddly limited. Supernote A5X is one of the best purchases I’ve made in 10 years easily.

Idk about hackability and whatnot but as far as a useful e-reader, note book, sketchbook, planner, it’s amazing.

Edit: Also unaffiliated with this product but it’s awesome: https://hyperpaper.me/

Configurable, highly linked PDF planner with a very responsive person behind it (I figure he must be around here somewhere :))

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!

Alt perspective: my reMarkable 2 is awesome hardware, easy to hack (root is trivial), and hyperpaper.me works great on it.

I recommend pairing it w/ a LAMY stylus.

The RM2 can't update the screen without Xochitl, though. That's why Parabola-RM hasn't been ported to it, AIUI.

Not exactly true. there is an experimental display driver that does not require xochitl[0]. There hasn't been enough need for replacing the current rm2fb solution yet to drive completing it yet.

0. https://github.com/matteodelabre/waved

I have a supernote a5x, it's amazing. Extremely useful for marking up pdfs.

> Idk about hackability and whatnot but as far as a useful e-reader, note book, sketchbook, planner, it’s amazing.

You can currently "sideload" apps. It's not officially supported but the Supernote team appear to appreciate people tinkering. Adding an official means of installing apps has been in the road map for a while.

> You guys are really exploring! A kind warning, installing third-party apps on your device may cause problems, as our kernel is optimized for E-Ink screens. We cannot guarantee a good experience with third-party apps if they are installed through unofficial methods. We are in the process of adding an official app store and support for sideloading, so please kindly wait.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Supernote/comments/wql9gm/how_to_in...

> https://hyperpaper.me/ Configurable, highly linked PDF planner with a very responsive person behind it (I figure he must be around here somewhere :))

Hey, that's me :D

Thanks for the shout-out Ethan, I'm happy to answer any questions people have about hyperpaper

Is it possible to generate the planner for A6X. The customization options do not seem to mention page size.

Yes, I can do that– the main change is just the amount of space available for the toolbar. Just mention it in the order form and I'll follow up with a custom build

Looks like there are several self-hosted options, like this one: http://www.davisr.me/projects/rcu/

Probably because it's easy to get root, like another poster mentioned.

You can run your own reverse engineered implementation of their cloud: https://ddvk.github.io/rmfakecloud/

Reply on news.ycombinator.com