Kobo Elipsa 2E
I bought this device in 2024 to have at least some e-reader with >= 10" display for casual reading of books and various technical documents until I find or perhaps create my dream e-reader capable of running full-featured web-browser without any subscription cloud bullshit or home-calling to its vendor or CCP.
Kobo Elipsa 2E can be used without any accounts or internet so it’s fitting a role of such temporary device for me well.
Of course Kobo does not make it super simple and the following repo documents and automates my setup:
Kobo Elipsa 2E setup
Offline recovery and setup
When buying a proprietary device I like for it to be usable without any initial activation whatsoever and to be able to backup any updates so they can be applied without any internet connection after restoring/resetting the device to its factory state.
installer.py
This script automates initial setup, updates, and also installing some additional software like Koreader.
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