• [$] A look at CrossPoint e-reader firmware

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Thu Aug 13 06:40:09 2026

    There are a number of small,
    inexpensive, low-powered e-reader or e-paper devices that have promise as
    ebook readers with one minor problem: the firmware they ship with does not realize their full potential. To solve that problem, the CrossPoint Reader project looks to
    provide replacement firmware that offers necessary features, better performance,
    and a more pleasant reading experience. On August˙7, the project released version
    1.5.0, which opens large EPUBs more quickly, provides
    offline dictionary lookups, and has reworked settings for changing layout and font options. The release also improves support for right-to-left text as well as Chinese, Japanese, and
    Korean (CJK) text rendering.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1087635/
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