On 3/7/25 15:08, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 03.07.2025 09:35, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:I've re-read original poster's message and now I think we all mis-interpreted their request. I think they asked for a suggestion about hardware, like a tablet computer, or a handheld book reader capable of viewing PDFs and other media formats, with Debian or another Linux distro under the hood. Probably these devices originally will run on Android or on some proprietary OS with locked bootloader and encrypted firmware, so the end user couldn't fight planned obsolescence. Speaking from my little experience, making custom firmware will be incredibly difficult, also according to: https://wiki.debian.org/MobileOn Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 08:25:27AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:On 03.07.2025 04:47,fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote:i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and other media are there any running debian or other linux based distributions"okular", "evince", "viewnior" to name a few.And xpdf. apt search "pdf.*reader" yields (among a few false positives) a few possible hits I never heard of. Cheers-- With kindest regards, Alexander. Debian - The universal operating system https://www.debian.org
Yes, I quite agree with the last post above; in reading the Subject field of the thread, and, the text cited above, from the original device, the original poster appears to be seeking something like a kindle device - note - device, not software application - that will run the Debian operating system -"readers running debian" - not "PDF viewers running on Debian".
And, " >>>> i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and other media >>>> are there any running debian or other linux based distributions " " "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 " .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..............