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	iJanuary 13th, 2018
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	iI was researching Raspberry Pis as a potential off-grid computer
	ihook-up. I wanted a wifi enabled, solar powered, ruggedized
	isystem. Preferrably it would have a local keyboard and display,
	ibut a model that I could only access over local wifi would be
	isufficient. Seriously air-gapped, like in-the-woods, style. That'd
	ibe neat.
	i
	iAnyway, I got sidetracked when I saw someone using a Kindle as
	ia display for their pi. I had the first generation Kindle and
	iI jailbroke it and was able to get a shell running at one time. It
	iwas neat, but pretty useless. The new ones, like my Kindle Voyage,
	ihave a much better display and faster refresh. It's actually
	iuseful as a terminal.
	i
	iSo I went looking down that rabbit hole. I documented my process
	i[0] but I wasn't able to get it working with the research I did so
	ifar. My Voyage is running a firmware that's too far upgraded to
	iwork with the published tricks. I've got a Kindle Touch downstairs
	ithat's not in use which I might try instead. I'll keep an eye out
	ifor new rooting methods too.
	i
	iI don't even care about the Pi part anymore. I just want to have
	ia Kindle as a terminal screen. That will be fantastic!

	iEDIT:

	iI've switched to my Kindle Touch and we're getting progress. The
	ijailbreak was easy but I struggled for a bit getting networking
	iworking properly. There's again 7,000 versions of advice for
	iconfiguring this thing online, but I didn't find the key info
	iuntil reading a readme inside a zip. The Kindle's system mounts
	iread-only and the root password is jibberish by default. To get
	ilogged in, I had to set up an authorized key. With that done it
	iwas just a matter of connecting. I did get both USB networking
	iand Wifi working. In the end, Wifi was way easier.

	iI'll document all this new effort in the explorations notes, and
	iI'll continue to share as features are added. Next up: app
	ilaunchers.

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