Im trying to help a friend without having in depht knowledge.
She wants an e book reader (phone is suboptimal) that is not limited to a company and at best supports tumblr which needs a browser like waterfox or an app (i will try to reccomend her wafrn later on)

most foss e book readers i found are a minimalistic linux system that seem to purely support e books
It simply being an e book reader is probably fine but bonus is bonus

Edit: thanks for all the useful answers, i will talk with my friend further about it but i didnt want to bloat the comment section as every comment is very much appreciated.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I’ve used a Kobo that has a limited browser, but if she wants to browse the Web, I’d just get an Android tablet rather than a dedicated hardware e-reader. She can run the Kobo or Amazon or whatever apps on an Android device, as well as run reader apps for PDF or whatever.

    IMHO, the major reason to get a hardware e-reader is to have an eInk screen. If she’s going to be doing anything other than the most minimal of web browsing, she’s most likely not going to want an eInk screen.