irex iliad

David Chisnall jumped on the E Ink bandwagon with a Linux-based iRex iLiad. After spending a while using the device, he has some interesting perspectives to share.

David Chisnall takes a look at the Linux-based iRex iLiad, a type of E-book device.

"As a development platform, the iLiad is quite interesting. It has a fairly standard Linux kernel and X11 display, with slight modifications to the X protocol to allow for efficient partial updates of the screen.

The included software uses GTK. If you register as a developer (it's free), your iLiad is unlocked, allowing you to run shell scripts as root.

From here you can install third-party software easily."