<p>Klaatu reviews the Kobo Touch N-905 e-reader.</p>
<p>Too Long; Didn't Listen: it's a positive review and the device mostly works well with Linux. There are some exceptions, such as the need to hack around the registration process; luckily, that's easy:</p>
<p><a href="https://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=kobo-desktop-ereader-setup">https://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=kobo-desktop-ereader-setup</a></p>
<p>That being "the ugly", here are the Good and the Bad:</p>
<h3>Good:</h3>
<ul>
<li>works with Linux, after one initial hack</li>
<li>uses file manager or calibre</li>
<li>great format support (EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)</li>
<li>e-ink </li>
<li>great battery life (lasts a month on one charge, with every evening and weekend filled with reading)</li>
<li>a little more interactive and configurable than expected</li>
<li>one device, one app, one purpose</li>
<li>small, lightweight, convenient</li>
<li>cheap ($60 USD)</li>
<li>expansion up to 32gb</li>
</ul>
<h3>Negative</h3>
<ul>
<li>requires registration (or a rego hack)</li>
<li>rearranges your books by meta data; no override to respect your dirs</li>
<li>touch screen</li>
<li>slow (though not annoyingly slow)</li>
<li>long time to index books</li>
<li>hard to keep track of books you are currently reading</li>
<li>sleep/off screen should be more configurable</li>
</ul>
