Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle

It’s a rite of passage to run Tailscale on weird devices.

So writes Mitanshu Sukhwani on his blog, detailing the steps for getting Tailscale onto a jailbroken Kindle. Getting there, and seeing a kindle entry with a satisfying green dot in your Tailscale admin console, takes some doing. But take the trip, and you’ll end up with an e-reader that can run some neat unofficial apps, and is more open to third-party and DRM-free ebooks. And with a Tailscale connection, it’s easier to connect to files and a command line on your underpowered little Linux slab.

“For me, it's the freedom of being able to do anything with the device I own,” Sukhwani writes by email. “What I can do with the freedom is a different story.”

A jailbroken Kindle allows you to set a custom screensaver inside KOReader—even transparent, if you like. Corporate logos are optional.

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