Patches Posted With Aim To Mainline Linux Kernel Support For The Amazon Kindle 4

Posted by bob on Sep 21, 2026 4:11 PM EDT
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Amazon released the Kindle 4 back in 2011 with a 6-inch E-ink display, 2GB internal storage, and running a modified version of Linux. In the years since the Amazon Kindle 4 has been jail-broken and there are some customized Linux distributions with a patched kernel to run on the Kindle 4. Now in 2026 there are patches on the Linux kernel mailing list looking to mainline support for that fifteen year old e-reader device...

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