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August 19, 2011 12:05 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/C-Fijkx0orw/Ask-Slashdot-Ebook-Reader-for-Scientific-Papers
Ask Slashdot: Ebook Reader for Scientific Papers?
An anonymous reader writes "I love the idea of getting an ebook reader primarily for reading research journal papers. However I've heard bad things about the handling of pdf's on the major ones. I don't particularly care for color, but having an e-ink display and the ability to handle pdf/ps docs without conversion would be a major pluse I'd even be open to a hacked kindle running Linux if it were practical. Does any good solution exist?"A few months ago I found the Asus Eee Note (some folks even figured out how the software works and got it to run other Qt apps), but my hopes were dashed when I learned they had killed it before it even made it to the US. It seems right now that this particular niché is not being served: or is it? 
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