remarkable_news
reMarkable service to automatically download daily newspaper/comic as your suspend screen. No cloud needed.
Install
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin nyt
This will install and start the update service on the reMarkable. Every time you connect to WiFi, it will try to grab the latest front page from The New York Times. See below for more image sources.
By default, downloads are rate limited to once per hour (3600 s). This can be overriden by modifying /etc/systemd/system/renews.service
Requires remarkable-hacks to be installed for software versions >=2.5.0.27
Install (Windows)
Install WSL, then follow the Linux/OSX instructions. This has not been tested.
Supported News/Comics Sources
- XKCD
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin xkcd
- Washington Post (only updates weekdays)
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin wp
- New York Times (slightly low resolution)
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin nyt
- New York Times (high quality provided by acrogenesis/nyt-today)
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin xkcd
- Picsum (random images)
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin picsum
- LoremFlickr (random images)
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | KEYWORDS=nature,cats sh /dev/stdin loremflicker
- replace 'nature,cats' with your own keywords
- Unsplash (random images)
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | KEYWORDS=nature sh /dev/stdin unsplash
- replace 'nature' with your own keywords. Only one keyword supported
- Calvin and Hobbes
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin cah
- The Guardian
wget -O - http://evidlo.github.io/remarkable_news/install.sh | sh /dev/stdin uk_tg
Debugging
On the reMarkable
journalctl --unit renews -f
Then disconnect and reconnect WiFi to trigger a download. remarkable_news
will only download at a maximum of once per hour to avoid burdening the server.
Contributing
See contributing.md