Linux users have some ideas for that new consortium seeking to promote Linux on desktop systems.

There are two central operating systems when it comes to the typical e-reader: Android or Linux. The Amazon Kindle, Rakuten Kobo, Remarkable, Pocketbook, and Tolino e-readers employ Linux.

Powering the tablet is a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, thereby making it possible to run any operating system: Windows, Linux, Android or even OS X in the extreme case.

Reader Rex Buddenberg took a longer look at SliTaz and noted that, as it uses the Linux 2.6 kernel, it is pretty remarkable that it fits on 16MB.