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I've looked at what this is, but it's not clear to me. Is this an alternative to Tor? How can it enable users in China to surf the internet for free? Is it some

by rogeryu 11y ago

I've looked at what this is, but it's not clear to me. Is this an alternative to Tor? How can it enable users in China to surf the internet for free? Is it some kind of VPN? A short intro is welcome! :-)

teddyh 11y ago
https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/ https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/ It’s a distribution to run on a small “plug server” in your home.
- jordigh 11y ago
  The goal was to sell the hardware as well, not just the software, to have a complete turnkey server. Like this: http://projectdanube.org/freedombox/ http://projectdanube.org/freedombox/
vox_mollis 11y ago
This is their goals/capabilities page: https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/goals/index.en.html https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/goals/index.en.html But nothing on this page is clear exactly which software packages are included, or how the distributed filesystem is federated, etc.
- Flip-per 11y ago
  These are the initial goals, but you can think of anything that decentralizes the web and advocates privacy. Here are the packages that are currently included: https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/tree/master/plinth/modules https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/tree/master/plinth/modu... That's tor, owncloud, openVPN, mumble, pagekite, xmpp, ikiwiki, shaarli, transmission, roundcube. There are also plenty of ideas for new applications/services/protocols, like replacing DNS, that would be a good fit.
jordigh 11y ago
It's supposed to be a cheap and complete server you can just plug into your own home. Remember answering machines? That they would store your voice mails, and it was a machine in your own home, which you could control all on your own? Your data physically stored under the same lock and key that you use for the rest of your life? That's the idea with Freedombox. Host your own email server, website, chat server. Servers nowadays are called "clouds", so the idea is to have a "cloud" in your own home, under your control. It's very similar to arkOS: https://arkos.io/ https://arkos.io/
lwyr 11y ago
I think FreedomBox is a Debian "pure blend" configured to provide self-hosted communication services such as blog, dav, tor, voip, vpn, wiki and xmpp on low-power open hardware such as single board computers, and any other hardware that runs Debian.
- nyan4 11y ago
  No, FreedomBox is Debian rather than a derivative.
  - lwyr 11y ago
    Debian Pure Blends are not derivatives. [0] [0] http://blends.debian.org/blends/ch02.html http://blends.debian.org/blends/ch02.html
me_bx 11y ago
A great explanation of why freedomBox is necessary and important is the keynote from Eben Moglen at Fosdem (Free and Open Source European Meeting) 2011. Why Political Liberty Depends on Software Freedom More Than Ever Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSLBvwyUEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSLBvwyUEs Transcript / Highlights / More https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations#A2011-02-05_-_FOSDEM_2011:_.27.27Why_Political_Liberty_Depends_on_Software_Freedom_More_Than_Ever.27.27_-_Moglen https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations#A20...: Really worth watching.

by rogeryu 11y ago

teddyh 11y ago

https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/ https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/ It’s a distribution to run on a small “plug server” in your home.

jordigh 11y ago
The goal was to sell the hardware as well, not just the software, to have a complete turnkey server. Like this: http://projectdanube.org/freedombox/ http://projectdanube.org/freedombox/

vox_mollis 11y ago

This is their goals/capabilities page: https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/goals/index.en.html https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/goals/index.en.html But nothing on this page is clear exactly which software packages are included, or how the distributed filesystem is federated, etc.

Flip-per 11y ago
These are the initial goals, but you can think of anything that decentralizes the web and advocates privacy. Here are the packages that are currently included: https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/tree/master/plinth/modules https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/tree/master/plinth/modu... That's tor, owncloud, openVPN, mumble, pagekite, xmpp, ikiwiki, shaarli, transmission, roundcube. There are also plenty of ideas for new applications/services/protocols, like replacing DNS, that would be a good fit.

jordigh 11y ago

It's supposed to be a cheap and complete server you can just plug into your own home. Remember answering machines? That they would store your voice mails, and it was a machine in your own home, which you could control all on your own? Your data physically stored under the same lock and key that you use for the rest of your life? That's the idea with Freedombox. Host your own email server, website, chat server. Servers nowadays are called "clouds", so the idea is to have a "cloud" in your own home, under your control. It's very similar to arkOS: https://arkos.io/ https://arkos.io/

lwyr 11y ago

I think FreedomBox is a Debian "pure blend" configured to provide self-hosted communication services such as blog, dav, tor, voip, vpn, wiki and xmpp on low-power open hardware such as single board computers, and any other hardware that runs Debian.

nyan4 11y ago
No, FreedomBox is Debian rather than a derivative.
- lwyr 11y ago
  Debian Pure Blends are not derivatives. [0] [0] http://blends.debian.org/blends/ch02.html http://blends.debian.org/blends/ch02.html

me_bx 11y ago

A great explanation of why freedomBox is necessary and important is the keynote from Eben Moglen at Fosdem (Free and Open Source European Meeting) 2011. Why Political Liberty Depends on Software Freedom More Than Ever Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSLBvwyUEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSLBvwyUEs Transcript / Highlights / More https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations#A2011-02-05_-_FOSDEM_2011:_.27.27Why_Political_Liberty_Depends_on_Software_Freedom_More_Than_Ever.27.27_-_Moglen https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations#A20...: Really worth watching.