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The copy and design of the landing page led me to believe that FreedomBox is an actual box that has all that great software preloaded and ready to go. Which mad
by dijit27 8y ago
The copy and design of the landing page led me to believe that FreedomBox is an actual box that has all that great software preloaded and ready to go. Which made the unlabeled download button jarring. The text should be changed to something like:
FreedomBox is designed to [run on/create] your own inexpensive server at home. It [includes/is built with] free software and offers an increasing number of services ranging from a calendar or jabber server to a wiki or VPN.
- jabot 8y agoYou can install it on any kind of hardware that runs debian. They even have some links to suggested computers: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/QuestionsAndAnswers#HARDWARE_.28SBC.29 https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/QuestionsAndAnswers#HARDW...
- pkd 8y agoIt actually is. https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Hardware/Cubietruck https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Hardware/Cubietruck
- quadrangle 8y agoThere was indeed, as I understand it, a plan to sell all set up hardware, ready to go. The original stuff got delayed when the main developer had his house burn down in a forest fire or something. But the software is usable. Apparently, they were selling some all-set-to-go boxes at LibrePlanet…
- ryukafalz 8y ago>Apparently, they were selling some all-set-to-go boxes at LibrePlanet… They weren't as far as I know. They had a one-off prototype running at their booth, but that model never made it to production.
- quadrangle 8y agoI don't mean some custom thing, it was an existing off-the-shelf product with FreedomBox preconfigured… I mean, I heard this from someone who went to LibrePlanet and came home with a FreedomBox they specifically got there.