[Freedombox-discuss] Ubuntu and Freedom Box?

Melvin Carvalho melvincarvalho at gmail.com
Sun Nov 7 14:44:15 UTC 2010


On 7 November 2010 13:57, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 07:58:03PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> More specifically: Ubuntu has a different view on what hardware is
>> relevant to support. Where Debian generally aim at hardware still
>> possible to buy (ARMv5 or ARMv6), Ubuntu aim at hardware expected
>> popular to buy in the near future (ARMv7).
>
> Correct.
>
>> Ubuntu is a business, working directly with hardware vendors:
>> Interested in pushing sales of new hardware.
>
> Ubuntu is a free software platform, derived from Debian.  Being a
> user-centric project, we're keen to focus on hardware which provides the
> best experience for users.  Ubuntu Netbook Edition and Desktop Edition are
> simply a lot more pleasant to use (read: usable at all) on modern ARM
> hardware.
>
> Canonical is a business, working with hardware vendors, who are interested
> in selling their products.  Most of them are selling traditional
> embedded-class platforms as well as newer, high-performance ones, but
> Canonical's services are more appropriate for the latter.
>
>> Debian is a community, working directly with users: Interested in
>> extending the lifespan of hardware.
>
> Let's work together where it is beneficial to do so. :-)

Awesome!

Eben Moglen in his seminal talk 'Freedom in the Cloud' (the
inspiration behind FB) suggested building 'The Debian GNU Linux Social
Networking Stack'.  He also mentions Ubuntu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEMv0S8AcA#t=40m45s

Having rewatched the vid here's the items he mentions needs to built:

A Couple of USB Ports -> done USB2 (we want USB3, right?)
Wifi -> Done
Keeps the Logs -> done
Bring Itself Up -> done

Web Server ->  suggest apache is doable
Microblog -> GNU Social / status.net (I think application platform is
also implied here)
Collect Your Stuff from Social Networks -> need to build 'drivers' for
this, OStatus, APIs, FB Download etc.
Find your Friends -> Suggest FOAF/HTML5, also Portable Contacts

Locks it Down -> I guess this is encryption / PKI, secure file stores
Register Dynamic DNS -> ???
Send Encrypted Backup to Friends -> To be built
Automatic Updates -> to be built

Also Mentioned

RSS
VPN
Tor Router
Bittorrent Client

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>  - mdz
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