<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi Rick, </div><div><br></div><div>I've spent decades in IT and months watching this list and I quite often think "I just have no idea what these people are talking about". JTAG? Plinth? Santiago? Luckily for me, I don't think that matters. The FreedomBox project is breaking new ground, so we will, unfortunately, make slow progress. The more people who help, the quicker we forge ahead. </div><div><br></div><div>It seems to me this is the story so far. </div><div><br></div><div>The need is clear. Eben Moglen saw the potential of the DreamPlug and created the FreedomBox project. James Vasile is running with it. </div><div><br></div><div>On the technology side, an inital set of hardware, networking, OS and apps exists. Kind of. </div><div>* The Dreamplug forms the base layer of hardware and networking. Globalscale built this as a complete hardware and software package, but it has multiple issues.</div><div>* Debian is the OS controlling the Dreamplug. </div><div>* An initial collection of software to build on - the off-the-shelf, ready-to-wear stuff - is listed in the wiki.</div><div>* The first application for the end user - FreedomBuddy - was recently built by Nick Daly. The next apps to concentrate on are being discussed on this mailing list.</div><div><br></div><div>The obstacles, such as the speed of tor, information leaked from the TLS protocol and chicken-and-egg problems with trust, are also discussed on this mailing list. </div><div><br></div><div>You can start with any of these points, and they are not all technical. I guess most people are hackers who want to get up to speed wit the apps. </div><div><br></div><div>Is that where you want to start? </div><div><br></div><div>For the clever guys out there - Is that a fair summary? Or am I miles off? </div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On 26 May 2012, at 20:55, Rick Hodgin wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I have desired since January to work on this project. However, the software tools in use were completely outside of my prior experience.<br><br>As the weeks wear on and I see more and more videos about Freedombox, and listen to more and more speeches by Eben Moglen, I am moved from the inside to step up and offer my developer services.<br><br>I don't know where to begin. I assume I need to get a FreedomBox device with JTAG debugging (from what I've read). But I don't know how up-to-date the documentation is, where the toolsets are, what is required, where I can meet with other developers to more quickly learn what I don't know, etc.<br><br>I'm willing to learn. Where do I start?<br><br>Best regards,<br>Rick C. Hodgin<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Freedombox-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org">Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org</a><br>http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>