<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Hi Stefan,<br>Have you seen Arkos?<br><br><a href="https://arkos.io/">https://arkos.io/</a><div> </div>It fulfills the purpose stated in your last paragraph, and it is relevant to the Freedombox list because it has clear documentation that hits all of your bullet points.<br><br>-Jonathan<br><br><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:08 PM, Stefan Weiss <weiss@foo.at> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">Hello.<br><br>(Apologies for starting a
new thread; I just joined the mailing list and<br>don't have past messages available to make a proper reply.)<br><br>I'm one of the commenters on Slashdot who were puzzled by the whole<br>FreedomBox thing. I think I can (sort of) guess what the intention is<br>and how it's supposed to work, but I'd like to second Petter's<br>observation that the docu needs work.<br><br>From an interested outsider's viewpoint, what's most needed is an<br>overview section (or page) - more than just the vague "vision<br>statement". Among the questions that I'd expect answers to are:<br><br>- What are the parts (functional elements) that make up a FreedomBox?<br> - Does it store files?<br> - Does it have a calendar component?<br> - Does it store my address book (contacts)?<br> - Can it sync between different devices?<br> - What "social" components are integrated?<br> - Is there a Tor proxy included?<br> - (etc)<br><br>- Is
the FreedomBox...<br> - a software collection?<br> - a Linux distribution?<br> - does it have a definitive hardware/firmware connection?<br><br>- Is FreedomBox intended for the masses? Or just for security-conscious<br> power users?<br><br>- Where is the FreedomBox supposed to run? On a separate device in our<br> homes? On our workstations? On a server in the LAN? On a remote<br> server?<br><br>- How far along is the project? What can it do today, and what's on the<br> roadmap for the future? How does it compare to existing (possibly<br> commercial) solutions? As a software developer, a version number of<br> 0.2 doesn't scare me, but it also doesn't tell me anything useful<br> (like, will the project be "beta" or "incomplete" until 1.0, or is<br> nice and stable and useful at 0.2).<br><br>- Will non-technical users be able to use a FreedomBox? That would<br> require
things like a GUI, an automated backup mechanism, automated<br> updates, etc.<br><br>Those are just ideas for an overview section; I'm not expecting answers<br>on this list, of course. The idea is that someone (like me) who reads<br>about FreedomBox should be able to get a good summary. Currently,<br>there's nothing like that on <<a href="" target="_blank">https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/</a>>, or<br>at least nothing that I could easily find. Links to video presentations<br>are nice, but they don't replace a short and concise introduction.<br><br>Personally, I'm very interested in this project. I've been discussing<br>the necessity of creating something like it with friends and colleagues<br>for years, and I'm delighted to find that it may already exist - if only<br>I could find out what the FreedomBox actually does.<br><br><br>regards,<br>stefan<br><br><br>-- <br>LOAD"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl
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