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@masoud it might be a possibility to consider. The images would need to be kept separate from the data/keys, so it would be similar to running from a USB drive. Freedombone already uses btrfs, which I think is suited to that type of image update.
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@masoud My only concern with Ubuntu would be blobs. I don't particularly trust Canonical not to include proprietary stuff which can't easily be extracted.
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@dredmorbius The hardware cost isn't a big factor. I expect hardware costs for SBCs to remain similar or not fall by much. At the same time they will probably get more CPU cores and better energy performance.
Security and maintenance aren't big costs. Debian can patch itself and the system can be easily administered from the control panel. The amount of time I spend on administration is very small.
Full P2P is possible with current technology (see https://freedombone.net/mesh.html) but moving away from client/server will be like trying to steer the Titanic. I don't expect things to change quickly.
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@dredmorbius The amount of maintenance skill needed on Freedombone is not very large.
- Add/remove user
- Back up data
- Restore data (with individual apps selectable)
- Blocking controls
- Add/remove a GPG key
There are other options, but it's not tremendously complex or significantly greater than what you would find on an internet router.
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@dredmorbius do 5-8% of the general population have internet routers or a smartphone? It's not much more complicated than that.
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@dredmorbius yes those things are often insecure, but that doesn't mean a home server has to be the same.
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@dredmorbius that's wonderful, but not an argument against home servers. Nearly all of those routers would have been running proprietary software complete with the entourage of badness which goes along with that.
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