Notices by FreedomBox (freedomboxfndn@mastodon.social), page 2

📺 VIDEO: "Saving Democracy with the Web's Infrastructure"

Our technological prowess can defend democracy or destroy it. In 2016, the world got an indication of the direction in which we are headed. But it’s not too late to change course.

In 2019, the first commercial FreedomBox product was launched. After nine years, FreedomBox has arrived to help you save the day.

But FreedomBox itself won’t save the day. You will. How? Watch this video to learn.

https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/e6d4d158-454f-4752-ae75-fd46f6e88cbe

#FreedomBox version 19.7 has been released. Due to the upcoming Stable release, our new versions will remain in the "Experimental" branch until July.

Highlights:
-Separate enabled and disabled apps
-Display port forwarding info for apps
-Updated translations for 7 languages
-10 people contributed

Release notes:
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-v19-7-released/148

#FreeSoftware has a lot of potential in the developing world.

In rural India, 12 villages use #FreedomBox to host free digital services. Activists have re-purposed old computers into FreedomBoxes, mounted them on posts, and served entire villages with free wi-fi and digital services.

These rural #FreedomBox networks got covered in the Times of India.

READ: ‘Every old computer is a potential server that can bring Internet connectivity to an entire village’

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/every-old-computer-is-a-potential-server-that-can-bring-internet-connectivity-to-an-entire-village/articleshow/67833580.cms

WHAT IS A #FREEDOMBOX?
A home server system that empowers people to host their own apps and data on a server they own. It's designed to be easy.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
The software is free forever, and the hardware is under $100.

WHEN CAN I BUY IT?
Now: https://freedombox.org/buy/

🚨WIN A FREEDOMBOX🚨

@olimex is generously raffling off a FREE Pioneer Edition #FreedomBox kit!

To enter, toot @olimex by Monday and say what new feature you want to see in the FreedomBox software OR the Pioneer Edition hardware kits.

Read the details: https://olimex.wordpress.com/2019/04/26/participate-in-our-weekend-brainstorm-discussion-and-you-have-chance-to-win-pioneer-freedombox-hsk/

You've all heard that it is now possible to buy a #FreedomBox from @olimex. But what if you want to test FreedomBox on a VM before buying?

Good news: a journalist has written excellent instructions for this.

READ: "How to run FreedomBox as a VirtualBox VM"
https://tek.io/2ViIzzB

ICYMI: ZDNet published an exclusive story by veteran journalist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols about the launch of the Pioneer Edition #FreedomBox.

"We can, in short, rebuild the internet so that we, and not multi-billion dollar companies, are in charge," says Vaughan-Nichols.

Read the full article:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/put-the-internet-back-under-your-control-with-the-freedombox/

BREAKING NEWS: SALES OF FREEDOMBOX HAVE LAUNCHED

@olimex is selling the first commercially available FreedomBox. In other words, they are selling the ability to democratize the internet. #BeAPioneer and buy a #FreedomBox today.

Order: https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/

If you want to create your own chat server using #FreedomBox, you can do it!

We made a video tutorial to show you how. Just follow the steps!

📺FreedomBox Tutorial: Setting Up a Chat Server with Matrix and Riot
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/18d46a5f-ec0b-4e70-809b-24c5c34e8d65

We now offer a live demo of #FreedomBox!🎉🎉🎉

The demo is a custom version of FreedomBox which comes with a few apps pre-configured and automatically resets itself every 30 minutes. Hop on the demo server and try it out!

Demo: https://freedombox.org/demo/

At #LibrePlanet, the Freedombox Foundation announced some exciting news: you can soon buy #FreedomBox kits!

This has been years in the making. We're very proud to partner with @olimex, a company which makes open source hardware.

Sales launch soon. Order: https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/

@maryjane

We just uploaded the Matrix tutorial to our PeerTube account.

If you like it, share!

📺FreedomBox Tutorial: Setting Up a Chat Server with Matrix and Riot
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/18d46a5f-ec0b-4e70-809b-24c5c34e8d65

You've finally decided to set up your own server and host the apps you use everyday. But you don't know where to start!

We've got you covered. Just watch our video about how to create your own #FreedomBox server.

VIDEO: How To Set Up A FreedomBox At Home
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/5f0acb11-c3b6-4653-ac84-059a0d3ca3d2

In the 1980's, personal computers displaced mainframes. It was a revolution.

Now, we need a new revolution: for personal servers to displace centralized servers.

How can we make this happen? Check out this presentation to learn.

📺WATCH: "Creating a Computing Revolution: from Personal Computers to Personal Servers - Danny Haidar, FOSDEM 2019"
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/52fb6887-9627-46b0-936c-bf9f635bdcd2

#WednesdayWisdom from Eben Moglen:

"[Freedom in the net means] the continuity of the very concept of human freedom that we won at great expense in hundreds of generations of lives...and which we will now either make more permanent or less permanent as we shift the fundamental technology of human communication."

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx1pwTtxcVc

9 years ago this month, Eben Moglen delivered the oration that started it all: "Freedom in the Cloud."

This speech inspired the #FreedomBox project. Part history of the web and part call to action, this speech continues to orient our community today. It's worth revisiting each year.

Video: https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/2d7f1421-2e64-4756-9d90-c75860e3c378

Transcript: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/events/2010/isoc-ny/FreedomInTheCloud-transcript.html

Full release notes for #FreedomBox v19.0 can be found here:

https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ReleaseNotes#FreedomBox_19.0_.282019-02-09.29

Good news! We'll be at the @fosdem conference this weekend in Brussels, Belgium!

Let us know if you'll be at #FOSDEM!

And come to our lightning talk about #FreedomBox:
https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/decentralizing_web_freedombox/

We made so many improvements in #FreedomBox v0.48.0 that it's hard to summarize them all in one Mastodon post!

Check out the full release notes here:
https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ReleaseNotes#Version_0.48.0_.282019-01-28.29

Great privacy software exists. But what the world needs next is privacy infrastructure on which to deploy that software.

To make your own infrastructure, just install the free #FreedomBox private server system on a single-board computer.

We like the LIME2 made by Olimex. What single-board computer do you like?