Overview

• State of the net
• State of FreedomBox
• Where and how to go from here

Me

Photo: Jacob Gorm Hansen

Me

• Debian developer since 2001.
• Debian maintainer of Sugar (a.k.a. software part of One Laptop Per Child).
• Debian co-maintainer of Perl RDF modules (i.e. Semantic Web libraries).
• Debian (co-)maintainer of Jabber, CalDAV, mail tools and a lot more (too much, really!)...
• Involved with Skolelinux (a.k.a. Debian Edu)
• Advisor for [german Skolelinux team][] for large deployment in Rheinland-Pfalz.
• Independent consultant and system administrator at the Kaospilot University and a few other places.

Problem: all eggs in one basket

Sketch: Siri Reiter

FreedomBox can change the game

Sketch: Siri Reiter

State of FreedomBox

Photo: Kriss Szkurlatowski via sxc

Made by geeks...

Photo: Svilen Milev via sxc

Made for non-geek users

Photo: unknown

Made for serious non-geek users

Photo: Claudio Maciel via sxc

A cheap, ugly, eco-friendly box

Photo: Martin Michlmayr

Possibly less ugly at the end

Photo: Radek Polak

What does FreedomBox do?

• Boooring server stuff!
• Exciting new stuff

Boring example: Accessing MS-mail

Sketch: Siri Reiter

Boring example Accessing internet mail via FreedomBox

Sketch: Siri Reiter

Exciting examples

Examples:

• "Hello?"
• "Wauw!"

Exciting examples

Examples:

• "Hello?" → like phone, but intelligent
• "Wauw!" → like twitter, but intelligence is yours

FreedomBox needs us

Photo: Justyna Furmanczyk via sxc

We need hackers

Photo: Biella Coleman

We need early adopters

Photo: unknown

We need promotors

Photo: Darren Foster

Let's try coordinate our efforts

Photo: Tanja Sund via sxc

FreedomBox development is exciting

• frames a common dream among lots of hackers
• sparks new innovation and renewed commitment

FreedomBox development is frustrating

• scratching own itches
• hacking on top

Where to best do which types of hacking

Sketch: Siri Reiter

FreedomBox development is promising

Same vision, but maybe multiple goals

Photo: unknown

Even if project fails, efforts live on

Photo: George Hodan

Milestone: workshop summer 2013

Photo: PDPhotos via Pixabay

Use the source, Luke

• Me:
• This talk: http://dr.jones.dk/fb/fscons/
• FreedomBox Wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox