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% FreedomBox
% Jonas Smedegaard
% Gothenburg, Sweden, November 11th, 2012
Overview

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

Me

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

FreedomBox can change the game

State of FreedomBox

Made by geeks...

Made for non-geek users

Made for serious non-geek users

A cheap, ugly, eco-friendly box

Possibly less ugly at the end

What does FreedomBox do?


Boooring server stuff!



Exciting new stuff

Boring example: Accessing MS-mail

Boring example Accessing internet mail via FreedomBox

Exciting examples
Examples:

"Hello?"
"Wauw!"

Exciting examples
Examples:

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

FreedomBox needs us

We need hackers

We need early adopters

We need promotors

Let's try coordinate our efforts

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

FreedomBox development is promising
Same vision, but maybe multiple goals

Even if project fails, efforts live on

Milestone: workshop summer 2013

Use the source, Luke

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