Notices by FreedomBox (freedomboxfndn@mastodon.social)

Can you do anything on the web without going through a #BigTech platform? 🤔

#BigTech gained its dominance because the law didn't do its job.

So what can you do? And what does #FreedomBox have to do with this? Find out in this video!

📺 WATCH: "When Antitrust Law Fails: Breaking Up Big Tech with Grassroots Technology"
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/a4ae9076-2961-4d9e-b56b-18e6ae0858e4

At #DebConf, Linux founding father Jon "maddog" Hall talked about his new organization which designs single-board computers. And he mentioned #FreedomBox as a target use case!

NEWS: A New Stable Version of FreedomBox

We are pleased to announce that a new stable version of the #FreedomBox software system has been released! 🎉 🎉 🎉

The new stable version of FreedomBox is a big improvement over the previous stable version. It features a redesigned user interface, many more applications and features, and a streamlined user experience.

Please download and test it out!

Details here:
https://freedomboxfoundation.org/news/new_stable_2019/

NEWS: The OLinuXino line of single-board computers has officially been certified as "Open Source Hardware" by the Open Source Hardware Association! 🎉

This means the Pioneer Edition #FreedomBox kit is officially #OSHW! Join us in congratulating @olimex!

Details here: https://olimex.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/olinuxino-open-source-hardware-single-board-linux-computers-are-now-officially-oshwa-certified/

Certification for the LIME2 is here: https://certification.oshwa.org/bg000039.html

Big round of applause for Marc Whipple for writing this excellent guide. It's easy for anyone to read and understand, which makes it one of the best pieces of technical writing we have seen about #FreedomBox.

With supporters like Marc, we can empower anyone with our technology.

#FreedomBox was born in 2010 in a lecture by Eben Moglen. In the nine years since, FreedomBox has grown from an idea to a software system and a hardware product.

How did we get here? Watch our new video to learn!

📺WATCH: "The Story of FreedomBox (2019)"
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/cfdc2182-64c7-4749-9820-6308ed0cc319

☎ANNOUNCEMENT: #FreedomBox conference call!☎️

WHEN: Sunday, May 25th at 17:00 UTC

WHO: Our team, but anyone is welcome!

HOW TO JOIN: Using a Mumble voice over IP application, connect to server <http://fbx.freedomboxfoundation.org> using port 64738.

More info: https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/call-sunday-may-25th-at-17-00-utc/169

MILESTONE: We hit 1,000 followers on Mastodon today! 🎉 🎉 🎉

When we made our Mastodon account 15 months ago, growth was slow. But the Fediverse kept expanding, and now Mastodon competes with Twitter!

Mastodon community: you promote our work, you helped us launch our first commercial product, and now you got us to 1,000! Thanks for all the love! ❤️

#TheFutureIsFederated #BeAPioneer

We learned a lot at #LinuxFest this weekend. Thanks to the conference organizers!

We loved hearing from the audience at our session about #FreedomBox and Personal Autonomy. We also loved learning more about other projects, like @mozilla's WebThings Gateway (shout-out to @jaller94 for his talk about re-claiming his IoT data!)

We can't wait until next year!

"Some may doubt that the supremacy of Facebook and Google can ever be broken. But people thought Myspace and AltaVista were similarly unbeatable...It’s happened before, and it can happen again," says Glyn Moody in his article about #FreedomBox.

Right on.

Read his full article:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/04/how-to-use-a-freedombox-to-regain-control-of-your-online-privacy/

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/

We've made many announcements recently! Here's a summary:

1. BUY A FREEDOMBOX
We announced that we will **soon** launch sales of FreedomBox servers sold by @olimex:
https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/

2. DEMO
Try our live demo of FreedomBox:
https://freedombox.org/demo/

3. FORUM
Use our forum for support and discussion:
https://discuss.freedombox.org/

4. MAILING LIST
The FreedomBox Foundation has a new mailing list:
https://freedomboxfoundation.org/contact/

We're making moves! Stay tuned for even more news 👀 👀 👀

@switchingsocial

Thanks for the shoutout! Your support has brought us a lot of new followers over the past few months. We appreciate it! 😊

And for anyone interested, we recently announced a purchasable #FreedomBox home server. Sales launch soon!

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

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/

We enjoyed watching a session by Sean O'Brien (@diggity) of @privacylab at #LibrePlanet.

He's a one of the FreedomBox Foundation's volunteer Network Managers! Sean pioneers #FreedomBox for educational purposes--he brings it to the classroom and teaches people about servers with it. Check out his work @privacylab

Here is a slide with photos of his #FreedomBox implentation at MakeHaven. Thanks for all you do, Sean!

Over the years, people have asked when #FreedomBox would be ready.

We're about to answer them.

We're announcing big news in our session at #LibrePlanet hosted by @fsf

Watch "Saving democracy with the Web's infrastructure" on March 24, 16:20-17:05 EDT.

Stream: https://libreplanet.org/2019/live/

The #FreedomBox Foundation will be at #LibrePlanet again this year!

We're keeping the tradition alive: we have more giveaways this year!

We're giving away stickers, Micro SD-to-USB adapters, and LIME2 single-board computers by @olimex

Find our table in the exhibitor's hall!

@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

#Whatsapp was down. You're sick of chat apps that you don't control.

What can you do? Host your own chat server on #FreedomBox with @matrix and Riot chat app!

We teach you how in 8 minutes:

📺FreedomBox Tutorial: Setting Up a Chat Server with Matrix and Riot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37uoEbVsbNQ

NEWS: The FreedomBox Foundation announces its inaugural Network Managers! 🎉🎉🎉

Please join us in welcoming Rohan Grey and Sean O'Brien (@diggity)!

Network Managers lead #FreedomBox implementations in their communities. To decentralize the web, the world needs leaders who are willing to manage their own nodes in a decentralized network infrastructure. Network Managers are these leaders.

Learn more: https://freedomboxfoundation.org/partners/