[Freedombox-discuss] .....a box not bigger then a mobile charger

[David Darts]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Lorenzo Keller <lorenzo at kellerhq.info> wrote:
> Il 26/02/2011 20:09, Marc Manthey ha scritto:
>>
>> Am 26.02.2011 um 19:20 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard:
>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 04:50:42PM +0100, Marc Manthey wrote:
>>>>
>>>> First welcome all,
>>>
>>> Welcome to you too! :-D
>>>
>>>
>>>> i stumbled a couple of days before over a video from eben moglen and i
>>>> was very amazed about his passionated speech and knowledge.
>>>>
>>>> My main question about the vision of a "freedombox "  , what is the
>>>> hardware he mentioned in his speech - a box not bigger then a mobile charger
>>>> ?
>>>
>>> Please do have a look at our wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox
>>>
>>> More specifically here:
>>> http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware
>>
>> thanks Jonas , this were the missing links ! :)
>>
>>
>> ARMv4, ARMv5, ARMv5, ARMv6 devices (armel)  seems pretty much what i
>> wanted, 2 GHZ should be resonable nowadays
>> is there any precofigured device  with cover plugs and jacks   whitch
>> could be used as a "prototype" ?
>>
>>
>
> Pogoplugs could be an option ( http://www.pogoplug.com ) they seem to have
> wide distribution (here in Switzerland some big retailers have them in their
> shops). The company seems also to have a friendly attitude towards the
> homebrew community
> (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/blog/open-source-hardware-hacking-pogoplug).
> In fact next time I go downtown I want to buy one to try it out. I don't
> know if there is a debian distro for them tough.
>
> Lorenzo

It's pretty easy to get Debian up and running on the Pogoplug. Check
out Jeff Doozan's tutorials http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/ and forums
for more info http://forum.doozan.com/

I have a couple of Dockstars running Debian Squeeze (from a USB drive)
and have been using them as 24/7 servers. I've also been using the
Dockstar as a platform for my PirateBox project. I've documented some
of this work on my wiki:
http://wiki.daviddarts.com/Debian_on_the_Seagate_Dockstar
http://wiki.daviddarts.com/Debian_on_the_Seagate_Dockstar_Post-Installation
http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox

Best,
David
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