[Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox in the Chronicle of Higher Education

[ya knygar]

> As smartphones are currently spreading like brushfire in the developing world,
> no plug computers will be able to match the volume and hence the capabilities/price.
+1,  adding the:
- mobility
- UPS-ability (crucial for the servers, isn't it?)
- multifunctional use-cases
..

> Android might be not open, but alternative firmwares like CyanogenMod make
> it a lot easier to lick that particular toad. (Yes, it's not Debian).
http://replicant.us/

=)
http://losca.blogspot.com/2011/08/meego-ce-and-freesmartphoneorg.html
is a quick review of the current propositions by the 'Debian phone' user.

Licking that toad isn't in the way of FreedomBox, anyway.. am i right?


On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Marc Manthey <marc at let.de> wrote:
> Huawei sells Serval-capable phones for 100 USD, or thereabouts.
>
> thanks for the pointer, i  will try to get one at
> http://www.lidl.de/de/Handy-Zubehoer/HUAWEI-Technologies-Smartphone-Huawei-X3
> or
> http://www.fonic.de/html/android_smartphone_huawei_ideos_x3.html
>
> I was going to say that no activist in Yemen, libya or Egypt could
> afford these prices
>
> If thats the case , what is the solution ? Waiting 3  years till devices
> gets cheaper ?
> Otherwise a linksys WRT54 series
> router http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series
> would be the only affordable device whitch could run a linux distribution
> e.g. https://openwrt.org/
> (bought several used on ebay for about 30 € )
> regards
> Marc
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