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- What are the parts (functional elements) that make up a FreedomBox?
?  - Does it store files?
?  - Does it have a calendar component?
?  - Does it store my address book (contacts)?
?  - Can it sync between different devices?
?  - What "social" components are integrated?
?  - Is there a Tor proxy included?
?  - (etc)

- Is the FreedomBox...
?  - a software collection?
?  - a Linux distribution?
?  - does it have a definitive hardware/firmware connection?

- Is FreedomBox intended for the masses? Or just for security-conscious
?  power users?

- Where is the FreedomBox supposed to run? On a separate device in our
?  homes? On our workstations? On a server in the LAN? On a remote
?  server?

- How far along is the project? What can it do today, and what's on the
?  roadmap for the future? How does it compare to existing (possibly
?  commercial) solutions? As a software developer, a version number of
?  0.2 doesn't scare me, but it also doesn't tell me anything useful
?  (like, will the project be "beta" or "incomplete" until 1.0, or is
?  nice and stable and useful at 0.2).

- Will non-technical users be able to use a FreedomBox? That would
?  require things like a GUI, an automated backup mechanism, automated
?  updates, etc.

Those are just ideas for an overview section; I'm not expecting answers
on this list, of course. The idea is that someone (like me) who reads
about FreedomBox should be able to get a good summary. Currently,
there's nothing like that on <https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/>, or
at least nothing that I could easily find. Links to video presentations
are nice, but they don't replace a short and concise introduction.

Personally, I'm very interested in this project. I've been discussing
the necessity of creating something like it with friends and colleagues
for years, and I'm delighted to find that it may already exist - if only
I could find out what the FreedomBox actually does.


regards,
stefan


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