FreedomBox-0.6

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:27:02 +0000

Freedombox 0.6 Released!

October 31, 2015

Hello,

I'm pleased to announce that FreedomBox version 0.6 has been released! This release comes 2 months after the previous, 0.5 release.

Please feel free to join us to discuss this release on the mailing list, IRC, or on the monthly progress calls:

List: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/

IRC: irc://irc.debian.org/freedombox

Calls: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ProgressCalls

The FreedomBox version 0.6 is available here:

http://ftp.skolelinux.org/pub/freedombox/0.6/

Before using, you should verify the image's signature, see https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Download for further instructions:

$ gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 0x36C361440C9BC971

$ gpg --fingerprint 0x36C361440C9BC971

pub   4096R/0C9BC971 2011-11-12
      Key fingerprint = BCBE BD57 A11F 70B2 3782
                        BC57 36C3 6144 0C9B C971
uid                  Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
sub   4096R/4C1D4B57 2011-11-12

$ gpg --verify freedombox-unstable_2015-10-18_raspberry-armel-card.tar.bz2.sig freedombox-unstable_2015-10-18_raspberry-armel-card.tar.bz2

(Replace the file names with the version you download.)

Thanks to all who helped put this release together.

More information on this release is available on the wiki:

https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ReleaseNotes

Major FreedomBox 0.6 Changes:

New supported hardware target: Raspberry Pi 2

New modules in Plinth:

Shaarli: Web application to manage and share bookmarks.

Date & Time: Configure time zone and NTP service.

Service Discovery: Configure Avahi service.

Debian packages can be download over Tor.

Switched from mod_ssl to mod_gnutls.

Documentation Revamp:

Get latest FreedomBox user manual from wiki.

Manual is focused on using FreedomBox, with a section on developing Plinth modules.

Wi-Fi configuration now in general network configuration.

Known Bugs:

DreamPlugs do not boot the 0.6 image. Please upgrade your previous Dreamplug by manually upgrading Plinth to 0.6.

Nick