[W12.bis.dssnp] Installing a FreedomBox environment

[Natanael Arndt]

Am 12.10.2012 22:10, schrieb Jonas Smedegaard:
> On 12-10-12 at 08:35pm, Natanael Arndt wrote:
>> Hello I'm Natanael (the 6th Student)
>>
>> I tried to boot the freedombox image [1] in a VirtualBox to see what 
>> it actually is. Now i figured out that it is an ARM system.
> That image is for ARM, yes.  Current prototype hardware is ARM, and that 
> image is designed for the actual prototype hardware.
>
> Since you are talking about virtualization, I assume you folks are 
> working on the software part rather than close to the hardware, and then 
> it is silly to virtualize alien architecture when same software (Debian) 
> is available for almost any architecture that you use natively. :-)

That was my intention.

>> Jonas said: "Simply install a minimal Debian installation, and work 
>> from there!". Can you maybe tell us or point us to a location, where 
>> we can find out, what is the difference between the Debian on my 
>> Laptop and the FreedomBox?
>>
>> Is it a Debian-Based Distribution or a collection of software which 
>> can be added to a plain Debian installation (e.g. an APT-repo).
>>
>> [1]
>> http://download.freedomboxfoundation.org/torrents/freedombox-kickstarter-release.img.xz.torrent
> FreedomBox is two things: A business and a development community.
>
> Above URL is from the business.  The business is consumer oriented.
>
> You want as developer to look more at the development community.
>
> Specifically, this is what you want: 
> http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/VirtualBoxImages
Thank you, yes I think this is what we want. On my research I thought it
is outdated but now I see the torrent says 2012.1007 :-)

Nate