Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Raspberry Pi Video Support
On 05/06/2014 02:44 PM, Chris Troutner wrote: I want to ask a simple question, but the more I think about it, the more I realize it's not a simple question. The simple question is this: Is there any support for the video output of the Raspberry Pi in the current version of Freedombox? I'm going to assume that very little to no effort has been expended to support the Pi's video output. Please correct me if this is a false assumption. The reason I don't think that is such a simple question is that Pi specific builds, like Raspbian, have great video support, so it could theoretically be moved in easily. However, I realize that many are begrudgingly supporting the Pi as target hardware because of it's proprietary binary blobs (although this may have changed?). My personal opinion (read: feel free to disagree with me) is that a 'killer app' for the Raspberry Pi/Freedombox would be along the lines of the ability to plug a portable hard-drive into the Pi and play DVD ISO files on the video output. I realize this is totally out of the scope of the goals of the freedombox, but it would be an easy way to incentive non-nerds to buy the hardware and install it in their living rooms. At that point, those people's nerdy, freedombox supporting friends can help them with the administration and add-ons of freedom promoting software like TOR, encrypted email, web ad filtering, etc. It would allow me to tell my friends and family: Hey, give me $100 to build you this great media device that lets you store and playback your DVDs and music. And by the way, I can also load all this software for you that helps support libertarian, internet freedom and help protect you from NSA spying. What do you all think? -Chris Troutner http://experimentsinfreedom.wordpress.com/ ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss I think you've already answered your own question that such a feature is entirely outside the scope of the freedombox project. There are already a number of projects that aim to turn the Raspberry Pi into a media center. Any one of them is usable today to achieve what you've suggested. -Ben Cook ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Raspberry Pi Video Support
Quoting Chris Troutner (2014-05-06 21:27:10) Good point Ben. I guess the unspoken question I had then is: what do people think about the idea of merging a Freedombox and media center? If one wanted to do this, where would you start? Take a Freedombox build and add video support, or start with Raspbian with video support and try to merge Freedombox packages into it? What do you mean when you say FreedomBox? I'd say that if one wanted to merge a FreedomBox with a media center, one would... a) actually realize FreedomBox b) apt-get install xbmc (or the equivalent on that box) ...but that's just me. It really depends quite essentially on what you mean by FreedomBox, and I shall not judge you on that. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Raspberry Pi Video Support
My (personal) idea of a FreedomBox is the suite of software built and loaded onto a piece of hardware from the Freedombox 'package'. Not necessarily Plinth, as that is just a configuration program, but things like TOR, privoxy, JWChat, and other stuff like encrypted email. I *really* like the stance this project has taken to use Freedom-maker and Plinth to make the build and configuration as easy and painless as possible. My inspiration for this idea comes from the fact that I've tried to describe Freedombox to my friends and family and haven't gotten much of a reaction from them. They think it's a cool idea, but the immediate benefit to them isn't apparent. However, they all get excited by the idea of a media center... and wouldn't mind contributing some network capacity to the TOR network while they're at it. If xbmc and whatever other packages were needed to get a basic media player running on the Raspberry Pi were included in the freedom-maker script for that hardware target, it would make the Freedombox a much easier sell to the common person. This same notion could be said for the personal cloud storage, which I am also stoked to see being added to the project. The benefit for the non-privacy-sensitive person is clear and immediate, and would make adoption and proliferation of the privacy-promoting software easier. -Chris Troutner *Jonas said:* ...but that's just me. It really depends quite essentially on what you mean by FreedomBox, and I shall not judge you on that. - Jonas ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
