diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 44585d28..0df19b89 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,25 +1,15 @@ -> _"With the increasing move of our computing to cloud infrastructures, we give up the control of our computing to the managers of those infrastructures. Our terminals (laptops, desktops) might now be running entirely on Free Software, but this is increasingly irrelevant given that most of what actually matters gets executed on a remote closed system that we don’t control. The Free Software community needs to work to help users keep the control of all their computing, by developing suitable alternatives and facilitating their deployment."_ -- Lucas Nussbaum +So you want to run your own internet services? Email, chat, VoIP, web sites, file synchronisation, wikis, blogs, social networks, media hosting, backups, VPN. Freedombone is a home server system which enables you to self-host all of these things. - +You can run Freedombone on an old laptop or a single board computer. See the [list of installation methods](https://freedombone.net/installmethods.html). You can also use it to [set up a mesh network](https://freedombone.net/mesh.html) in your local area. -So you want to run your own internet services? Email, chat, VoIP, web sites, file synchronisation, wikis, blogs, social networks, media hosting, backups, VPN. Freedombone enables you to do all of that in a self-hosted way, where you keep control of your data and it resides in your own home. +Check out the [list of available apps](https://freedombone.net/apps.html) and [Frequently Asked Questions](https://freedombone.net/faq.html) section. Recent developments are also described on [the blog](https://blog.freedombone.net/tag/freedombone). -[Here's how](https://freedombone.net/homeserver.html). +Disk images which can be cloned straight to USB or microSD drives are [available here](https://freedombone.net/downloads/v31). -And here's how [on a Beaglebone Black](https://freedombone.net/beaglebone.html). A list of other supported ARM boards [can be found here](https://freedombone.net/boards.html). +If you find bugs, or want to add a new app to this system see the [Developers Guide](https://freedombone.net/devguide.html) and [Code of Conduct](https://freedombone.net/codeofconduct.html). There is a Matrix chat room available at *#fbone:matrix.freedombone.net*. -Want to make a community mesh network which doesn't depend upon the internet? The [Freedombone Mesh](https://freedombone.net/mesh.html) is a wireless solution for autonomous communication that can be rapidly deployed in temporary, emergency or post-disaster situations where internet access is unavailable or compromised. +If you like this project and want to support continued development then [here's what to do](https://freedombone.net/support.html). -After installation it's possible that you might want some advice on how to run your system and set up apps to work nicely with it. - - * [Apps available on the system](https://freedombone.net/apps.html) - * [General usage](https://freedombone.net/usage.html) - * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://freedombone.net/faq.html) - * [Advice on setting up on a mobile phone](https://freedombone.net/mobile.html) - * [I like this project. How can I help to support it?](https://freedombone.net/support.html) - -If you find bugs, or want to add a new app to this system see the [Developers Guide](https://freedombone.net/devguide.html). - -Ready made disk images which can be copied onto USB or microSD drives are [available here](https://freedombone.net/downloads/v3). +