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- Primary purpose is to complete the App API and allow for multiple apps to be present in a module without a single clashing setup() method. Secondary objective is to get rid of SetupHelper instance simple use App instance instead. - This brings us closer to not needing to implement setup() method for some of the typical apps. - Remove default value None for old_version parameter. - A valid integer value is always passed to this call. - The value of None is undefined. - Simplifies the App API slightly. - Drop setting 'pre', 'post' values to indicate the stage of setup for the App. - Simplifies the setup methods significantly. Eliminates a class of bugs (some of them seen earlier). - The UI can show a simple 'installing...' or progress spinner instead of individual stages. - There are currently many inconsistencies where many operations are not wrapped in helper.call() calls. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Reviewed-by: James Valleroy <jvalleroy@mailbox.org>
FreedomBox Service (Plinth)
The core functionality and web front-end of FreedomBox.
Description
FreedomBox is a community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software for private, personal communications. It is a networking appliance designed to allow interfacing with the rest of the Internet under conditions of protected privacy and data security. It hosts applications such as blog, wiki, website, social network, email, web proxy and a Tor relay, on a device that can replace your Wi-Fi router, so that your data stays with you.
This module, called FreedomBox Service and also know as Plinth, is the core functionality and web interface to the functions of the FreedomBox. It is extensible and provides various applications of FreedomBox as modules. Each module or application provides simplified user interface to control the underlying functionality. As FreedomBox can act as a wireless router, it is possible to configure networking. It also allows configuration of basic system parameters such as time zone, hostname and automatic upgrades.
You can find more information about FreedomBox Service (Plinth) on the Plinth Wiki page, the FreedomBox Wiki and the FreedomBox Manual.
Getting Started
To have a running FreedomBox, first install Debian (Buster or higher) on a clean machine. Then run:
$ sudo apt install freedombox
Full instructions are available on FreedomBox Manual's QuickStart page.
For instructions on running the service on a local machine from source code, see INSTALL.md. For instructions on setting up for development purposes, see HACKING.md.
Contributing
See the HACKING.md file for contributing to FreedomBox Service (Plinth).
Localization
