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What if you could buy off the shelf a box based on #opensource software and hardware that you could plug into your internet connection. You could connect to via Wifi and it would allow an average person to fairly easily configure, via a guided setup, a self hosted Cloud Drive, Social Media server, home automation service, VPN end point, email server and other commonly useful software?

What if that box allowed that person's friends to authenticate and to that box and link a box they own, either close by or remotely. It could extend connectivity and estabilish a chain of trus, provide a level of encrypted backup of content from that box and make assertions about the users on that box such as - This user account is owned by this person, this user account is over 18?

This is a dream. I know I'm rambling. #openwrt, #yunohost, #seflhost, #chainoftrust, #fediverse

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't tho.

You're confusing my homelab with my dads OMV NAS that is running kopia as its only non-standard service because I wanted to use it as my off-site target.

I wasn't presenting OMV as the solution to all of OPs examples, I literally just commented to point out "hey this is kinda like hexos but foss".

To which you responded "lol no, there is no comparison". Which is both untrue, and a rude way to go about saying anything.

[–] abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@MentalEdge @HelloRoot Yeah I'm really thinking about something that you could fling at a friend - maybe someone who setup their phone, home router, google home or amazon alexa - and they would come out at the end with something that resembles a working internet connection and online identity.

[–] abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es 1 points 8 months ago

@MentalEdge @HelloRoot Its going to have some really basic questions - Where are you located, who is your ISP, what kind of connection for the internet do you have coming into the house, but then also things like - what do you want your domain name to be - who else is in the house? are they an adult? get them to connect their device to the wifi, what domain name do you want to register/ use? Do you want to connect to any friends/family? Do you want to configure some of these home automation devices I we have detected?