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title: "You don’t have to be a geek to setup FreedomBox!"
date: 2017-03-15T17:40:09+05:30
-lastmod: 2017-03-15T17:40:09+05:30
+lastmod: 2020-10-04T17:40:09+05:30
tags : [ "freedombox", "self-hosting" ]
categories : [ "privacy" ]
layout: post
## What is this FreedomBox thingy?
-See this [4-minute video](https://www.youtube.com/?watch=8dMrI74Ti4M) to learn what it is.
+Watch this [4-minute video](https://www.youtube.com/?watch=8dMrI74Ti4M) to learn what it is.
Well, the important concept to grasp here is that, servers that enable communication for a lot of people can be big and expensive, but to serve the needs of one family, all you need is a simple Single Board Computer like Raspberry Pi or [OLinuXino-Lime2](https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Hardware/A20-OLinuXino-Lime2)
+Note: If you want to use FreedomBox with OLinuXino-Lime2, the best option is to buy the [Pioneer Edition FreedomBox](https://freedombox.org/buy/) which comes pre-installed with the software.
+
Apart from the privacy-enabling stuff, it also has a chat client, web-based bit-torrent client, blogging software, ad-blocking using proxy server, file synchronization, a social networking server, VoIP server etc. It’s a convenient little thing to have, with lots of utilities.
## FreedomBox setup on a Raspberry Pi