FreekBox

A FreekBox is the most common kind of computer built in our Build Program. It is given to an Adoption Program volunteer after 24 hours of service, or to a Build program volunteer after he or she has built 6 systems (including the one they are given). Occasionally, FreekBoxen are distributed via the Hardware Grants program.

Freekbox 3 (current)

hardware specs

FreekBox Specs Processor Intel Core 2 Duo RAM 1 GB Hard drive 120-160 GB Optical DVD-RW Networking Ethernet 10/100 PCI Video card Onboard, or 128MB PCIe if necessary Sound Onboard, or PCI if necessary

(also listed on our web page)

software specs (partial)

• Debian/GNU Linux (sarge)
• KDE desktop
• Openoffice.org office suite
• Firefox web browser

see Installer_CD for a list of available installation CDs.

see FreekBox Development for proposed and upcoming changes to FreekBox3 (this work is the province of Distro group).

FreekBox 2

This box had lower hardware specs which evolved over the years. It was based on Debian GNU/Linux (woody).

FreekBox 1

This was the first standardized box we built. It was based on Mandrake GNU/Linux.

(Mandrake was an earlier incarnation of what is now known as Mandriva Linux. It is based on the Redhat Package Management (RPM) system, unlike Debian and Ubuntu.)