Difference between revisions of "FreekBox"

Revision as of 00:47, 29 December 2005

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.)

Current (Freekbox 3)

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 specs which evolved over the years, and was based on Debian (woody).

FreekBox 1

This was the first standardized box we built and was based on Mandrake.

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-A FreekBox is the computer built in our [[Build]] Program and given to our [[Adoption Program]] volunteers.
+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.)
 == Current (Freekbox 3) ==
-The current hardware specs are as follows:
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 {{FreekBox Specs}}
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 (also listed on our [http://freegeek.org/freekbox.php web page])
-Software specs (partial):
+=== software specs (partial) ===
 * Debian/GNU Linux (sarge)