Dear all, During yesterday's FreedomBox installfest at SHA2017.org, several people encountered problems installing on an RPi3: No apparent response (no flashing of green LED during boot), except for the testing image, freedombox-testing-nonfree_2017-02-02_raspberry2-armhf.img. Can anyone contradict this observation, e.g. with successful install of freedombox-stable-nonfree_2017-07-17_raspberry2-armhf.img? (Assuming this should be possible. I have no RPi3 to test it myself.)
Other than this, the event was well received: About 10 people turned up, despite our short notice announcement. Some went indeed away with a fresh install, but there also was unforeseen friction in many cases. So with 20:20 hindsight, for those who'd like to organize such an event in the future, here some advice. Many people struggled with finding, downloading, and flashing the (correct) image - and our audience were veterans of the command line. The next big hurdle is how to connect to the freedombox with your laptop. We had a switch in place, but some reverted to setting up an DHCP on their laptopt and connected via direct "cross-over" Ethernet. Hence consider 1) to download the common (i.e. RPi 2 or 3) images beforehand and offer them on USB sticks or on a local server, and maybe 2) run a local DHCP server (and help people figure out their MAC addresses to identify their box). Also offer the option of a virtual machine install - some are mainly interested in testing the web UI, and run Debian since decades. Finally, it's a good idea to summarize the key websites and installation steps on a handout sheet. Never rely on the Internet during such an event :). Best, Johannes
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