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FreedomBox 26.5 has been released! Here are the highlights of this release:

- action_utils: Don’t restart web interface when installing an app
- apache: Use a Uwsgi native socket systemd unit for each app
- ui: Use inline SVG icons for all apps
- wireguard: Fix freedombox VPN IP for services […]

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FreedomBox 26.4 has been released. Here are the highlights:

- backups: Enable key-based SSH authentication for remote backups
- oidc: New app to implement OpenID Connect Provider
- apache: Implement protecting apps using OpenID Connect
- wireguard: Improve server section user experience flow […]

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I've uploaded new versions of the Shaarli package (bookmarks app) in Debian with a security fix.

The package versions with the fix:
- 0.16.1+dfsg-1 in testing and unstable
- 0.14.0+dfsg-2+deb13u1 in stable-security
- 0.12.1+dfsg-8+deb12u2 in oldstable-security

More information about the issue: […]

FreedomBox 26.3 released FreedomBox 26.3 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: ui: Use HTMX to eliminate full page reloads wireguard: Add ‘Start Server’ button to help with client setup Other changes in this release: debian: Follows policy 4.7.3 debian: Ignore lintian warning: service file missing Install section debian: Remove default Rules-Requires-Root debia...

FreedomBox 26.3 has been released. Here are the highlights:

- ui: Use HTMX to eliminate full page reloads
- wireguard: Add ‘Start Server’ button to help with client setup

See the full list of changes:
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#FreedomBox #FreedomBoxRelease

Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud • The Register Hands On: There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much more

#Debian's #FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud

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Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud • The Register Hands On: There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much more

#Debian's #FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud

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FreedomBox 26.2 released FreedomBox 26.2 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Changes in this release: gitweb: Fix deleting last repo disables app locale: Update translations for Estonian, Italian notifications: Close dropdown when clicking outside The following people contributed to the git repository for this release: Joseph Nuthalapati Pierfrancesco Passerini Priit Jõerüüt

FreedomBox 26.2 has a fix for Gitweb, an improvement for the notifications dropdown, and updated translations for Estonian and Italian.

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FreedomBox security issue - CVE-2025-68462 A security issue has been found in FreedomBox, related to private data used for backups of several applications. If your FreedomBox has not already automatically updated to 25.17.1, please update it as soon as possible. Versions affected by the issue: At least all versions between 21.3 and 25.17. Versions that include a fix for the issue: 25.17.1 in trixie-backports, testing, and unstable 25.9.3+deb13u1, which should be included in the next stable point release. Debian security tracker li...

A security issue has been found in FreedomBox, all versions up to and include 25.17, related to backup data stored on disk. Please update to 25.17.1 as soon as possible.

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FreedomBox 25.17 released FreedomBox 25.17 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlight of this release: ui: Implement a toggle menu for setting dark mode Other changes: homeassistant: Fix spelling in tests locale: Fix python-brace-format error in Estonian locale: Update translations for Catalan, Estonian, French, Russian privileged: Don’t log exception that are expected ui: Dark theme ...

FreedomBox 25.17 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. This release adds a long awaited feature: dark mode! 😎

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FreedomBox 25.16 released FreedomBox 25.16 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: dynamicdns: Use only IPv4 for GnuDIP protocol janus: Allow app to be installed from Debian unstable jsxc: Fix missing dependencies Other changes: janus: Relax content security policy for the video room janus: Update the video room code from latest upstream jsxc: Update content secur...

FreedomBox 25.16 is released! 🎉

This release allows Janus (WebRTC video conference) app to be installed once again.

There are more details on our forum:

discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-16-relea...

#FreedomBox #FreedomBoxRelease

Original post on mastodon.social

In case you missed it, here are some of the recent announcements on the FreedomBox forum:

Tiny Tiny RSS app is no longer available, please migrate
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Debian 13 Trixie release information for FreedomBox […]

FreedomBox 25.14 released FreedomBox 25.14 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Changes in this release: Enable private tmp and join namespaces for the two daemons locale: Update translations for French, Japanese The following people contributed to the git repository for this release: Coucouf Jun Nogata Sunil Mohan Adapa

FreedomBox 25.14 has been released ❗
This release includes an important fix for uploading files to FreedomBox.

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FreedomBox 25.13.1 released FreedomBox 25.13.1 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Changes in this release: locale: Update translations for Albanian, German The following people contributed to the git repository for this release: Besnik Bleta Paul Lettich

FreedomBox 25.13.1 has been released. It has updated translations for Albanian and German.

discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-13-1-rel...

#FreedomBox #FreedomBoxRelease

Original post on mastodon.social

FreedomBox 25.13 has been released! Here are the highlights:
- backups: Fix robust handling of known errors
- debian: Stop privileged service during upgrade or removal
- miniflux: Fix DB connection issues during install/uninstall

See the full changelog here […]

FreedomBox 25.12 released FreedomBox 25.12 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: views: Add a menu entry and view for showing logs of an app zoph: Fix cases when CLI user is set to “autodetect” Other Changes: api: Fix showing icons for custom shortcuts app: Add ability to retrieve logs from all systemd units of an app bepasty: tests: Fix functional test failure ...

FreedomBox 25.12 has been released:

📜 views: Add a menu entry and view for showing logs of an app
🔧 zoph: Fix cases when CLI user is set to “autodetect”

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#FreedomBox #FreedomBoxRelease

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Could an old mobile device (phone or tablet) be used as a home server, FreedomBox styles?

Imagine it has a big internal storage and/or SDcard, and it's running a custom ROM (a Mobile GNU distro) intended for the purpose. Plus it's permanently plugged into power and connected to reliable WiFi […]

FreedomBox 25.11 released FreedomBox 25.11 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: email: Fix Thunderbird auto configuration failure matrixsynapse, upgrades: Install select packages from unstable Other Changes: action_utils: Implement a utility to run a command as different user actions, backup: Implement raw output for privileged daemon actions, backups: Fix test...

FreedomBox 25.11 has been released. This release enables Matrix Synapse packages (and only these packages) to be installed from Debian unstable.

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#FreedomBox

(No, I'm not working on this or anything; it's just something I want to see happen so I decided to voice it out here. #YunoHost and #Freedombox are doing some good things in that direction, although for a fully functional setup we'd also need buy-in from ISPs or some way to work around them)

FreedomBox - Personal Server at Home FreedomBox is a personal server running a free software operating system, with free applications designed to create and preserve personal privacy.

#FreedomBox 25.10 has been released ( #Debian / #Linux / #SelfHosting / #HomeServer / #PersonalServer ) freedombox.org

FreedomBox 25.10 released FreedomBox 25.10 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. It is expected that trixie-backports will be opened for uploads in the next couple of weeks. Highlights of this release: email: Add full text search capability homeassistant: Add the most popular app for home automation Other changes: *: Update copyright year action_utils: Add support for device mappings in podman containers action_utils: Allow checking result for service operations actions: Add method to handle privilege...

FreedomBox 25.10 has been released. This release adds the Home Assistant app, and full-text search for email.

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#FreedomBox #HomeAssistant

FreedomBox - Personal Server at Home FreedomBox is a personal server running a free software operating system, with free applications designed to create and preserve personal privacy.

#FreedomBox 25.9.4 has been released ( #Debian / #Linux / #SelfHosting / #HomeServer / #PersonalServer ) freedombox.org

Debian InstallerからインストールしたFreedomBoxのスクリーンショット

Debian Installer Trixieをためしてたけど、d-iからFreedomBoxがインストールできるようになってて鼻血出そうになった。知らない人に説明すると、Debianをインストールしてブラウザからマウスでポチポチいじれるサーバーが作れるってことですよ！すげぇ！ #debian #trixie #freedombox #linux

FreedomBox 25.9.3 released FreedomBox 25.9.3 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. After manual approval, it will migrate to testing. Changes in this release: config: Allow overriding target path in dropin config component email: Add support for Dovecot 2.4 email: Start servers during re-setup if they are not running locale: Update translations for Albanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Estonian, Tamil sogo: Fix typo in configuration for sieve server Please note the following limitation that was observed for Post...

FreedomBox 25.9.3 has been released to Debian unstable. It adds support for Dovecot 2.4, which will be included in Debian 13 (Trixie).

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FreedomBox 25.9.2 released FreedomBox 25.9.2 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. After manual approval, it will migrate to testing. Changes in this release: debian: Set the branch for trixie debian: Update debconf Portuguese translation locale: Add new translation for Estonian locale: Update translations for Dutch, German, Hungarian performance: Handle install for trixie The following people contributed to the git repository for this release: Américo Monteiro András Szűcs ikmaak James Valleroy Priit ...

FreedomBox 25.9.2 has been released with updated translations for Dutch, Estonian, German, Hungarian, and Portuguese:

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#FreedomBox

Someone discovered FreedomBox through the new Blends selection feature in Debian Installer, and made a video about it:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5_sbqUq67WY

#FreedomBox #Debian #video #technology #tech #youtube

FreedomBox 25.9 released FreedomBox 25.9 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. It will take at least 10 days to migrate to testing, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Changes in this release: locale: Add translation for Catalan locale: Update translations for French, Hindi, Telugu minetest: Create the configuration directory if necessary for Trixie minetest: Work with new luanti binary in Trixie The following people contributed to the git repository for this release: Bekkam B S M G Babi Jo...

#FreedomBox 25.9 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Due to the Soft Freeze, it will take at least 10 days to migrate to testing.

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FreedomBox 25.8 released FreedomBox 25.8 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: users: Fix unable to delete user zoph: Don’t fail while uninstalling Other Changes: bind: Keep configuration during distribution upgrades container: Fix waiting until plinth setup is finished when running tests distupgrade: Use new configuration file instead of halting upgrade locale...

#FreedomBox 25.8 is released. It fixes issues when removing a user, or uninstalling Zoph.
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FreedomBox 25.7 released FreedomBox 25.7 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlight of this release: calibre: Remove existing data directory before a restore operation kiwix: Remove existing data directory before a restore operation mediawiki: Run database upgrade after package upgrade power: Disable sleep and hibernate on the system upgrades: Revamp distribution upgrade UI Other Chang...

#FreedomBox 25.7 is released with fixes for Calibre, Kiwix, Mediawiki, and more:

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41 people contributed to this release ❗

FreedomBox 25.6 released FreedomBox 25.6 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlight of this release: names: Store domains in kvstore instead of /etc/hosts Other Changes: container: Allow taking snapshots of VMs container: Don’t remove qcow2 image when terminating VM doc: Fetch latest manual locale: Update translations for German operation: Drop type annotations on enum members setup:...

#FreedomBox 25.6 has been released. Domains are now stored in the database, instead of in /etc/hosts. This fixes an issue with resolving the FreedomBox's domain from a client on a shared network connection.

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James Valleroy: What’s New for FreedomBox in Debian 13 “trixie” FreedomBox is a Debian blend that makes it easier to run your own server. Approximately every two years, there is a new stable release of Debian. This year’s release will be called Debian 13 "trixie". This post will provide an overview of changes between FreedomBox 23.6 (the version that shipped in Debian 12 "bookworm") and 25.5 (the latest release). _Note_ : Debian 13 "trixie" is not yet released, so things may still change, be added or removed, before the official release. ## General * A number of translations were updated, including Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified Han script), Chinese (Traditional Han script), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, and Ukrainian. * Fix cases where a package or service is used by multiple apps, so that disabling or uninstalling one app does not affect the other app. * When uninstalling an app, purge the packages, to remove all data and configuration. * For configuration files that need to be placed into folders owned by other packages, we now install these files under /usr/share/freedombox/etc/, and create a symbolic link to the other package’s configuration folder. This prevents the files being lost when other packages are purged. * Add an action to re-run the setup process for an app. This can fix many of the possible issues that occur. * Various improvements related to the "force upgrade" feature, which handles upgrading packages with conffile prompts. * Fix install/uninstall issues for apps that use MySQL database (WordPress, Zoph). * Improve handling of file uploads (Backups, Feather Wiki, Kiwix). * Switch to Bootstrap 5 front-end framework. * Removed I2P app, since the i2p package was removed from Debian. * Various user interface changes, including: * Add tags for apps, replacing short descriptions. When a tag is clicked, search and filter for one or multiple tags. * Organize the System page into sections. * Add breadcrumbs for page hierarchy navigation. * Add next steps page after initial FreedomBox setup. ### Diagnostics * Add diagnostic checks to detect common errors. * Add diagnostics daily run, with notifications about failures. * Add Repair action for failed diagnostics, and option for automatic repairs. ### Name Services * Move hostname and domain name configuration to Names page. * Support multiple static and/or dynamic domains. * Use systemd-resolved for DNS resolution. * Add options for setting global DNS-over-TLS and DNSSEC preferences. ### Networks * Add more options for IPv6 configuration method. * Overhaul Wi-Fi networks scan page. ### Privacy * Add option to disable fallback DNS servers. * Add option to set the lookup URL to get the public IP address of the FreedomBox. ### Users and Groups * Delete or move home folder when user is deleted or renamed. * When a user is inactivated, also inactivate the user in LDAP. ## Deluge * This BitTorrent client app should be available once again in Debian 13 "trixie". ## Ejabberd * Turn on Message Archive Management setting by default, to help various XMPP clients use it. ## Feather Wiki * Add new app for note taking. * This app lives in a single HTML file, which is downloaded from the FreedomBox website. ## GitWeb * Disable snapshot feature, due to high resource use. * Various fixes for repository operations. ## GNOME * Add new app to provide a graphical desktop environment. * Requires a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to be physically connected to the FreedomBox. * Not suitable for low-end hardware. ## ikiwiki * Disable discussion pages by default for new wiki/blog, to avoid spam. ## Kiwix * Add new app for offline reader of Wikipedia and other sites. ## Matrix Synapse * Add an option for token-based registration verification, so that users signing up for new accounts will need to provide a token during account registration. ## MediaWiki * Allow setting the site language code. * Increase PHP maximum execution time to 100 seconds. ## MiniDLNA * Add media directory selection form. ## Miniflux * Add new app for reading news from RSS/ATOM feeds. ## Nextcloud * Add new app for file sync and collaboration. * Uses a Docker container maintained by the Nextcloud community. The container is downloaded from FreedomBox container registry. ## OpenVPN * Renew server/client certificates, and set expiry to 10 years. ## Postfix/Dovecot * Fix DKIM signing. * Show DNS entries for all domains. ## Shadowsocks Server * Add new app for censorship resistance, separate from Shadowsocks Client app. ## SOGo * Add new app for groupware (webmail, calendar, tasks, and contacts). * Works with Postfix/Dovecot email server app. ## TiddlyWiki * Add new app for note taking. * This app lives in a single HTML file, which is downloaded from the FreedomBox website. ## Tor Proxy * Add new app for Tor SOCKS proxy, separate from Tor app. ## Transmission * Allow remote user interfaces to connect. # Conclusion Over the past two years, FreedomBox has been increasing the number of features and applications available to its users. We have also focused on improving the reliability of the system, detecting unexpected situations, and providing means to return to a known good state. With these improvements, FreedomBox has become a good solution for people with limited time or energy to set up and start running a personal server, at home or in the cloud. Looking forward, we would like to focus on making more powerful hardware available with FreedomBox pre-installed and ready to be used. This hardware would also support larger storage devices, making it suitable as a NAS or media server. We are also very interested in exploring new features such as atomic updates, which will further enhance the reliability of the system.

What’s New for FreedomBox in Debian 13 “trixie”
https://jvalleroy.fbx.one/wordpress/?p=80

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