LibrePlanet: Conference/2010/Hacking/LibreWrt

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LibreWrt

Why?

Combine a GNU/Linux distribution that has a good chance of making the FSF's list of Free System Distributions with what may be the most free end-user computing device on the planet, Sharism's Ben Nanonote (one of the goals of that project is to get another factory building them using only publicly available, copyleft information.)

Make it possible for freedom-loving people to use and the FSF to endorse the Ben Nanonote hardware, and future Nanonote designs that may include mobile phone features.

If you're interested in joining us, please add yourself to our list of participants.

What is LibreWrt?

LibreWrt is a GNU/Linux distribution for computers with minimal resources, such as the Ben Nanonote, ath9k based wifi routers, and other hardware that respects your freedom.

LibreWrt aims for compliance with the Free Software Foundation / GNU Project's Guidelines for Free System Distributions.

Currently the web site for LibreWrt is http://librewrt.freedsoftware.org

History

Communications

If you're interested in joining us, please add yourself to our list of participants.

LibrePlanet Hackathon TODO

Resources

10 Ben Nanonotes will be available to Hacking space participants, and will be available for sale (at cost) if the goal of getting LibreWrt 0.1 up and running succeeds.

In addition participants should have a laptop, although one can be provided with advanced notice (request on the talk page).

Main Goal

Get initial version of LibreWrt up and running on a Ben Nanonote. This should be easier than many similar projects such as gNewSense and Blag, as LibreWrt's upstream is optimized for building the entire distribution from source.

Art Replacement

There is only one piece of user-visible art that clearly needs to be replaced, the on-boot banner. It would be goof to replace this with a version of the banner used in the gNewsense/metad yeeloong builds, which features a GNU and Freedo, the linux-libre mascot. The 100gnu+freedo.svg file can be used as the basis for the image (probably just need a format conversion).