FreedomBox

FreedomBox 21.4 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. It will migrate to testing in about 10 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports.

Highlights

• matrix-synapse: Auto configure STUN/TURN using coturn server

Other Changes

• coturn: Add new component for usage of coturn by other apps
• coturn: Minor refactor view to use utility to generate URIs
• coturn: Remove advanced flag, make app visible to all
• locale: Update translations for Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Turkish
• matrix-synapse: Update description to talk about TURN configuration
• plinth: Disable start rate limiting for service
• ui: Fix buttons jumping on click in snapshots page
• upgrades: Disable searx during dist-upgrade

The following people contributed to the git repository for this release:

• Allan Nordhøy
• Benedek Nagy
• Burak Yavuz
• Coucouf
• Dietmar
• ikmaak
• James Valleroy
• Joseph Nuthalapati
• Kornelijus Tvarijanavičius
• Michael Breidenbach
• Petter Reinholdtsen
• Sunil Mohan Adapa

FreedomBox 21.3 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, it will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports.

Note that Debian bullseye soft freeze [1] starts on Feb 12. This means that only small, targeted fixes will be uploaded to unstable, until bullseye is released. Other changes will be uploaded to experimental until the end of the freeze.

Highlights

• zoph: Add new app to organize photos
  • Only available in Debian testing (bullseye) due to issues in buster.

Other Changes

• locale: Update translations for Dutch, Greek, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
• sharing: Improve shares group access description
• upgrades: Add 10 minute delay before apt update
• upgrades: Disable apt snapshots during dist upgrade
• upgrades: Only check free space bytes before dist upgrade

The following people contributed to the git repository for this release:

• Aurélien Couderc
• Burak Yavuz
• Fioddor Superconcentrado
• ikmaak
• James Valleroy
• John Lines
• Michael Breidenbach
• Michalis
• Oğuz Ersen
• Sunil Mohan Adapa

[1] https://release.debian.org/bullseye/freeze_policy.html

FreedomBox 21.2 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, it will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports.

Highlights

• calibre: Fix freedombox.local inaccessible after enabling app
• matrix-synapse: Install python3-psycopg2 from backports

Other Changes

• backups: schedule: tests: Fix failures due to long test run
• jsxc: Fix issues with jQuery >= 3.5.0
• locale: Update translations for Bengali, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
• mediawiki: Fix app installation process doesn't display status information
• mediawiki: Set default logo to mediawiki.png
• minidlna: Implement force upgrading from older version
• minidlna: Minor refactor of media directory handling
• plinth: Show running spinner when app installation is in progress
• radicale: Allow older 2.x release to upgrade to 3.x
• roundcube: Allow upgrade to 1.4.*
• tests: Update functional tests default config
• upgrades: Add notifications for dist upgrade
• upgrades: Increment version for MatrixSynapse 1.26

The following people contributed to the git repository for this release:

• Burak Yavuz
• Coucouf
• Dietmar
• Fioddor Superconcentrado
• ikmaak
• James Valleroy
• Joseph Nuthalapati
• nautilusx
• Oymate
• Stanisław Stefan Krukowski
• Sunil Mohan Adapa
• Veiko Aasa
• Алексей Докучаев

FreedomBox 20.10 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, it will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports.

Top Highlights:

• pagekite: Fix expired certificates causing connection failures
• tor: Fix problems with running a relay

Other Changes:

• backups: Add optional field - Name
• cockpit: Promote for advanced storage/firewalld/networking ops
• firewall: Don't show tun interface in internal zone warning
• firewall: Mention that internal services are available over VPN
• ikiwiki: Enable 'attachment' plugin by default
• locale: Update translations for Spanish, French, Russian, Norwegian Bokmål, Czech, Hungarian, and Greek
• minidlna: Add link to manual page
• minidlna: Fix internationalization for name of the app
• mldonkey: Add app to freedombox-share group
• openvpn: Use app toggle button and common app view
• radicale: Fix link in description to clients
• samba: Add clients information
• templates: Fix setup state check
• users: Avoid error when user's groups cannot be parsed

The following people contributed to the git repository for this release:

• Allan Nordhøy
• Artem
• Etienne
• fred1m
• James Valleroy
• Joseph Nuthalapati
• Luis A. Arizmendi
• Sunil Mohan Adapa

FreedomBox 20.9 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, it will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports.

Top Highlights:

• performance: Add app for system monitoring
• upgrades: Restart services and system when needed after upgrades
  • System restart will happen at 02:00 local time

Other Changes:

• bind: Add service alias for bind9 -> named
• firewall: Reload firewalld so it works with newly installed services
• first_setup: Fix regression with logo not showing
• locale: Update translations for Norwegian Bokmål, German, Swedish, Spanish, and Russian
• mediawiki: Stop jobrunner during backup/restore
• minidlna: Stop service during backup/restore
• mumble: Stop service during backup/restore
• package: Fix error log when checking if package manager is busy
• performance: Launch the Cockpit graphs directly if possible
• quassel: Fix stopping service during backup/restore
• quassel: Use systemd sandboxing features
• samba: Change description to Network File Storage
• snapshot: Fix issues with restore and delete
• snapshot: Set as essential module
• storage: Auto-mount disks, notify of failing disks
• tor: Fix stopping service during backup/restore

The following people contributed to the git repository for this release:

• Artem
• Fioddor Superconcentrado
• fred1m
• James Valleroy
• Joseph Nuthalapati
• Luis A. Arizmendi
• Michael Breidenbach
• Petter Reinholdtsen
• Sunil Mohan Adapa