One of my big projects for the year is to create what I’m calling, Internet In a Box. It’s a self-contained device able to provide social networking and collaboration to small groups. Its intent is to be used by protestors in the event their government turns off the internet and cellular service.
Currently, the project is shifting from planning to development and consists of a Raspberry Pi with Debian serving NextCloud’s collaboration suite via Apache and MariaDB along with Dolphin open-source social networking. Load testing on the Raspberry Pi is proving to be the toughest hurdle thus far. I will either change hardware (wireless at least) or attempt changes in NextCloud. There is a NextCloud image specifically for Raspberry Pi’s that can be tested, as well.
Down the line, I would like to examine distributed storage and compute. Currently, the focus will be on the core product, which is an isolated sharing platform.
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