Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication

Re:Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resista... by SilverRed on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:38PM (#28588964)

I was using some unofficial packages since installing java on my system is difficult so I used the first flatpak and the first docker image I found on google and neither of them shipped an included browser and it seemed like the way was to make firefox work with it but I could not work that out.

It's been too long for me to remember the exact details but if I couldn't work out how to make it run as a long time linux and p2p user, I can't see how the average user could.

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Re:Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resista... by cgtzczykldpq on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:43PM (#28588994)

Yeah there are no official flatpaks or docker images so you were using 3rd-party software and this is not Freenet's fault :)

Perhaps you can update your topmost post to mention that?

The official installers are here: https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html

Thanks for clarifying though!

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Re:Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resista... by djcapelis on Sunday September 19, 2021 @11:44PM (#28590194)

Offering only a Java installer, of all things from the increasingly distant past, wholly divorced from any semblance on how most anyone wants to install or use software these days, is 100% a choice the freenet project made and entirely that project’s fault.

This type of uncaring about the user experience nonsense is exactly the type of issue that the person you’re replying to is sharing about their experience.

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Re:Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resista... by ArneBab on Monday September 20, 2021 @01:25AM (#28590600)

Do you want to help fix the debian installer? Freenet has been providing a Gentoo package for years. Other distributions need more work. If you have the skills, then please help updating the debian package! https://github.com/freenet/debian

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Re:Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resista... by Gigachad on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:47AM (#28591927)

These days you just ship it in a flatpak which is easy to install on any system. Distro specific packaging is a relic these days.

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Re:Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resista... by ArneBab on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:08AM (#28592436)

A pull-request (or repo) with a flatpak recipe would be very welcome, too.

Though distro-packaging in Guix is still far superior to a flatpak, because it gives the freedom of flatpaks but integrates much better.

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