Joseph's question is really important not even for me, as for person,
   who just want to try to run multi-purpose "home server". I think it is
   good idea for some bigger Documentation and HowTo project, too.
   Eugen's idea to have .ovf packages for different purposes is relevant
   too.
   Both ideas still need to be answered, and seems to me even propagated,
   so let me add one more question: Is there some Propaganda/Documentation
   Project/HowTo Wiki for this purpose?
   One of interesting .ovf I have found is Liberté Linux:
   [1]http://dee.su/liberte
   [seems to be kind of out-dated]
   One of interesting "multi purpose, out of the box, home server" seems
   to be this:
   arkOS: Building the anti-cloud (on a Raspberry Pi) - open source,
   Raspberry Pi - Development - Techworld
   [2]http://www.techworld.com.au/article/528273/arkos_building_anti-cloud
   _raspberry_pi_/
   Both projects seems to be worth to add human power to and more
   propaganda.
   Tails [3]https://tails.boum.org/ seems to be paranoid enough to not to
   support .ovf, or em'I wrong?
   BTW all of mentioned projects are good hint, what is trend on side of
   services but list of services and tools is still more than welcome.
   Btw2: On this wiki, I'm tiring to complete list of user side apps for
   different platforms, so it could be helpful too:
   [4]https://brmlab.cz/project/crypto-anonymity_knowbase
   Regards,
   ~ Over
   Dne 11.10.2013 13:42, Eugen Leitl napsal(a):

On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 03:58:26PM -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:


Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't do it: I think *everyone* should,
at least for a years or so, for a variety of technical, political, and
other reasons.  But you *cannot* go in unprepared!

I think we need more hidden services to make the darknet more attractive,
less exits. The open Internet has been dead for a while, time to accept it.

Running a non-exit relay from home is still worthwhile, since it raises the
bar for physical access, and also increases the traffic background.

Decentral search is pretty important, we could really use lots of
YaCy nodes as hidden services -- indexing not just the hidden web, of
course.

I wish there was a library of different privacy-based appliances in
virtual formats (.ovf) which are kept up to date for easy deployment
(even though running it on bare iron would be preferable). That would
seem to be a lot of work, though, and run into trust issues.

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 people.”
  ―     Thor Heyerdahl


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References

   1. http://dee.su/liberte
   2. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/528273/arkos_building_anti-cloud_raspberry_pi_/
   3. https://tails.boum.org/
   4. https://brmlab.cz/project/crypto-anonymity_knowbase
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