Example projects
- Storage
OpenMediaVault (which ?isn't released yet, but looks like it has an excellent and comprehensive panel, similar to that used by the ReadyNAS.)
ownCloud, data storage project from the wider KDE community
openstoragepod, video, slides - open hardware project, small cubes to store terabytes
- Non-free (will not be used, but useful for comparisons):
5 NAS servers comparison: FreeNAS, CryptoNAS (formerly ?CryptoBox), Openfiler, NASLite-M2 (proprietary) and NanoNAS (proprietary): http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7153/1/
ReadyNAS - proprietary parts sold on top of Debian running SPARC hardware. similar to freedombox but targetting home storage only, with a web interface, rahter than lots of applications, althogh there were some (like BitTorrent.) Point is really to look at them as a model of how to sell Debian preinstalled in display-less computers.
Wuala, Distributed, redundant, encrypted (zero-knowledge), and online file storage (closed source)
- One of the main points to take from Wuala is the storage distribution (papers available). It lets you specify how much personal storage of yours you want to allow others to utilize and you get the same amount in return from the cloud of users.
- Telephony
Asterisk (appliances, live CD's)
PlugBPX, a project to turn the sheeva plug into a simple Asterisk server
- Networking
- Social
GNU social - alpha demo available
diaspora - not released yet
Seeks Project - "social websearch"
RetroShare, secure communications with friends
- Other
PogoPlug: Proprietary software stack to run on plug computers and provide "personal cloud" storage and access (dynamicDNS, access control, web configuration)
Tonido, local cloud services on a sheeva plug device. Proprietary software on top of Ubuntu jaunty.
SmoothWall - firewall distro
IP Cop - firewall distro
Aegir (Drupal-based control panel)
Webmin, mature web-based *nix sys administration - easy to use from anywehere, no X necessary.
SPACE service platform for distributable services, with (KDE) desktop integration and (Eucalyptus) cloud backend
Tidbit: A global database for exchanging signed tidbits of information