🆕 Software Suggestion | EmbassyOS

[kn0wmad]

Basic Information

Name: EmbassyOS
Category: Operating System
URL: https://start9.com / http://privacy34kn4ez3y3nijweec6w4g54i3g54sdv7r5mr6soma3w4begyd.onion/

Description

EmbassyOS is built to allow anyone to easily run their own ‘cloud,’ become independent from Big Tech, and own their own data. EmbassyOS allows anyone to easily self-host their own software services.

EmbassyOS is a custom-built Linux distribution, which is a stripped down and beefed up version of Raspbian Buster Lite OS (currently being refactored with Ubuntu Server), along with a suite of software tools which make it easy to:

• Install, uninstall, and upgrade services from the custom Marketplace (similar to your phone’s app store)

• Manage and run services that YOU control

• Upgrade your Embassy software with the latest features and security updates

• Backup services, and restore from backups if needed

Start9 augmented the original Raspbian OS to include:

• a custom application management layer, specialized for installing, running, and backing up .s9pk packaged services

• a layer responsible for Embassy specific operations, such as Tor, Backups, and Notifications

The .s9pk extension is Start9’s custom package format based on tar (currently being refactored to a fully custom format). It encompasses the necessary components to compress, host, and install a service on the marketplace.

Why I am making the suggestion

EmbassyOS is exciting because it is the foundation of digital independence. Hosting your own software has never been easier, and this paves the road to eliminating dependency on Big Tech.

My connection with the software

I work with Start9 Labs, the company behind EmbassyOS.

• I will keep the issue up-to-date if something I have said changes or I remember a connection with the software.

[mikezentz]

I'm currently using EmbassyOS for self-hosted file-storage, password management, and text communication over the Tor network. It doesn't get much more private than that.

[githubaccountforme]

I'll double vouch for it. I've been a customer for a few weeks now and I'm using it to self-host my own photos, use its built-in Bitwarden, and all the other goodies. Feels pretty awesome to have all of this running over TOR and from my own personal server with no one in between me and my data.

[k0gen]

For me ‭EmbassyOS ended up as self-hosted Bitwarden, [matrix], bitcoin and lightning node for my family. This thing is the futur of sovereign computing!

[gary-host-laptop]

What the fucking hell, this is fucking spam with bots, what the hell is this distro? @freddy-m @githubaccountforme's account name is fucking saying im a bot and the profile doesn't have any activity, and @k0gen (who commented), @elvece and @dr-bonez who used a heart emoji, has a lot of issues, PRs and repositories related to EmbassyOS. It is shady to say the least that if you come here promoting your software without being honest that you participate in the project.

[k0gen]

What the fucking hell, this is fucking spam with bots, what the hell is this distro? @freddy-m @githubaccountforme's account name is fucking saying im a bot and the profile doesn't have any activity, and @k0gen (who commented), @elvece and @dr-bonez who used a heart emoji, has a lot of issues, PRs and repositories related to EmbassyOS. It is shady to say the least that if you come here promoting your software without being honest that you participate in the project.

Ha ha - As a 🤖 I can tell that your curiosity ended quite quickly and you switched to anger mode in no time 😂.

Relax, breath and do as I did when I first found out about the EmbassyOS. I took my time to look thru the code and compiled it myself. I ended up using it every since and I'm honestly suggesting it to anyone who is interested in self sovereignty and privacy.

[dr-bonez]

@LongJohn-Silver yes, the people advocating for Embassy OS on this thread are either users or involved in the project. Is it common for a request for something to be added to be from people who have never used it at all? No one here has tried to hide their relationship to the project. I wouldn't be working on it if I didn't believe in it.

[spencerflagg]

@LongJohn-Silver Embassy has a very small, very dedicated userbase - and we're all very happy to advocate for it. No spambots needed. :)

Further, Embassy is a platform designed with the layperson in mind, so many of its users (and therefore advocates) are not going to have long git histories.

[kn0wmad]

@LongJohn-Silver I am not a bot. This is not spam. I work on Embassy. Do you require any additional disclosures?

[freddy-m]

What the fucking hell, this is fucking spam with bots, what the hell is this distro? @freddy-m @githubaccountforme's account name is fucking saying im a bot and the profile doesn't have any activity, and @k0gen (who commented), @elvece and @dr-bonez who used a heart emoji, has a lot of issues, PRs and repositories related to EmbassyOS. It is shady to say the least that if you come here promoting your software without being honest that you participate in the project.

I can tell why @LongJohn-Silver is suspicious. These messages do seem like spam. However I don't think these accounts are necessarily bots. CC @privacytools/editorial

[gary-host-laptop]

This account, @githubaccountforme, does seems like a bot account to me, the others look pretty human after they ganged on me because I called them out, which is even worse in my opinion. It's totally okay if your userbase/developers are really into the project your working in, but to me it just feels off that a whole bunch of you come raiding in the issue with comments/emojis/etc, it just sounds suspicious, @freddy-m.

[githubaccountforme]

This account, @githubaccountforme, does seems like a bot account to me, the others look pretty human after they ganged on me because I called them out, which is even worse in my opinion. It's totally okay if your userbase/developers are really into the project your working in, but to me it just feels off that a whole bunch of you come raiding in the issue with comments/emojis/etc, it just sounds suspicious, @freddy-m.

I'm all for suspicion, but we are just big fans and customers of the Embassy box and OS that Start9 has created. Someone in the Start9 telegram is a big fan of PrivacyTools and had noticed that no one had suggested EmbassyOS so a few of us came here to mention it. Not sure how else you would prefer users of an open source project designed with the exact philosophical underpinnings of PrivacyTools should go about adding in new, you know, privacy tools.

Please keep in mind that many of us customers of the Embassy box are not tech-focused developers (many likely don't even have GitHub accounts which is why there is basically zero history for many accounts, mine included. For most of us a lot of open source software is technically out of reach, as many of us don't know how to compile code or even get close to using the command line. Personally I started using EmbassyOS because it was the only user-friendly way for me to deploy a lot of apps in a few clicks.

Just wanted to further explain why many of us jumped in excitedly leaving comments as it this were a social media site. I hope you'll excuse our apparent lack of GitHub acumen, but applaud our love of privacy preserving technology and sharing something that makes more sovereign self-hosted tools accessible to the layperson.