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Make FreedomBox image downloads available via BitTorrent protocol

Make the stable images of FreedomBox available for download using BitTorrent.

Advantages:

  • People with flaky internet connections can reliably download FreedomBox.
  • Downloading from peers might be useful at FreedomBox install fests.
  • Circumventing censorship of ftp.freedombox.org when deep-packet inspection is used.
  • Reduce server congestion and scaling problems when FreedomBox eventually gets popular.
  • Other general benefits of decentralization.

Since testing and unstable images are updated very frequently, there is not much advantage to be gained by having multiple bit-torrent seeds which get outdated on a daily basis. Suggestions on what to do about them are welcome.