ArkOS Home Cloud on Raspberry Pi

Original author: John Koetsier
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Ark OS, a crowdfunding project to create a private cloud service that gives you the opportunity to organize your own cloud in the comfort and safety of your home, has reached its funding goal of $ 45,000.

859 people contributed $ 45,189 when there were six more days left until the end of the campaign.

ArkOS can host your website, web applications, mail, file hosting, music and photos in one place. However, this place is under your complete control, and you can decide who can have access to your digital property.



Jacob Cook, the author of the project, has an ambitious plan to replace Google - with the help of Raspberry Pi servers running on his ArkOS.

Founder Jacob Cook launched the project when Google killed his Reader, a service he relied on.

“Google, despite being a great company that has done a lot of great things for the web, is showing some troubling trends,” Cook said a few weeks ago. “The Google Reader’s closure this year means that none of the services we rely on is untouchable if it’s not making enough profit.”

Despite the fact that the main software will work on “anything”, Ark OS will ship on a Raspberry Pi computer the size of a credit card that connects to your home Internet router. After installation, you can log in to it from any device using the Genesis utility. From there, you can connect and disconnect services, add new tools and options as they become available, and configure your personal cloud service using a simple graphical interface.



However, the software requires “thorough development”. For this, a crowdfunding campaign was launched.

As a result, Ark OS will allow you to launch your own calendar server, file hosting like Dropbox, your own email server, manage your own chat infrastructure, and integrate discs containing all your photos, movies and files. You can also set up the Tor client for anonymous internet surfing and participate in decentralized social networks like Diaspora.

However, you cannot host your own Facebook or Twitter.

But then, you can show the middle finger of Google and other cloud service providers. As well as the NSA and the FBI, if Ark OS is really as secure as Cook says.

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