<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="text-align:center"><i>Building your own offline (or online) Library of Alexandria is now easier than ever.  I'm pasting in our <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.4-Release-Notes">IIAB 6.4 Release Notes</a> below for all those who want to build their own, even if it hardly does justice to the many dozens of people who made this happen in medical clinics and schools around the world ~ as such I've only included our 16 core contributors for now,to give them special recognition ~ Still, Thank You ALL!</i><br></p><p><br></p><p>Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.4 (<a href="http://wiki.iiab.io/6.4">Wiki</a>, <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/1?closed=1">GitHub</a>) was released on October 5th 2017.</p>
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<a id="gmail-user-content-whats-new" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.4-Release-Notes#whats-new"></a>What's New?</h3>
<ul><li>Search across all your offline (ZIM) content files with an entirely new <a href="http://www.kiwix.org/">Kiwix</a> engine under the hood, <em>watch out Google here we come :-)</em>
</li><li>1-line installers for different server app suites — pick small, medium or large immediately at the moment you <a href="http://download.iiab.io/6.4/rpi/README.html">start downloading</a>.  Would you like your IIAB with... <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/local_vars_min.yml">~6</a>, <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/local_vars.yml">~12</a> or <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/local_vars_big.yml">~20</a> servers apps?  After you pick your favorite 1-line installer, Internet-in-a-Box will fully install itself!</li><li>Support for <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspbian-stretch/">Raspbian Stretch</a> and <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20171007">Debian 9.2</a> anchoring a solid LTS (long-term support) foundation for years to come, in addition to support for <a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/">Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</a> and the new <a href="https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7.1708">CentOS 7.4</a>, which shares the same code base as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4.</li><li>A major house cleaning deprecating unmaintained server apps, so IIAB
 installs faster and is more understandable, introducing a tighter <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml">default_vars.yml</a> for system-wide defaults.</li><li>A brand new <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Contributors-Guide">Contributors Guide</a> for software developers especially, and our new Jenkins and Travis CI test automation systems thanks to <a href="https://github.com/arky">Arky</a> and <a href="https://github.com/georgejhunt/">George Hunt</a>, that you'll be hearing a lot more about soon!<br></li></ul>
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<a id="gmail-user-content-whats-upgraded" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.4-Release-Notes#whats-upgraded"></a>What's Upgraded?</h3>
<ul><li>
<a href="http://ka-lite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installguide/release_notes.html">KA Lite</a> (LMS for Khan Academy videos & exercises) is upgraded to <a href="https://github.com/learningequality/ka-lite/releases">0.17.3</a> including easy subtitles very popular in developing countries.</li><li>WordPress is upgraded to <a href="https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/">4.8.2+</a> and now auto-upgrades when your Internet-in-a-Box is online!</li><li>Nextcloud is upgraded to <a href="https://nextcloud.com/changelog/">12.0.3</a>.</li><li>Sugarizer is upgraded to <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020080.html">0.9</a>.</li><li>Offline Social Network <a href="http://learn.elgg.org/en/2.3/">Elgg</a> is upgraded to <a href="https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/blob/2.3.4/CHANGELOG.md">2.3.4</a>.</li><li>Internet-in-a-Box's own Admin Console (<a href="http://box/admin">http://box/admin</a>) has been made more resilient.</li><li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible_(software)">Ansible</a> <a href="http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_4.html">2.4.x</a> (pre-built PPA or rpm) helps future-proof Internet-in-a-Box configuration management.</li><li>Extraneous red warnings during bootup and 1st run of Ansible are...gone at last!</li><li>Important <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.3-Release-Notes#known-issues">Known Issues in IIAB 6.3</a> now fixed!</li></ul>
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<a id="gmail-user-content-how-do-i-try-it" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.4-Release-Notes#how-do-i-try-it"></a>How do I try it?</h3>
<p>TL;DR!  Try our 1-line installer for Raspberry Pi 3:</p>
<pre><code> curl <a href="http://download.iiab.io/6.4/rpi/load.txt">download.iiab.io/6.4/rpi/load.txt</a> | sudo bash
</code></pre>
<p>Be sure your Raspberry Pi 3 is running a recent <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/">Raspbian Stretch</a>
 OS, has a microSD card large enough for content, and is connected to 
the Internet with an actual Ethernet cable.  Installation usually 
completes within two hours, if your Internet speed is very fast.  See <a href="http://download.iiab.io/6.4/rpi/README.html">download.iiab.io/6.4/rpi</a> for other/faster options!</p>
<p>Finally to install onto Ubuntu, Debian or CentOS, use our <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch">Do Everything from Scratch</a> install instructions — which quickly get you to the most important part — <em>where you can <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#add-content">add content!</a></em></p>
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<a id="gmail-user-content-people-who-busted-their-ass" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.4-Release-Notes#people-who-busted-their-ass"></a>People Who Busted Their Ass</h3>
<p>Thank you e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e for building your own DIY Library of Alexandria.  To serve One & All.</p>
<p><em>Not just in your own community — but by keeping in touch with our global volunteer community network (<a href="http://OFF.NETWORK">http://OFF.NETWORK</a>) each of you are providing the lifeblood "fieldback" — that keeps us motivated enabling Internet-in-a-Box's <a href="http://boxing.team">quality content collaborations</a> across ALL communities!</em></p>
<p>IIAB Development Team: <a href="https://github.com/georgejhunt/">George Hunt</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHdMC8lhpjM&t=2036s">Tim Moody</a>, <a href="https://github.com/jvonau">Jerry Vonau</a>, <a href="http://100schools.org/">Josh Dennis</a>, <a href="http://renomckenzie.com/">Reno McKenzie</a>, <a href="https://github.com/arky">Arky</a>, <a href="https://bhagmalpur.wordpress.com/author/anishmangal2002/">Anish Mangal</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-kanani-32536a12a">Joshua Kanani</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/germanrs">German Ruiz</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataren">César Natarén</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/curt-thompson-1935a165">Curt Thompson</a>, <a href="https://github.com/deldesir">Blondel Mondésir</a>, <a href="https://www.seedsforprogress.org/">Rick Castorani</a>, <a href="http://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/samuel-zidovetzki">Samuel Zidovetzki</a>, <a href="https://sipa.columbia.edu/news/project-examines-value-new-information-resource-medical-providers-rural-latin-america">María González</a>, <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/presentations/internet-box">Adam Holt</a>.</p>
<p>Join our Monday/Thursday calls if you want to meet any of the people above: <a href="http://MINUTES.IIAB.IO">MINUTES.IIAB.IO</a></p><p>Frequently Asked Questions: <a href="http://FAQ.IIAB.IO">FAQ.IIAB.IO</a></p></div></div>