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source/_posts/2019-10-25-rip-hassbian.markdown

@@ -7,38 +7,42 @@ date_formatted: "October 26, 2019"
 author: Fredrik Lindqvist
 author_twitter: Landrash
 comments: true
-categories: community
+categories: Announcements
 ---
 
 It's time for what was once the simplest way to install Home Assistant to retire.
 
 ## R.I.P Hassbian
 
-Some of you will probably wonder why Hassbian is being retired and I'll try to give a proper motivation. 
+Some of you will probably wonder why Hassbian is being retired and I'll try to give a proper motivation.
 First of is the age-old factor of **time**. I as the lead developer of Hassbian haven't been able to give it the time and attention it requires, and there have been few others that have pushed the project further. The one exception being [@ludeeus] who's done most of the heavy lifting when the image was retooled to use a proper apt package and repository.
 Second is that it's no longer the best option for most to use as an installation method. Hass.io has surpassed Hassbian in almost all ways I can imagine.
 
 ## Next Step for Hassbian
+
 Since Hassbian has been around for quite a while, there are quite a few users that don't want Hassbian to go away. To make this as easy as possible for those users, here's the plan.
 
- - The repositories [pi-gen] and [hassbian-scripts] hosting the Hassbian projects files will be moved to a new organization. 
+- The repositories [pi-gen] and [hassbian-scripts] hosting the Hassbian projects files will be moved to a new organization.
- - A last release will be done by me mid Q4 2019. This image will be hosted under the [pi-gen] repository. 
+- A last release will be done by me mid Q4 2019. This image will be hosted under the [pi-gen] repository.
- - The [pi-gen] repository will be reworked to work with a standard [raspbian] image with minor modifications for anyone wanting to create their own "Hassbian like" image. This has always been possible, but the current repository is a bit out of date with the current layout of the Raspbian image. 
+- The [pi-gen] repository will be reworked to work with a standard [raspbian] image with minor modifications for anyone wanting to create their own "Hassbian like" image. This has always been possible, but the current repository is a bit out of date with the current layout of the Raspbian image.
- - The [hassbian-scripts] package will get a final release and will continue to be hosted on Gitlab. Some minor changes will be made to reflect the changes to the project.
+- The [hassbian-scripts] package will get a final release and will continue to be hosted on Gitlab. Some minor changes will be made to reflect the changes to the project.
 
 ## Next step for Hassbian users
+
 The Hassbian image has always aimed to be the same as a manual Raspbian Lite installation with some packages added.
 There won't really be any big changes for all of the users of Hassbian and for documentation, please refer to the [Manual installation on a Raspberry PI] method.
 
 ## Alternatives
+
 If you want to continue using something similar, have a look at the [manual installation on a Raspberry Pi] since it is the base Hassbian was created from.
 For everyone else, I would wholeheartedly recommend Hass.io since it is what I personally use now (It's what I had hoped Hassbian could have been but better).
 
 ## Last but not least
+
 Last but not least, thank you to all of those who contributed, in any way, to the Hassbian project and image.
 
 [@ludeeus]: https://github.com/ludeeus
 [pi-gen]: https://github.com/Hassbian/pi-gen
 [hassbian-scripts]: https://github.com/Hassbian/hassbian-scripts
-[Manual installation on a Raspberry Pi]: /docs/installation/raspberry-pi/
+[manual installation on a raspberry pi]: /docs/installation/raspberry-pi/
 [raspbian]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

source/_posts/2019-12-01-home-assistant-for-everyone.markdown

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+---
+title: "Home Assistant for everyone"
+description: "Make it easier. We're making Home Assistant easier to use, configure and contribute to."
+date: 2019-12-01 00:01:00
+date_formatted: "December 1, 2019"
+author: Paulus Schoutsen
+author_twitter: balloob
+categories: Community
+og_image: /images/blog/2019-12-home-assistant-for-everyone/social.png
+---
+
+With Home Assistant we want to help people live their life, while helping out in the background. I've written about this in 2016 when I detailed my view on the [perfect home automation](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/01/19/perfect-home-automation/). And we've been working towards this ever since.
+
+In 2019 we focused on "Make It Easier" ([see State of the Union for details](https://youtu.be/tc17q1Zn0Xs?t=1271)). We made Home Assistant easier to use, configure and contribute to. Every time we make it easier, we become accessible to more people. There is still a ton we can make easier, and that's great because 2020 is around the corner and we need things to do :-)
+
+During Thanksgiving, Home Assistant made it to #1 on [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21665125), a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. The comments had lots of users chiming in with their positive experiences. One comment stood out to me and I wanted to share it:
+
+<blockquote style='font-size:1em'>
+Just wanted to say that my life as a quadriplegic would be 13.4 million percent more crap without Home Assistant. Being quadriplegic and having something as open as Home Assistant is absolutely amazing, I have automated absolutely everything in the house and home assistant has not choked once.
+<br><br>
+Couple that with one of the friendliest communities for newbies I have come across in a long time and you have something really awesome.
+<br><br>
+I've been using it for a couple of years, I have tried all the other open source alternatives but nothing really comes close for me. I'm actually fiddling with my installation right now as it were.
+<br><br>
+I cannot plug my phone in to charge it up myself obviously, so I am writing a little automation that will check who is in the house and announce through the speakers my phone needs charging up or send them a text message if I have their phone number when my mobile phone charge gets below 20%.
+<br><br>
+Totally cool beanz and I am totally serious about how much easier this makes my life as a quadriplegic.
+<br><br>
+– <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21666909">escapologybb on Hacker News</a>
+</blockquote>
+
+This is just great. I love how this user is able to live an easier life. It's really motivating.
+
+I also really like the first reply on the above comment. It highlights how we tend to judge things from our perspective, and that those can be wrong.
+
+<blockquote style='font-size:1em'>
+Thanks for your comment. I came to this discussion with my blinkers on, so to speak, pre -judging how I need less automation in my world, and you give concrete evidence how someone's "meh" can be balanced by untold advantages (13.4 million, in fact) of such a system.
+<br><br>
+Thanks for making me eat humble pie and broadening my views. Sometimes more tech is helpful indeed.
+<br><br>
+Ps: The way you're applying it is creative and awesome too!
+<br><br>
+– <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21667056">cmroanirgo on Hacker News</a>
+</blockquote>
+
+As Home Assistant grows and evolves, let's make sure we don't judge the additions and changes based from just our own perspective and needs. Think about how it can help other (potential) Home Assistant users. It's our goal that a privacy focused home automation platform is within everyones reach, regardless of background, location or income.
+
+As the year is coming to a close, I want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season without having to solve too many relatives computer problems or fighting big corporations closing local APIs ([like last year](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2018/12/17/logitech-harmony-removes-local-api/) 🤦‍♂️). Home Assistant 0.103 is scheduled for December 11, after which we take a break and willl be back to our regular three week release schedule on January 15, with the release of 0.104.
+
+Proost!
+
+Paulus