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As a linux user, do you know about/use openwrt? (lemdro.id)

submitted 8 months ago by mfat@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have many nerdy friends who have been Linux users for ages. But most of them don't know such a thing as Openwrt exists or have never bothered to give it a try. It's a very fun piece of software to play with and can be extremely useful for routing traffic. Wondering why it isn't more popular/widely used.

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Some routers have dual partition setup.

Active and backup. When flashing firmware, it is flashed to the backup partition. If the router boots successfully, the newly flashed backup partition becomes active and vice versa. If things screw up, nothing happens.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for the info. Thats not exactly what I meant. I‘m not afraid of the router itself breaking at installation but freezing for example and not being able to reboot. I usually dont tinker with mission critical stuff.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

I know you likely have moved on but it would be interesting to actually figure out the cause. What steps would someone need to take to reproduce the issue?

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The same thing can happen to manufacturer firmware. Only you'd have much less capability to troubleshoot, let alone fix it.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

True but manufacturers are in big trouble if stuff like this breaks where I live so they are very eager to provide such service and additionally, the brand my router is from is generally considered rather good.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not USian, I'm guessing?

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Exactly.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gotcha. Very different in the States in this regard.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In a lot of regards that concern QoL, sadly. Have a good one.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Good luck. o/