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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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[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know about it. It's pretty popular, so much in fact that you can buy a wide range of routers with it preinstalled.

[–] mfat@lemdro.id 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I only know one company that sells routers with openwrt pre-installed. It's called Gl-inet.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Make that two, Turris also sells them, though technically it's a fork of OpenWrt with some stuff on top. I have one myself (though I'm not running the original OS).

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Turris looks very good. Thanks.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Make that 3! There's Sinovoip (aka Banana Pi). https://www.banana-pi.org/en/bananapi-router/.

The BananaPi BPi R3 and here is a very good option with a 4 core CPU, 2GB of RAM Wifi6 and two 2.5G SFP ports besides the 4 ethernet ports. There’s also an upcoming board the BPI-R4 with optional Wifi 7 and 10G SPF.