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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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

submitted 9 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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[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

TIL there are Linux people that don't use OpenWRT. I always assumed everyone in the Linux community used it. It's great.

Works great with mt7621 based routers if anyone ends up looking for something compatible.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Some people use pfSense/OPNsense

[–] Monsieur_bleu@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago

or libreCMC

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I run a proxmox and run PFsense on it. They are both pretty similar but there were more tutorials for PFsense at the time.

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

It's a joy to use on x86 hardware though. You can run as many services as you want.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

IMO, I'd run pf/opnsense on an x86 box, but openwrt on a low powered device...

Did that years ago with a pfSense firewall connected to the DSL modem, with OpenWrt APs around the house...until the hardware couldn't support the next version of OpenWrt... (not enough RAM?)