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OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devices

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271 points pykello | 2 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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aborsy ◴[08 Sep 25 18:11 UTC] No.45171756[source]▶
Couldn’t developers of OpenWRT come up with a better UI?

It’s not user friendly at all.

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1. wtallis ◴[08 Sep 25 18:49 UTC] No.45172218[source]▶
Could you provide any specifics? Are you wanting a dumbed-down UI that hides most of the functionality, or are you wanting the existing functionality to be exposed to the user differently?
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2. aborsy ◴[10 Sep 25 00:05 UTC] No.45191303[source]▶
See

https://www.wundertech.net/opnsense-vs-openwrt/

To be clear, OpenWRT is a great OS. The UI is a bit old fashioned, existing functionality could be exposed more cleanly, and the terminology could be more intuitive.

This is basically what gl-inet did! You can compare how they expose functionality. Of course, it’s limited, but eventually the remaining features in LUCI could be incorporated in the same UI.