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OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devices

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271 points pykello | 3 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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CursedSilicon ◴[08 Sep 25 18:45 UTC] No.45172165[source]▶
I'm a staunch defender of OpenWRT. Having used just about every "router distro" folks care to name (remember SmoothWall?) for the last 20~ years, OpenWRT is built like a tank and just keeps trundling along

I hope their experiments with the "OpenWRT One" keep going. I'd love to see OpenWRT take a (deserved) bite out of the "SMB firewall vendors" like Netgate or OPNsense. Or just undercutting Wi-Fi vendors like Ubiquiti who base their work on OpenWRT anyway

Something I'm excited to try myself in future is running "OpenWISP" [1] to manage a small fleet (three) OpenWRT devices in parallel for a deployment in a shared workshop. This seems to also be something that OpenWRT could be better at integrating, but it's nice to see "a vendor" tackling it

[1] https://openwisp.org/

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1. zokier ◴[08 Sep 25 19:11 UTC] No.45172531[source]▶
I hope OpenWrt doesn't turn too commercial (like Netgate or opnsense) because that leads just to subscriptions, enshittification, feature gates, and drama. It is now in a good place as a solid platform to build upon, I hope it stays that way.
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2. nicce ◴[08 Sep 25 19:44 UTC] No.45172992[source]▶
If they had their money from hardware only, would that be the perfect route?
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3. pseudosavant ◴[08 Sep 25 22:21 UTC] No.45174817[source]▶
Selling hardware, or consulting services.