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OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devices

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271 points pykello | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | 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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numpad0 ◴[08 Sep 25 19:04 UTC] No.45172440[source]▶
IMO it's valid criticism and at the same time IMO GUIs are unnecessary frills.

If you've tried Cisco routers - you can export ALL configurations by running command `show running-configuration`, or `display current-configuration` on Huawei routers, or `show configuration commands`on Vyatta/VyOS/EdgeOS, which can then be restored onto a brand new router by just right click pasting that log into the ssh session.

That's VASTLY superior to ANY GUI. IMO. YMMV. IANAL. Views are my own. But it is.

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1. zokier ◴[08 Sep 25 19:22 UTC] No.45172684[source]▶
It is convenient then that Luci (openwrts web ui) is based on top of uci which is fully exposed through a CLI and/or config files.