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| - | ====== About OpenWRT ====== | + | ====== About OpenWrt ====== |
| OpenWrt is a highly extensible GNU/Linux distribution for embedded devices. Unlike many other distributions for these routers, OpenWrt is built from the ground up to be a full-featured, easily modifiable operating system for your router. In practice, this means that you can have all the features you need with none of the bloat, powered by a Linux kernel that's more recent than most other distributions. | OpenWrt is a highly extensible GNU/Linux distribution for embedded devices. Unlike many other distributions for these routers, OpenWrt is built from the ground up to be a full-featured, easily modifiable operating system for your router. In practice, this means that you can have all the features you need with none of the bloat, powered by a Linux kernel that's more recent than most other distributions. | ||
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| At the moment there are more than 2000 software packages in the official repository, and many more provided by the community. The number of packages is evidence of the effectiveness of the OpenWrt build system, which provides the opportunity to easily port packages and create your own firmware. | At the moment there are more than 2000 software packages in the official repository, and many more provided by the community. The number of packages is evidence of the effectiveness of the OpenWrt build system, which provides the opportunity to easily port packages and create your own firmware. | ||
| + | ===== Why is OpenWrt so ugly/empty? ===== | ||
| + | Because the OpenWrt-Project is THE bazaar (please read [[wp>The Cathedral and the Bazaar]] (http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/homesteading/)) of embedded routing and does not bother to be a cathedral. OpenWrt is user friendly, you just have to pick the desired components, configure them and so build your own cathedral. There are numerous projects build upon OpenWrt, who did exactly that. | ||
| ===== Projects adopting OpenWrt ===== | ===== Projects adopting OpenWrt ===== | ||
| - | * http://start.freifunk.net/ | + | * [[http://start.freifunk.net/|Freifunk]] |
| * http://linuxxmore.blogspot.com/2008/09/34-mips-board-has-own-linux-distro.html | * http://linuxxmore.blogspot.com/2008/09/34-mips-board-has-own-linux-distro.html | ||
| * http://www.wh-netz.de/knowledgebase/WHFunk.en.htm | * http://www.wh-netz.de/knowledgebase/WHFunk.en.htm | ||
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