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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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[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

True but manufacturers are in big trouble if stuff like this breaks where I live so they are very eager to provide such service and additionally, the brand my router is from is generally considered rather good.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] drwho@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gotcha. Very different in the States in this regard.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In a lot of regards that concern QoL, sadly. Have a good one.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago