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You Can Now Run Debian GNU/Linux on the OpenWrt One Open-Source Router (9to5linux.com)
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Collabora shares with us today a new project that lets you install and run the Debian GNU/Linux operating system on the open-source OpenWrt One router.

Collabora’s Sjoerd Simons has developed openwrt-one-debian, a set of scripts and tools that make it easier for one to install a full Debian GNU/Linux operating system on the OpenWrt One device, leveraging its NVMe storage and giving you the freedom to enable custom services, support for containers, development tools, and more.

“This project provides a Rust-based flasher to install Debian on the OpenWrt One, opening the door to standard Debian tooling, packages, and workflows. For developers and power users, it transforms the OpenWrt One from a network appliance into a compact, general-purpose Linux system,” said Sjoerd Simons.

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 28 points 3 days ago

I have this hardware. It’s a nice piece.

[-] rimu@piefed.social 22 points 3 days ago

No curved plastic rubbish, just a square metal box! 👍

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 14 points 3 days ago

Is it really a router if it doesn't have twenty-five angry antennas sticking up from it?

[-] tuckerm@feddit.online 9 points 3 days ago

No, but it does have three antennas, which you can position to form The Trident of Portseidon.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I should hope it would be, because those antennas don't fit in my rack and wouldn't be appropriate even if they did (because I have separate WAPs distributed across the house via PoE).

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -1 points 3 days ago

Edgar Allan?

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Power over Ethernet

Not the person who's written on both a desk and a Raven.

[-] kybean@pawb.social 21 points 3 days ago

If only I could actually get the hardware at MSRP and not at least 3x more

[-] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 days ago

yeah... I've been wanting to upgrade home WiFi and the markups suck.

There were some rumors of an "OpenWRT Two" with WiFi 7, sometime mid-2026, but idk if those are credible so take with a pound of salt.

I hope they do come out with it, since WiFi 7 would be cool, and I hope it can stay at a reasonable price (though with the DRAM market explosion I doubt this).

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

Alas, it seems that open source driver support for the newer standards is lagging. My OpenWRT One has only been in service for a couple of months, and it ended up being a trade-off I made intentionally for the flexibility.

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