Open source and being freely available (not necessarily FOSS compliant) are different things. Currently there is no way for you to say download or build cumulu

Open source and being freely available (not necessarily FOSS compliant) are different things. Currently there is no way for you to say download or build cumulus Linux to run it on your own hardware without buying that access afaik. Checking their site again today seems to confirm it the only thing they have available is a VX appliance you can deploy in the cloud as a demo. I think with NVIDIA behind them they might have a business model that would allow them to release CL openly or at least in the form of a community/light edition for small scale use. I would love a reliable DD-WRT like option for switches especially since SOHO grade managed switches are becoming crappier by the day with more and more of them going into cloud managed and licenses. This is becoming a problem with NAS as well if you want a cheap Ethernet based storage you pretty much only have WD MyCloud which requires internet access to access your drive on your local network. There are probably some hacks around it but these things are becoming more and more prevalent.