lmns

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by lmns 10y ago
> I think the opposite. I prefer to have an open OS installed. An open OS with closed source drivers? The comparison with Android XDA images wasn't so far fetched. > And did you try the recent version of DD-WRT there by the way?
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by lmns 10y ago
LEDE / OpenWRT actually are quite nice if (and only if) your hardware is supported by free drivers. With proprietary drivers, of course, not so much. My TP-Links with OpenWRT (I know, I should upgrade to LEDE) are probably much more st
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by lmns 10y ago
Depends on your hardware.
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by lmns 10y ago
Well, depends. Debian has so called "tasks". If you install one of the desktop tasks (e.g. task-gnome-desktop), it's as complete as any other pre-configured distribution.
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by lmns 10y ago
> Pass doesn't solve the most important issue: passwords available on all devices, most importantly mobile. https://github.com/zeapo/Android-Password-Store https://github.com/davidjb/pass-i
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by lmns 10y ago
This. You could buy an automatic Seiko 5 for the price of a Swatch and go decades without servicing. At least 10 years should be possible without any problems for every model.
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by lmns 10y ago
At least in Germany we had the so called "Routerzwang". Some ISPs allowed third party equipment, but many didn't. You'd get a modem / router / AP combo device and the ISP had complete control over the firmware.
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by lmns 10y ago
The last time I looked it required a proprietary binary blob. AFAIK the only free drivers which work well are ath5k and ath9k.
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by lmns 10y ago
Quite reliable with Optimus? I'd bet your experience is based on desktop GPUs, but Optimus is painful with Linux.
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by lmns 10y ago
At least in the Debian builds of Chromium the sync component is included. So I guess it's open source?
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by lmns 10y ago
>and as part of their WRT line is intended to support open source firmwares. The wireless driver is crap, though. The last time I checked it wasn't recommended due to wireless problems. https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh&#
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by lmns 10y ago
>It seemed like an endless headache and never worked quite right The E3000 is based on a Broadcom SoC without free drivers. That's always a bad sign for third party support. Basically you are limited to some ancient kernel which may
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by lmns 10y ago
Some ISPs here in Germany don't even allow third party routers.
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by lmns 11y ago
Because of NATs and (restrictive) firewalls.
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by lmns 11y ago
For wifi they use only Atheros chipsets because they write their own drivers and changing chipsets would require a complete rewrite for some of their custom stuff. They had devices with 5 GHz before, just not in their SOHO devices. I'v
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by lmns 11y ago
I'd consider a Ubiquiti AP or a MikroTik. Both make solid devices for routing and wifi. Especially MikroTik offers some nice all-in-one devices. Never had a problem with them.
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by lmns 11y ago
>DD-WRT uses the wifi chip vendor's firmware blob to drive the hardware, which is certified by the vendor. At least for many Atheros-based chipsets they use ath9k instead of the vendor blobs.
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by lmns 11y ago
Moto E, G, etc.. Almost as cheap as chinese brands, but with much better update / software support.
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by lmns 11y ago
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