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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Good that I flashed OpenWrt on my ASUS router. Couldn't be more happier.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

I stopped reading after this line.

Raspberry Pi won't do unfortunately, unless you run up to 4 lightweight containers.

Does the author know how much compute power a Raspberry Pi 5 has? If the software that just hosts personal data can't run in Raspberry Pi 5, that should be a terrible software. For most people and their families, a RPi5 is enough to host anything that they would ever need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Iced is a Rust GUI toolkit which is high level than any existing toolkits including Qt, GTK etc. System76's COSMIC desktop is developed using Iced. I believe Iced will replace Qt and GTK in Linux space in coming years.

Rust is not only for low level programs, but it's a general purpose high level language for any kind of applications. If the OP wants to go high level than Rust, there's always Haskell which is an older cousin of Rust but with more functional and higher level abstractions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Not OP, but my reasons for choosing Fedora is, it just works. I use the Atomic version of it which is an image based operating system. Installing packages or updates does not leave the system unstable. I can simply rollback to previous version. Also Fedora pushes entire Linux community forward by adopting potential technologies like Flatpak, PipeWire, Wayland etc earlier compared to other distros.

(I also run NixOS which I believe has more potential and solves many problems than Fedora).

Having said that there are two downsides to Fedora.

  • Fedora is closely associated with Red Hat. I wish it is purely community driven.
  • Fedora does not offer LTS kernels (Maybe it would threaten Red Hat, if Fedora is too stable).
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Same here. I can't stand the lack of cleanliness in UI. In Plasma, within 5 mins of usage, I can already notice imperfections everywhere.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

Exactly. While I love Plasma for what it is, I also don't love certain things like lack of polish, stability etc. Again no offense. Fedora Workstation aims to be a stable OS with sensible defaults for wider audience including home users, disabled people and developers who want to get things done rather than tweaking their OS. GNOME may not have great customizability as Plasma but it is stable and well polished for average user.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That is not the DNSCrypt official website.

Official site: https://dnscrypt.info/

Official repo: https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Can confirm. At this point, I just want a solution to completely remove Reddit links from search results.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I use Postgres at my home and at work. I thank him and other unknown heroes. He will live forever with Postgres.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I use an entry level router ASUS RT-AX53U with OpenWrt. WiFi 6, IPv6, Guest VLAN, DNSCrypt (DoH), Adblock, Firewall are few things I have configured with OpenWrt.

Even if you don't buy ASUS, make sure your router is supported by OpenWrt. It's a Linux distribution that runs on routers and PCs to configure home networking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yes. It saved me from crappy firmware on my expensive router. It's a must if you care about security of your home network and devices.

 

Just an appreciation post for the OpenWrt project.

I recently bought an ASUS router. It was good for it's price. However when I enabled IPv6 on the router, it could not handle it. It made my networking terribly slow. It could be a bug in the firmware or missing IPv6 specification or incompatibility with my ISP. Anyway I debugged for a week and eventually gave up.

I asked ASUS support for a solution. However they asked me to take it to a service center. The service center guys had no clue about IPv6.

Finally I tried to purchase an expensive Netgear router. Then at last minute I recalled about OpenWrt read in newsletters or heard somewhere in Linux Podcasts.

I went through the documentation and flashed it (It was super simple). It's fantastic. All my problems went away. IPv6 works like charm. It can handle SLAAC, DHCPv6 and all IPv6 specifications correctly and by default. I could also enable DoH, adblocking etc.

Learning curve is little higher with it's LuCI UI, but it was worth it. Not only did I save my money, but my router is also more secure now.

Thanks to all the developers who put their hard labour with no expectation in return.

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