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New OpenWRT Drops Support For Linux 2.4, Low-Mem Devices

Posted by timothy on from the don't-throw-tomatoes dept.

hypnosec writes with word that the OpenWRT team a few days ago released the final version of the project's newest iteration, version 12.09 (codenamed "Attitude Adjustment"). "The final version doesn't support Linux 2.4, because of which the distribution wouldn't run on old router models, for example the Linksys WRT54G models, which have 16MB of RAM and CPUs clocked at 200MHz. The distribution is now based on Linux 3.3 and there is good news for the Raspberry Pi fans as the distribution now supports the credit card-sized computer, along with Ramips routers."

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  1. Brilliant by Holi · · Score: 5, Funny

    So they drop support for the routers everyone has and want you to build your own router from a raspberry. Sounds like a plan for success.

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    1. Re:Brilliant by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      I sense a great disturbance in the fork.

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  2. Rasberry Pi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now it runs on Rasberry Pi?
    Just what I needed, a router with a single network interface!

  3. Re:Time for a rename? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suggest The Distribution Formerly Known As OpenWRT.

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  4. Re:From IIGS to 3GS by JustOK · · Score: 3, Funny

    They named most of their products after the IIGS

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  5. Re:You should drop them anyway... by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 3, Funny

    Below are the speedtests of two different routers using a wired connection.

    Actiontec (about 2011) – 53.22 MB (down) 8.23 (up) Linksys WRT54G v2 (about 2004) – 23 MB (down) 7.76 (up)

    I've got Time Warner cable internet, so I'm cool, then.

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