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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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[–] 27 points 10 months ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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).

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    • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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).

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months 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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