<p dir="ltr">On Nov 28, 2012 1:23 AM, "Josh" <<a href="mailto:leapole@gmail.com">leapole@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I noticed once I sent the message, I should have said Openwrt is a linux like system but it is not the same linux. It does carry a better networking stack and I like the way it loads a filesystem image, but as for running a server you will end up limited quickly due to the driver libraries are different, and some of the lib are just not there or written differently. I seem to run into the same t hing with android, they all say its linux but its not quite the same. <br>
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> The thing I find most important and unique to linux is the ability to compile and create a new system from scratch using only onboard tools. I have managed to compile stuff on android but have yet to get a native thing out of openwrt also I have not really tried hard. So i just find it odd to call these embedded systems linux.</p>
<p dir="ltr">While Android employs a truly odd driver model not shared with the mainline kernel, OpenWRT runs a very stock Linux. I've compiled OpenWRT - the whole thing, packages included - for a few targets, and the process includes configuring the kernel. With very little effort, I could boot an OpenWRT userspace on a Debian kernel, or vice versa. I've done it. The OpenWRT x86 kernel is just like any other x86 distro kernel. So I don't know what you're talking about with respect to 'driver libraries'?</p>
<p dir="ltr">The OpenWRT ar71xx branch has 3400ish packages. For comparison, even a big distribution like Fedora only has about 4x that many. OpenWRT is closer to Fedora or Debian in terms of completeness than I suspect this distribution is. So again, huh?</p>
<p dir="ltr">I suspect you haven't understood my question, which was essentially:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Why would I use this 'lightweight' distribution, when I could use OpenWRT and get all the apparent features this distribution claims, _and more_?</p>
<p dir="ltr">--tim</p>