OpenWRT
Posted: 2009-06-28 Filed under: Science & Tech | Tags: linksys, linux, openwrt Leave a comment »
I have a Linksys WRT54GL router at home. I had DD-WRT installed on it, and used it as a home wireless access point, router and IPv6 6to4 gateway. So far it was working flawlessly, until I changed my ISP to Sunrise.
After the switch, I started having a weird PPPoE related issue where the router would redial the connection every 30 minutes. There was no elegant solution available, and the unelegant solution wasn’t good enough.
I decided to be a macho and install OpenWRT. I’ve read on the Internet that I should be prepared to spend some time configuring it manually without expecting a good web interface.
It was a very pleasant surprise to find a very nice web administration interface, not as nice as DD-WRT, but it allowed me to configure more aspects of the router behavior. PPPoE with Sunrise just works, and the OpenWRT distribution feels more like a full-blown desktop/server distribution, with package management and all. I just love it.
Linuxdays 2009
Posted: 2009-06-05 Filed under: Science & Tech | Tags: canonical, debian, libre, linalis, linux, linuxdays, oracle Leave a comment »Today I’ve been to Linuxdays, a yearly Linux and open source related event that took place here in Geneva. I had the opportunity to meet some really cool people from Debian, Canonical, Sun Oracle, and Linalis, a local open source consultancy firm. It’s been a nice opportunity to stretch ties with the local open source community.
One of the most interesting outcomes of the open source success now is that it’s not just Linux anymore, with OpenSolaris also playing a mayor role in the game. I just hope they get to liberate the source code for the compiler so it can rise to the state of openness of Linux and the *BSD systems.
