KseniyaK

joined 1 year ago
sorted by: new top controversial old
Is there any modern FOSS firmware for Linksys WRT54G routers? Is it possible for me to compile the latest version of OpenWRT for a WRT54G router with 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] KseniyaK@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, I unfortunately don't know how to solder, and I've found that FreshTomato works on my router (even with the latest version).

Is there any modern FOSS firmware for Linksys WRT54G routers? Is it possible for me to compile the latest version of OpenWRT for a WRT54G router with 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] KseniyaK@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Thanks! Installed FreshTomato and so far it's working fine!

Is there any modern FOSS firmware for Linksys WRT54G routers? Is it possible for me to compile the latest version of OpenWRT for a WRT54G router with 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] KseniyaK@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'd say 2 GB of RAM is actually quite plenty for a router since it doesn't need to do anything that RAM intensive. Even a desktop computer running Linux with no GUI only uses around 100 MB of RAM.

36
Is there any modern FOSS firmware for Linksys WRT54G routers? Is it possible for me to compile the latest version of OpenWRT for a WRT54G router with 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM? (lemmy.ca)
 

I have a few different Linksys WRT54G routers and I've installed DD-WRT - build number 44715 - on them. However, this build appears to have been made in 2020. So, I was wondering if there's a more modern version of dd-wrt for this router. If not, is it possible for me to compile the latest version of OpenWRT for these routers which have 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM?

102
Are there any modern wifi cards that work with Linux and have 100% FOSS drivers (no proprietary binary blobs)? (lemmy.ca)
 

I was thinking of getting a wifi card like that, but can't seem to find any.

26
Is it possible to replace the wifi card on a Macbook pro 11,2 (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)? If so, are there any compatible wifi cards with open source drivers for Linux? (lemmy.ca)
 

I am running Linux on my macbook pro and it has a Broadcom BCM4360 wifi card. Problem is that the driver for it is proprietary (or more accurately, mostly proprietary with some of the source code available), quite outdated, and I couldn’t get it to work with Linux kernel v6.9.5.

I am running Gentoo Linux on my macbook with a custom kernel. I previously had wifi working, but then I reinstalled Gentoo (because I wanted to do full disk encryption), copied over the kernel config file from my previous install (which I knew had working wifi), migrated it to a newer kernel version (plus added support for full disk encryption) and now the wifi drivers won’t even compile.

So, I was thinking of replacing the current wifi card with something that has modern and open-source drivers for it. Is it possible to do that on a Macbook pro 11,2 (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)? If so, are there any compatible wifi cards with open source drivers for Linux?

What are you most excited when it comes to linux in 2024? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] KseniyaK@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago

Mee too. Already switched to Gentoo. I also plan on setting up my own NAS.

Darling runs macOS software directly without using a hardware emulator in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] KseniyaK@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Uhm, if that happens, maybe the devs could use something like qemu or a specialized fork of it?

systemd 255 Released With A "Blue Screen of Death" For Linux Systems in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] KseniyaK@lemmy.ca 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I hope this isn't going to be the default. I know, the average granny might prefer to have a BSOD with a QR code, but I think a lot of the people who are more tech-savvy, like me, would prefer to see log messages when booting because then you could see which service failed and why or why it's all of a sudden taking so long to boot. That's also why I choose not to have a splash screen when booting.

Anyways, this BSOD thing doesn't apply to me because I use Gentoo with OpenRC.

0
Should I install Linux on my smartphone? (lemmy.ca)
 

I have a Samsung Galaxy J3 (2018) smartphone which currently has the stock Samsung Android OS installed on it. I wanted to install an Android "distro" that doesn't spy on me, like Graphene OS, but I couldn't find a ROM for it. Since I would probably need to compile AOSP from source code anyways, I though, why not install Gentoo on my smartphone (doing the compilation on a more powerful computer using distcc). I have already installed Gentoo on both my laptop and desktop from a stage3 tarball and I'm loving it, so I guess doing the same on my smartphone wouldn't be too hard.

Now, the problem is that I need to use a few apps that are not available on Linux, like the proprietary app that I use to pay for my bus tickets. How well does waydroid work?