linuxdevices.com — "The L model will continue to offer 4MB of Flash, and 16MB of RAM, in order to support the various freely and commercially available alternative firmware images for the devices that depend on those memory capacities." --- It's great to see a big company embrace the open source movement!
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ateotoDec 2, 2005
Well thats nice of them.
porkcharsuiDec 2, 2005
The only reason they now have a special linux version is because they crippled the existing wrt54g and then made a new version so they could charge more.
randomskratchDec 2, 2005
anyone else thought Linksys was taking Linux hackers to court?
damuDec 2, 2005
WRT54G is an excellent piece of hardware! I've had one for over 2 years and love it!
monkeyfitDec 2, 2005
"It's great to see a big company embrace the open source movement!"Then how come they haven't released linux drivers? Every time I boot, I have to load some makeshift drivers using files from a Windows driver and ndiswrapper. It's nice that they do this, but they should really develop some linux drivers if they want to be considered as a company that embraces the open source movement.
iraqmaniacDec 2, 2005
that's awesome!
mridleyDec 2, 2005
Right, but, if they were going to release a version specifically targeted for linux people and already expected it to be more of a niche product when developing it, then why didn't they release the GS version with more RAM?-m
canyonblueDec 3, 2005
this is stupid to ask but as a simple home user with about two tivos, 1 xbox, and a laptop all on the network... what do any of the 3rd party firmwares have to offer? what specifically are some of the desirable features of the open source firmwares?
cadmasteradamDec 4, 2005
good job. i'm happy to read that