On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 9:05:56 AM EST Chris Adams wrote: > It's the difference between using a multitool and a purpose-built tool. > Sure, your Leatherman or Gerber can strip wires and screw in a switch, > but a good pair of wire strippers and assorted size screwdrivers will > usually be more convenient (and quicker) to use.
I cannot think of a more dishonest comparison. A multitool cannot be easily reconfigured to meet a given purpose. A multitool could not be made to be as ergonomic and efficient of a screwdriver as a real screwdriver, for example. With Fedora, you can configure the system to be anything you could ever need. > OpenWrt is a light-weight system designed for router setups. It has an > integrated web UI (for those that want it) that can configure and > monitor traffic, and all configuration normally needed is in a small set > of config files in one directory and in a common format (makes > management much easier for occasional edits). Sure, and if you're alright with throwing up something in a system you're unfamiliar with, or you don't have time to properly manage yet another system, maybe it's a good idea. > There are things that OpenWrt does easily that Fedora doesn't do at all; > for example, the web UI on OpenWrt includes real-time traffic graphs. I > don't know of anything that can provide that in Fedora. There are several packages that you could install to show you real-time statistics of your system's network interfaces (including virtual interfaces). Cockpit is one which the Fedora Server folks put in their default image. > Also, OpenWrt uses much less resources than any general-purpose OS > install, so costs less. This isn't necessarily true. It would depend heavily on what you install, and how you configure it. Out of box? Sure. -- John M. Harris, Jr. <joh...@splentity.com> Splentity https://splentity.com/
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