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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/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 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/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 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.

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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?

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Is it possible to repair an old PSU? If not, where can I get a good replacement PSU for a vintage computer? (lemmy.ca)
 

I've found 2 vintage desktops from around the 2000's era. One already had a broken power supply that won't even turn on (and thankfully didn't break anything else). The other desktop had a working ATX PSU, but it just blew out a few days ago. The PSU is an Elitech LC-B450E and I believe it has 4 molex connectors.

Now, I was wondering, would it be possible to repair the PSU (not that I would do that myself because I don't even know how to solder)? If not, would it be possible to get a relatively new one that's compatible?

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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.

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? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Unfortunately in my case, I really need wifi and would much prefer using some sort of internal wifi rather than a wifi adapter.

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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?

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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?

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Are there any custom ROMs (or GSIs) for the Samsung Galaxy J3 SM-J337W (j3topltecs)? If not, then how do I build my own non-SaR GSI? (lemmy.ca)
 

I want to install a (or build my own) custom AOSP-based OS on my Samsung Galaxy J3 SM-J337W that has microG instead of the proprietary Google Play Services. Please forgive me if I'm doing something stupid: I'm a complete noob with this.

So, the first thing I did was check and see if my device is officially supported by ROMs like LineageOS and I couldn't find anything. Not only that but my device isn't supported by TWRP.

Next, I've done a bit of further research and read about GSI ROMs and Project Treble. The Treble Info app says that my smartphone is Project Treble compatible with the following requirements:

  • VNDK version: 28 (lite mode)
  • System as Root: disabled
  • Manifest location: Modern
  • CPU architecture: ARM32
  • Binder architecture: 64-bit However, the only a64 non-SaR GSI images that I could find are some of Andy Yan's builds of LineageOS 16 and 17 and they do not have microG installed. Plus, I just don't want to install any malware-infested OS from some random Joe.

I've been thinking of building my own custom ROM or GSI. However, compiling AOSP would take a long time.

Has anybody ever managed to install a custom OS on the Samsung Galaxy J3 SM-J337W?

What are you most excited when it comes to linux in 2024? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 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/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 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/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 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.

Just install EndeavorOS lol in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, I eventually got bored of Arch and installed Gentoo this summer. I enjoyed it 😎.

PS. I wish there was a Gentoo emoji.

Based KDE 🗿 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Natively or in a VM?

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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?

Imagine Linux on an Arm SoC that benchmark better than Apple's M2 Max! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, you do have qemu, which can run x86 programs on other architectures (not just running x86 virtual machines on top of hosts of other architectures).

Troubleshooting in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, that's how most troubleshooting happens on Windows/macOS as they are just big black boxes with poor documentation. On Linux, most issues can be fixed by the user themselves.

What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Kseniya

I use rclone. The command I use to mount my GDrive is basically:

rclone mount "GoogleDrive:" ~/googledrive --vfs-cache-mode full --daemon

And then I could access it (almost) as if were a regular USB drive mounted onto my filesystem (by doing cd ~/googledrive). Only difference is that it is a bit slow, as none of the files ever get synced to the computer's hard drive (all changes are immediately uploaded to Google servers), and I cannot change the filesystem permissions (they are always a+rw for all of the files).

What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Well, for schoolwork, I mount my Google Drive storage onto my ~/googledrive directory (where I store all of my schoolwork) and usually use mc to navigate. Although, I am quite comfortable with the terminal. Its just that I have a lot of subfolders and going to a specific subfolder in mc is usually faster than doing "cd ~/googledrive/subfolder-with-long-path".

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