翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 01:43:06 JST
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@a1ba @lanodan Unfortunately, "Open"WRT is not free software, as they always use only proprietary versions of Linux.
The TP link ax23 uses a Wi-Fi card that requires proprietary software to operate and I suspect the version of u-boot used is proprietary, which means that it is not possible to run only free software unless you work out how to replace u-boot with a free version and don't use the internal Wi-Fi card (that router has no usb port, thus you can't just plug in a external card) and there isn't other other proprietary tricks like a 1000BASE-T card that needs propriety software.
My router is GNUbooted and runs 100% free software.