Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : Arelor
From : tenser
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 09:09:17

On 21 Apr 2022 at 02:08p, Arelor pondered and said...
 
 Ar>   Re: Re: Windows vs Linux
 Ar>   By: tenser to Spectre on Fri Apr 22 2022 02:27 am
 Ar> 
 Ar>  > The fact of the matter is, that if you use the Internet, you touch
 Ar>  > a computer somewhere running Linux daily, most likely in your own
 Ar>  > home.  I'd go so far as to wager that most consumer-grade WiFi base
 Ar>  > stations and "routers" are running Linux at this point.
 Ar> 
 Ar> I am not convinced of that. Maybe things have changed as of recently,
 Ar> but in the Linksys era I think most manufacturers used something else.

Not convinced about the basestation/router comment, or touching
Linux generally?  Certainly most people use DNS, which is almost
certainly hitting a Linux host.

 Ar> Incidentaly Linksys WRT54GL became a huge hit by virtue of being a Linux
 Ar> router...
 Ar> 
 Ar> I like Mikrotiks precisely because they expose a lot of Netfilter's
 Ar> capabilities to the user. They don't really make routers geared towards
 Ar> the domestic user though.

There was a time when many consumer devices were running VxWorks
and things like that.  That time has largely passed.  I'd guess
that almost every consumer-grade router or base station sold these
days runs Linux.

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