Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : Arelor
From : tenser
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 13:38:37

On 21 Apr 2022 at 07:07p, Arelor pondered and said...
 
 Ar>  > Not convinced about the basestation/router comment, or touching
 Ar>  > Linux generally?  Certainly most people use DNS, which is almost
 Ar>  > certainly hitting a Linux host.
 Ar>  > 
 Ar> 
 Ar> Not convinced than a overwhelming mayority of consumer grade routers are
 Ar> linux based since at least back in the day everybody was using "VxWorks
 Ar> and other things". I am a bit out of touch so I don't know the current
 Ar> state of things but Linux based firmware would be messy for licensing
 Ar> reasons alone.

That's odd.  One of the value-adds is that licensing is much easier;
most SoC vendors give you a BSP and you can get drivers for things
like WiFi chips directly from the hardware vendors (atheros, etc).
Slap a kernel on it with a minimal userspace and you're done.

But don't take my word for it.  Take the $n$ most popular home
routers and look at the licensing information for their firmware.
The TP-Linch AX3000 looks to be running Linux, at least.

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