OS family Unix-like Source model Open source | Working state Current Available in Over 65 languages | |
Initial release February 2009 (2009-02) Latest release DebWrt 2.0-1 'Angel' / September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) | ||
DebWrt is a niche Linux distribution mainly installed on embedded systems (e.g. residential gateways). It is built on top of an OpenWrt base which is used to load a fully functional version of Debian from the RootFS stored on the attached USB storage device. For easy installation and deinstallation of packages it relies on the dpkg Package management system. DebWrt uses the command-line interface of Bash. There is no web-based GUI interface at this time.
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Features
DebWrt offers all of the features provided in the stock firmware for residential gateways, such as DHCP services and wireless encryption via WEP, Wi-Fi Protected Access and WPA2. In addition it offers all of the features offered by Debian that are typically not included in a standard firmware.
Features include:
DebWrt has a fully writable file system, which allows for package management via the dpkg package system, allowing users to install new software to meet their individual needs. This contrasts with Linux-based firmwares based on a read-only SquashFS filesystem (or similar) that offers efficient compression but no way to modify the installed software without rebuilding and flashing a complete firmware image.