OpenWRT is a free open source Linux based operating system aimed at networking hardware. Every time the system is upgraded to a newer version using the so called Sysupgrade BIN image every package the user manually installed gets lost; this makes the upgrade process very tedious especially if one does not properly write down all the customization he has made. I don’t use many custom packages but QoS, DNS-over-HTTPS, USB support and vnstat are must have. …

LEDE, formerly OpenWRT, is a free open source Linux based operating system aimed at networking hardware. Every time the system is upgraded to a newer version using the so called Sysupgrade BIN image every package the user manually installed gets lost; this makes the upgrade process very tedious especially if one does not properly write down all the customization he has made. I don’t use many custom packages but QoS, USB support and vnstat are a must have. …