I’ve had my new Turris Omnia for a few weeks, and have the basics configured. I’m looking to stretch out a bit in capabilities, and am looking for some general pointers. I realise this post covers a fair bit of ground, but as a new user / orientation item it might be useful.
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The LAN includes several systems, mostly wired desktops and a few wireless devices. This is working wonderfully.
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There is a USB printer I’m trying to get configured. I’ve settled on CUPS rather than P910nd, as there are multiple users, and a queueless system doesn’t seem appropriate. I can print, but not in colour, and am looking for troubleshooting suggestions. The CUPS project site seems a bit worse for wear. StackExchange seems more active for support.
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I’d previously run DD-WRT with an extensive DNSMasq configuration. This allows one to do interesting things, such as, say, put a Sci-Hub host on every IANA-listed TLD. I’d also like to beef up the LAN DNS support and include ad-blocking.
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I’m looking at other possible projects: fileserver. LED configuration for status information (which includes thinking through what status I’d like to note), and maybe some proxy services. I’m sure others will come to mind.
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I’ve a long background in Linux and am very comfortable on the shell (more so generally than Web interfaces). I’ve realised that it’s possible to get into conflicts with Turris over some packages, and am looking to avoid that where possible. At the same time, CLI (or scripted) configuration is something I generally prefer. I’ve been using DD-WRT off and on for a decade or so, but am new to OpenWRT. Liking it so far.
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I’m looking at (and for) documentation and have in mind a more substantive advanced administration manual that would address, generally, the Turris project itself, the Omnia, the relationship with OpenWRT and Linux (and what each respective domain addresses), the Fortis and LuCi Web administrative interfaces, packages, projects (e.g., printing, file sharing, adblocking, etc.), hardware hacking, and perhaps development on / for the Omnia and other Turris projects. If there’s a similar effort under way, this might not be necessary, if not, I wouldn’t mind attempting a start at this.
I’ll spin off specific questions into their own discussions, but thought I’d leave this as a bit of a catch-all thread as well.
Thanks.