Is slackware arm64 a mature enough OS for this - ?
by mw.decavia from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6KM2Y)
Raspberry pi4b w/ 8gb ram - Which I have been trying to configure as a "travel router".
Wan interface wifi using rtl8812au usb-wifi adapter. (Needs to be compiled from github repo)
Lan interface the rpi's built-in ethernet.
Iptables firewall.
Unbound dns server for local caching and DoT to upstream.
That is all it needs to do.
But I have had nothing but trouble trying to configure this in Raspbian Bookworm and in Bullseye.
Because ...
The rtl8812au driver will not compile on Raspbian. Forcing me to use the Pi's built-in wifi which has poor reception.
The network keeps going down (literally) every 2 minutes. Due to iptables firewall suddenly deciding to drop all packets, and needing to be manually flushed and restarted.
Unbound just stopping and eventually unloading it's service for no reason, and needing to be manually restarted.
But I have setup a sff PC to do this task in Slackware15-64, and it works. Except that sff PC is still not small enough for "travel".
Is Slackware arm64 a mature enough OS to do this task I need?
Wan interface wifi using rtl8812au usb-wifi adapter. (Needs to be compiled from github repo)
Lan interface the rpi's built-in ethernet.
Iptables firewall.
Unbound dns server for local caching and DoT to upstream.
That is all it needs to do.
But I have had nothing but trouble trying to configure this in Raspbian Bookworm and in Bullseye.
Because ...
The rtl8812au driver will not compile on Raspbian. Forcing me to use the Pi's built-in wifi which has poor reception.
The network keeps going down (literally) every 2 minutes. Due to iptables firewall suddenly deciding to drop all packets, and needing to be manually flushed and restarted.
Unbound just stopping and eventually unloading it's service for no reason, and needing to be manually restarted.
But I have setup a sff PC to do this task in Slackware15-64, and it works. Except that sff PC is still not small enough for "travel".
Is Slackware arm64 a mature enough OS to do this task I need?