# DebWRT

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{{Infobox OS
| logo                   = 
| developer              = 
| family                 = [Linux](/source/Linux) ([Unix-like](/source/Unix-like))
| working_state          = Discontinued
| source_model           = [Open source](/source/Open-source_software)
| released               = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|02}}
| latest release version = DebWrt 2.0-1 'Angel'
| latest release date    = {{Release date|2010|09|26}}<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dev.debwrt.net/roadmap?show=completed| title=Milestone Angel 2.0-1| date=2010-09-26<!-- 00:00:00 -->| accessdate=2011-05-30| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814133552/http://dev.debwrt.net/roadmap?show=completed| archive-date=2011-08-14| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| frequently_updated     = yes
| language               = Over 65 languages<ref>{{cite web |url=http://debian.org/News/2011/20110113 |title=Debian Installer 6.0 Release Candidate 1 
|date=2009-02-01 |accessdate=2011-05-30}}</ref>
| updatemodel            = [APT](/source/Advanced_Packaging_Tool)
| package_manager        = [dpkg](/source/dpkg)
| supported_platforms    = [X86-64](/source/X86-64), [PowerPC](/source/PowerPC), [SPARC](/source/SPARC), [ARM](/source/ARM_architecture), [MIPS](/source/MIPS_architecture), [PA-RISC](/source/PA-RISC)
| kernel_type            = [Monolithic](/source/Monolithic_kernel) ([Linux](/source/Linux_kernel), [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD)), [Micro](/source/Microkernel) ([Hurd](/source/GNU_Hurd))
| userland               = [GNU](/source/GNU_Core_Utilities)
| ui                     = 
| license                = [Free software](/source/Free_software) licenses<br>(mainly [GPL](/source/GPL)), and other licenses
| website                = {{URL|www.debwrt.net}}
}}

'''DebWrt''' is a discontinued, niche [Linux distribution](/source/Linux_distribution) mainly installed on [embedded system](/source/embedded_system)s (e.g. [residential gateway](/source/residential_gateway)s). It was built on top of  an [OpenWrt](/source/OpenWrt) base which was used to load a fully functional version of [Debian](/source/Debian) from the [RootFS](/source/RootFS) stored on the attached [USB](/source/USB) storage device. For easy installation and deinstallation of packages it relied on the [dpkg](/source/dpkg) [Package management system](/source/Package_management_system). DebWrt used the [command-line interface](/source/command-line_interface) of [Bash](/source/Bash_(Unix_shell)). There was no web-based GUI interface.

== Features ==
DebWrt offered all of the features provided in the stock firmware for residential gateways, such as [DHCP](/source/DHCP) services and [wireless encryption](/source/wireless_encryption) via [WEP](/source/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy), [Wi-Fi Protected Access](/source/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access) and [WPA2](/source/WPA2). In addition it offered all of the features offered by Debian that are typically not included in a standard firmware.

Features included:
* Package manager [apt-get](/source/Advanced_Packaging_Tool)
* Extensible configuration of your network involving [VLAN](/source/VLAN) with exhaustive possibilities to configure the [routing](/source/routing) itself
* Customizable methods to filter, manipulate, delay and rearrange network packets:
* Static DHCP leases
** Other devices with available [Linux](/source/Linux) drivers
* Regular [bug fix](/source/bug_fix)es and updates, even for devices no longer supported by their manufacturers

DebWrt had a fully writable [file system](/source/file_system), which allowed for package management via the [dpkg](/source/dpkg) package system, allowing users to install new software to meet their individual needs.  This contrasted with Linux-based firmware built using a read-only [SquashFS](/source/SquashFS) filesystem (or similar) that offered efficient compression but no way to modify the installed software without rebuilding and flashing a complete firmware image.

== Versions ==
* 2.0: Angel - 2009 February

== See also ==
* [List of router firmware projects](/source/List_of_router_firmware_projects)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.debwrt.net}}
* [http://www.linksys.com/gpl/ Linksys GPL Code Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520222300/http://www.linksys.com/gpl/ |date=2011-05-20 }}

Category:Embedded Linux distributions
Category:Linux distributions

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