Newbie here, with an ASUS AC87. Just donated $25. Thanks!
Have to admit it's a bit painful coming from OpenWRT. I miss the flexibility. I miss having an up-to-date repository of pre-compiled packages, and packages that add Luci pages to the UI. (I guess the approach with AsusWrt is if some package needs/wants a UI it runs a separate server on a separate port?)
But I've waited long enough for OpenWrt to work on newer routers. And even when/if it does, it looks like it will be using open-source drivers, which are not going to provide good hardware performance. I think you can only be so strict about keeping a project all open-source - in this case, it is impractical, and I support the way Merlin has gone about it in this regard!
I realize part of the problem (packages) is that ARM is pretty new for routers.
But I'd like to urge Merlin to at least consider adding any hooks needed (or documenting whatever might be there) to write packages that add to the UI, and wish somebody would take-up the task of maintaining a modern repository for ARM.
I realize that some cash might help with that, so here's some cash.
