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-Welcome to the LEDE project
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+LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment
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+== Welcome to the LEDE project
-== Introducing the LEDE project - A reboot of the OpenWrt community
+The LEDE project is a Linux based embedded meta distribution based on OpenWrt
+and targeting a wide range of wireless SOHO routers and non-network devices.
-The LEDE project is founded as a spin-off of the OpenWrt project and shares many of the same goals.
-We are building an embedded Linux distribution that makes it easy for developers, system administrators or other Linux enthusiasts to build and customize software for embedded devices, especially wireless routers.
-The name 'LEDE' stands for 'Linux Embedded Development Environment'.
+LEDE spun away from the mother project in May 2016, aims for an open governance
+model and attempts to simplify contributing to encourage new developers in
+embedded development.
-Members of the project already include a significant share of the most active members of the OpenWrt community.
-We intend to bring new life to Embedded Linux development by creating a community with a strong focus on transparency, collaboration and decentralisation.
+Refer to our link:about.html[about page] to learn more about the projects
+origins.
-LEDE’s stated goals are:
+=== How can I use LEDE?
-* Building a great embedded Linux distribution with focus on stability and functionality.
-* Having regular, predictable release cycles coupled with community provided device testing feedback.
-* Establishing transparent decision processes with broad community participation and public meetings.
+Since LEDE is a pretty young spinoff from OpenWrt it is largely compatible to
+it, in most cases the same installation procedures can be used to flash your
+devices.
-We decided to create this new project because of long standing issues that we were unable to fix from within the OpenWrt project/community:
+Sysupgrades from OpenWrt to LEDE or vice versa are supported but it is advised
+to not keep settings in such a case to benefit from the updated defaults.
-. Number of active core developers at an all time low, no process for getting more new people involved.
-. Unreliable infrastructure, fixes prevented by internal disagreements and single points of failure.
-. Lack of communication, transparency and coordination in the OpenWrt project, both inside the core team and between the core team and the rest of the community.
-. Not enough people with commit access to handle the incoming flow of patches, too little attention to testing and regular builds.
-. Lack of focus on stability and documentation.
+=== What is LEDE’s target audience?
-To address these issues we set up the LEDE project in a different way compared to OpenWrt:
+As a source based Linux distribution for wireless routers, LEDE is primarily
+intended for networking enthusiasts, wireless communities, embedded Linux
+developers and advanced users.
-. All our communication channels are public, some read-only to non-members to maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio.
-. Our decision making process is more open, with an approximate 50/50 mix of developers and power users with voting rights.
-. Our infrastructure is simplified a lot, to ensure that it creates less maintenance work for us.
-. We have made our merge policy more liberal, based on our experience with the OpenWrt package github feed.
-. We have a strong focus on automated testing combined with a simplified release process.
+LEDE aims for versatility and ease of customization but does not attempt to
+be a fully integrated alternative to OEM firmware, it rather is a set of
+building blocks to implement your own projects.
+
+=== How can I help?
+
+Like any open source project, LEDE lives from the effort being put into it by
+its users and developers. If you like to participate in development, please
+refer to our link:development.html[development sub page] to learn more about
+source code access and building instructions.
+
+If you do not consider yourself a developer but want to participate in
+maintaining documentation or in helping community members then don't hesitate
+to join our https://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev[mailing list]
+or IRC channels to get in touch.
=== Endorsement
kindly decided to endorse this project. Thanks !
- image:logo/endorsements/qmp.png[qMp logo] http://qmp.cat/News/31_qMp_endorses_the_LEDE_project["qMp endorses the LEDE project"]
+- image:logo/endorsements/wirelesspt.png[WirelessPT logo] https://wirelesspt.net/wiki/LEDE["\"We wish huge success to the LEDE project\""]
+- image:logo/endorsements/weimarnetz.png[Weimarnetz logo] https://weimarnetz.de/["Project Homepage"]
+- image:logo/endorsements/bmx7.png[bmx.net logo] http://bmx6.net/news/24["\"We ... will consider it the new default OS environment for embedded devices running bmx6 and bmx7\""]
+- image:logo/endorsements/libremesh.png[Libre-Mesh logo] http://libre-mesh.org/news.html#2016_08_06_endorsement_to_lede_project["\"We endorse the LEDE project and we plan to start basing Libre-Mesh releases on Linux Embedded Development Environment\""]
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