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Transmission ARM no longer free?
just wonder why i have to pay for this open source software?
Well you do need a number of units to develop for all three platforms and make sure add-ons will run on all units out there but you can of course choose just to develop for one platform and choose to work with others who have units on the other platforms.
There's been plenty of interest but lots of people may install some things for themselves (there's a long running thread on installing VirtualBox on the ReadyNAS Pro which has a fast CPU and runs that software well) but to make an add-on with a UI to enable/disable things does take some time. I can only conclude that not many in the community have been willing to put that amount of time into it.
One should also note that when a new firmware comes out sometimes that can require an add-on update regardless of whether the software itself has been updated e.g. when a new kernel is added an add-on that has kernel modules would need to be updated to work with the new kernel.
There's been plenty of interest but lots of people may install some things for themselves (there's a long running thread on installing VirtualBox on the ReadyNAS Pro which has a fast CPU and runs that software well) but to make an add-on with a UI to enable/disable things does take some time. I can only conclude that not many in the community have been willing to put that amount of time into it.
One should also note that when a new firmware comes out sometimes that can require an add-on update regardless of whether the software itself has been updated e.g. when a new kernel is added an add-on that has kernel modules would need to be updated to work with the new kernel.
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