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32 The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
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37BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
38small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
39you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame]40tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
41embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
42their full featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]43the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
44<p>
45BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
46It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame]47features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]48systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, /etc, and a kernel.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]49<p>
50
Eric Andersen886b8422001-09-08 20:47:19 +0000[diff] [blame]51BusyBox is maintained by
Eric Andersen537d1652001-01-25 22:00:37 +0000[diff] [blame]52<a href="http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">
Eric Andersen886b8422001-09-08 20:47:19 +0000[diff] [blame]53Erik Andersen</a>, and licensed under the
Matt Kraaicb378a52001-05-14 06:35:15 +0000[diff] [blame]54<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>.
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]55<p>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]56
Mark Whitley74476422001-03-20 19:57:30 +0000[diff] [blame]57
Mark Whitleyac21e932001-01-30 23:37:15 +0000[diff] [blame]58<h3> Screenshot </h3>
59
Eric Andersenc36c2ba2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000[diff] [blame]60<p> Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of BusyBox
Matt Kraaicb378a52001-05-14 06:35:15 +0000[diff] [blame]61is now available <a href="screenshot.html">right here</a>.
Mark Whitleyac21e932001-01-30 23:37:15 +0000[diff] [blame]62
Mark Whitley74476422001-03-20 19:57:30 +0000[diff] [blame]63
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame]64<H3>Mailing List Information</h3>
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]65BusyBox now has a <a href="http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!
66To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]67
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Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]73 Latest News
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79<ul>
80
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]81 <li> <b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b>
82 <p>
83
Eric Andersen66c22052001-11-20 12:40:37 +0000[diff] [blame]84 I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.2 (stable) is now
85 released to the world. This one is primarily a bugfix release for the
86 stable series, and I believe it should take care of most everyone's needs
87 till we can get the nice new stuff we have been working on in CVS ready to
88 release (with the wonderful new buildsystem). The biggest change in this
89 release (beyond bugfixes) is the fact that msh (the minix shell) has been
90 re-worked by Vladimir N. Oleynik (vodz) and so it no longer crashes when
91 told to do complex things with backticks.
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]92 <p>
93
94 I've personally tested this release out
95 on x86, ARM, and powerpc using glibc 2.2.4, libc5, and uClibc, so
96 it should work with just about any Linux system you throw it at.
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]97 See the <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]98 for <small>most of</small> the details. The last release was
99 <em>very</em> solid for people, and this one should be even better.
100 <p>
101 As usual BusyBox 0.60.2 can be downloaded from
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]102 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]103 <p>
104 And please read the news item for the 18th as well. Have Fun.<br> -Erik
105 <p>
106
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]107 <li> <b>18 November 2001 -- Help us buy busybox.net!</b>
108
109 <!-- Begin PayPal Logo -->
110 <center>
111 Click here to help buy busybox.net!
112 <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
113 <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
114 <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org">
115 <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox/Buy busybox.net">
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]116 <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://busybox.net/images/busybox2.jpg">
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]117 <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
Eric Andersen05b5add2001-12-08 00:18:20 +0000[diff] [blame]118 <input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal">
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]119 </form>
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122
123 I've contacted the current owner of busybox.net and he is willing
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]124 to sell the domain name -- for $250. He also owns busybox.org but
125 will not part with it... I will then need to pay the registry fee
126 for a couple of years and start paying for bandwidth, so this will
127 initially cost about $300. I would like to host busybox.net on my
128 home machine (codepoet.org) so I have full control over the system,
129 but to do that would require that I increase the level of bandwidth
Eric Andersendbdc0d52001-11-20 12:36:28 +0000[diff] [blame]130 I am paying for. Did you know that so far this month, there
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]131 have been over 1.4 Gigabytes of busybox ftp downloads? I don't
132 even <em>know</em> how much CVS bandwidth it requires. For the
133 time being, Lineo has continued to graciously provide this
134 bandwidth, despite the fact that I no longer work for them. If I
135 start running this all on my home machine, paying for the needed bandwidth
136 will start costing some money.
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]137 <p>
138
139 I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]140 idea at all (big surprise). It turns out &lt;insert argument
141 where she wins and I don't&gt; she has better ideas
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]142 about what we should spend our money on that don't involve
143 busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the
144 mailing list and web page. So...
145 <p>
146
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]147 I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit, we could pick
148 up the busybox.net domain name and cover the bandwidth costs. I
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]149 know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]150 individuals -- hopefully people and companies that are willing to
151 contribute back a bit. So if everyone could please help out, that
152 would be wonderful!
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]153 <p>
154
Eric Andersencc05ce62001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000[diff] [blame]155
Eric Andersen31b35a12001-08-23 22:05:55 +0000[diff] [blame]156 <li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b>
157 <br>
158
159 This is a relatively minor bug fixing release that fixes
160 up the bugs that have shown up in the stable release in
161 the last few weeks. Fortunately, nothing <em>too</em>
162 serious has shown up. This release only fixes bugs -- no
163 new features, no new applets. So without further ado,
164 here it is. Come and get it.
165 <p>
166 The
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]167 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
Eric Andersen31b35a12001-08-23 22:05:55 +0000[diff] [blame]168 the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]169 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
Eric Andersen31b35a12001-08-23 22:05:55 +0000[diff] [blame]170 <p>Have Fun!
171 <p>
172
173
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]174 <li> <b>2 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.0 released</b>
175 <br>
176 I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of
177 BusyBox 0.60.0. I have personally tested this release with libc5, glibc,
178 and <a href="http://cvs.uclinux.org/uClibc.html">uClibc</a> on
179 x86, ARM, and powerpc using linux 2.2 and 2.4, and I know a number
180 of people using it on everything from ia64 to m68k with great success.
181 Everything seems to be working very nicely now, so getting a nice
182 stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes
183 a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and
184 cleans up a number of things.
185
186 <p>
187
188 Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can
189 use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a>
190 to give it a try by downloading and compiling
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]191 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>.
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]192 You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way.
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]193 Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on busybox.net.
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]194 <p>
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]195 Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/tutorial/index.html">
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]196 BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires
197 a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the
198 the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a>
199 to view the tutorial.
200 <p>
201
202 Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the
203 version number of this release, let me point out that this release
204 is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a
205 bit. This reflects the fact that this release is intended to form
206 a new stable BusyBox release series. If you need to rely on a
207 stable version of BusyBox, you should plan on using the stable
208 0.60.x series. If bugs show up then I will release 0.60.1, then
209 0.60.2, etc... This is also intended to deal with the fact that
210 the BusyBox build system will be getting a major overhaul for the
211 next release and I don't want that to break products that people
212 are shipping. To avoid that, the new build system will be
213 released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will
214 have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things
Matt Kraai8aa0b622001-08-02 20:34:24 +0000[diff] [blame]215 stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]216 I will release that as a new stable release series.
217
218 <p>
219 The
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]220 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]221 the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]222 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
Eric Andersen9e6089e2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000[diff] [blame]223 <p>Have Fun!
224 <p>
225
226
Eric Andersen40ecf7d2001-07-07 08:25:03 +0000[diff] [blame]227 <li> <b>7 July 2001 -- BusyBox 0.52 released</b>
228 <br>
229
230 I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of
231 BusyBox 0.52 (the "new-and-improved rock-solid release"). This
232 release is the result of <em>many</em> hours of work and has tons
233 of bugfixes, optimizations, and cleanups. This release adds
Eric Andersend0b4d3d2001-07-07 08:47:21 +0000[diff] [blame]234 several new applets, including several new shells (such as hush, msh,
Eric Andersen40ecf7d2001-07-07 08:25:03 +0000[diff] [blame]235 and ash).
236
237 <p>
238 The
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]239 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> covers
Eric Andersen40ecf7d2001-07-07 08:25:03 +0000[diff] [blame]240 some of the more obvious details, but there are many many things that
241 are not mentioned, but have been improved in subtle ways. As usual,
242 BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]243 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
Eric Andersen40ecf7d2001-07-07 08:25:03 +0000[diff] [blame]244 <p>Have Fun!
245 <p>
246
247
Mark Whitleyefcfe872001-04-10 21:58:32 +0000[diff] [blame]248 <li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b>
Eric Andersen93ffa952001-04-10 22:10:42 +0000[diff] [blame]249 <br>
250 The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth
Mark Whitleyefcfe872001-04-10 21:58:32 +0000[diff] [blame]251 of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading /
252 viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>.
253
254 <p> (Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you
255 can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively
256 turning off whichever applets you don't need.)
Eric Andersen93ffa952001-04-10 22:10:42 +0000[diff] [blame]257 <p>
Mark Whitleyefcfe872001-04-10 21:58:32 +0000[diff] [blame]258
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]259
260
Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]261 <li> <b>Old News</b>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]262 <br>
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]263 For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.net/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]264</ul>
265
266
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270 <A NAME="download"><BIG><B>
271 Download
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Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]276
277 <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]278 <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]279
280 <li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU
281 gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</a>.
282
283 <li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]284 <a href="http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
Eric Andersen4a971ae2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000[diff] [blame]285 anonymous
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]286 <a href="http://busybox.net/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
Eric Andersen4a971ae2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000[diff] [blame]287 for those that are actively contributing there is even
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]288 <a href="http://busybox.net/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]289
Eric Andersen4a971ae2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000[diff] [blame]290</ul>
291
292
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]293<!-- Begin Docs section -->
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295<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center>
296 <A NAME="docs"><BIG><B>
297 Documentation
Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]298 </B></BIG></A>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]299</TD></TR>
300<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0">
301Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
302<ul>
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]303 <li> <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>.
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]304 This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with
305 complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I
306 have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to
307 make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
308 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]309 <li> <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/README">README</a>.
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]310 This is the README file included in the busybox source release.
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]311 <li> <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox Bugs</a>.
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]312 Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed?
Eric Andersenaec27bc2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000[diff] [blame]313 <li> If you need more help, the BusyBox
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]314 <a href="http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is
Eric Andersenaec27bc2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000[diff] [blame]315 a good place to start.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]316</ul>
317
318
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321<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center>
322 <A NAME="links">
323 <BIG><B>
Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]324 Important Links
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326 </A>
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330<ul>
331
332 <li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">
333 Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br>
334 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written
335 by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website.
336 <p>
337
Eric Andersen5efa2292001-03-05 18:26:50 +0000[diff] [blame]338 <li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]339 Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A>
340 <p>
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]341 <li><a href="http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a>
Eric Andersenc36c2ba2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000[diff] [blame]342 is a nice embedded tool for handling authentication, changing passwords,
343 and similar tasks which nicely complements BusyBox.
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345
Eric Andersendfba13d2001-03-16 08:30:00 +0000[diff] [blame]346 <li><a href="http://cvs.uclinux.org/uClibc.html">uClibc</a>
Eric Andersenc36c2ba2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000[diff] [blame]347 is a C library for embedded systems. You can actually statically link
348 a "Hello World" application under x86 that only takes 4k (as opposed to
349 200k under GNU libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely with
Eric Andersendfba13d2001-03-16 08:30:00 +0000[diff] [blame]350 BusyBox to create very small embedded systems.
Eric Andersenc36c2ba2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000[diff] [blame]351 <p>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]352
Eric Andersen2423b122001-12-08 01:56:15 +0000[diff] [blame^]353 <li> <a href="http://busybox.net/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>.
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]354 <p>
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Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]356</ul>
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368<p> I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox --
369listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page:
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Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]372 <li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a>
Eric Andersen31ac3b72001-11-10 13:35:27 +0000[diff] [blame]373 <li> <a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2 installer</a>
Eric Andersen4d7f9c32001-11-20 11:56:51 +0000[diff] [blame]374 <li> <a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">Slackware Installer</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]375 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a>
376 <li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
377 <li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
378 <li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a>
379 <li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a>
380 <li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
381 <li> <a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a>
382 <li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
383 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>
384 <li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a>
385 <li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a>
386 <li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a>
387 <li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]388 <li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a>
Eric Andersenc36c2ba2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000[diff] [blame]389 <li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a>
390 <li> <a href="http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/"> Floppyfw</a>
Mark Whitley74476422001-03-20 19:57:30 +0000[diff] [blame]391
392 <li> <a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/"> Midori Linux</a> - <a href=
393 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html"> Article on
394 Midori Linux</a> on <a href= "http://www.wired.com"> Wired</a>. Quote from
395 Erik at the top of <a href=
396 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html"> this
397 page</a>
Mark Whitley798ab302001-03-13 17:08:54 +0000[diff] [blame]398
Eric Andersen583e3ca2001-06-12 22:04:40 +0000[diff] [blame]399 <li> <a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal Server Project</a>
400 <li> <a href="http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a>
Eric Andersen28d0ac12001-08-27 19:22:44 +0000[diff] [blame]401 <li> <a href="http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a>
Matt Kraaib67adb02001-09-24 22:44:52 +0000[diff] [blame]402 <li> <a href="http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a>
Eric Andersen9c937212001-10-19 00:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]403 <li> <a href="http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a>
Eric Andersenbdfd0d72001-10-24 05:00:29 +0000[diff] [blame]404
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]405</ul>
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407<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to
408you.
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