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     <A NAME="intro"> <BIG><B>
     The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
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 BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
 small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
 you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
 tar, etc.  BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small
 or embedded system.  The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
 their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
 the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
 <p>
 BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
 It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
 features) at compile time.  This makes it easy to customize your embedded
 systems.  To create a working system, just add a kernel, a shell (such as ash),
 and an editor (such as elvis-tiny or ae).
 <p>

 BusyBox is now maintained by
 <a href="http://www.xmission.com/~andersen/erik/erik.html">
 Erik Andersen</a>, and its ongoing development is being sponsored by
 <a href="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</a>.
 <p>
 BusyBox is licensed under the
 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>
 <p>

 <H3>NEW!</h3>
 BusyBox now has a mailing list <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!
 To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.

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 <ul>

     <p> <li> <b>11 July 2000 -- BusyBox 0.46 released</b>
     <br>

 	     This release fixes several bugs (including a ugly bug in tar,
 	     and fixes for NFSv3 mount support).  Added a dumpkmap to allow
 	     people to dump a binary keymaps for use with 'loadkmap', and a
 	     completely reworked 'grep' and 'sed' with should behave better.
 	     BusyBox shell can now also be used as a login shell.
 	     See the <a href="ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> for complete details.


     <p> <li> <b>21 June 2000 -- BusyBox 0.45 released</b>
     <br>

 	     This release has been slow in coming, but is very solid at this
 	     point.  BusyBox now supports libc5 as well as GNU libc.  This
 	     release provides the following new apps: cut, tr, insmod, ar,
 	     mktemp, ,setkeycodes md5sum, uuencode, uudecode, which , and
 	     telnet.  There are bug fixes for just about every app as well (see
 	     the <a href="ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> for
 	     details).
 	     <p>
 	     Also, some exciting infrastructure news!  Busybox now has its own
 	     <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>,
 	     publically browsable
 	     <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
 	     anonymous
 	     <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
 	     for those that are actively contributing there is even
 	     <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
 	     I think this will be a huge help to the ongoing development of BusyBox.
 	     <p>
 	     Also, for the curious, there is no 0.44 release.  Somehow 0.44 got announced
 	     a few weeks ago prior to its actually being released.  To avoid any confusion
 	     we are just skipping 0.44.
 	     <p>
 	     Many thanks go out to the many people that have contributed to this release
 	     of BusyBox (esp. Pavel Roskin)!


     <p> <li> <b>Old News</b>
     <br>
 	     For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.
 </ul>


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 <ul>
     <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from
 	<a href="ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox">ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox</a>.
     <li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable
 	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
 	anonymous
 	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
 	for those that are actively contributing there is even
 	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
 </ul>


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 Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
 <ul>
     <li> <a href="BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>
 		This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with complete
 		usage information and examples of how to use each app.  I spent
 		a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to make them
 		fairly comprehensive for the BusyBox 0.43 release.  If you find any
 		errors (factual, grammatical, whatever) please let me know.
     <li> <a href="http://bugs.lineo.com/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBoxBugs</a>.
     <li> If you need more help, the BusyBox
     <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is
     a good place to start.
 </ul>


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 I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox -- listed
 in the order I happen to add them to the web page:
 <ul>
     <li> <a href="http://www.lineo.com/products/embedix_linux/">Lineo Embedix Linux</a>
     <li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian boot floppies project</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a>
     <li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.suse.com/~peterb/x86/tinynet.html">tinynet</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
     <li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>

 </ul>
 Do you use BusyBox?  I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to you.


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 <ul>

     <li>  <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">
     Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br>
     The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written
     by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>.  This is his BusyBox website.
     <p>

     <li>  <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/04/11/923859921.html">
     Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A>
     <p>

     <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>.
     <p>

     <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/">opensource.lineo.com</a>.
     <p>

     <li> <A HREF="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</A> is sponsoring BusyBox development.
     <p>

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	BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
	small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
	you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
	tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small
	or embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
	their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
	the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
	<p>
	BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
	It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
	features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
	systems. To create a working system, just add a kernel, a shell (such as ash),
	and an editor (such as elvis-tiny or ae).
	<p>

	BusyBox is now maintained by
	<a href="http://www.xmission.com/~andersen/erik/erik.html">
	Erik Andersen</a>, and its ongoing development is being sponsored by
	<a href="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</a>.
	<p>
	BusyBox is licensed under the
	<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>
	<p>

	<H3>NEW!</h3>
	BusyBox now has a mailing list <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!
	To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.

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	<ul>

	<p> <li> <b>11 July 2000 -- BusyBox 0.46 released</b>
	<br>

	This release fixes several bugs (including a ugly bug in tar,
	and fixes for NFSv3 mount support). Added a dumpkmap to allow
	people to dump a binary keymaps for use with 'loadkmap', and a
	completely reworked 'grep' and 'sed' with should behave better.
	BusyBox shell can now also be used as a login shell.
	See the <a href="ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> for complete details.


	<p> <li> <b>21 June 2000 -- BusyBox 0.45 released</b>
	<br>

	This release has been slow in coming, but is very solid at this
	point. BusyBox now supports libc5 as well as GNU libc. This
	release provides the following new apps: cut, tr, insmod, ar,
	mktemp, ,setkeycodes md5sum, uuencode, uudecode, which , and
	telnet. There are bug fixes for just about every app as well (see
	the <a href="ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> for
	details).
	<p>
	Also, some exciting infrastructure news! Busybox now has its own
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>,
	publically browsable
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
	anonymous
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
	for those that are actively contributing there is even
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
	I think this will be a huge help to the ongoing development of BusyBox.
	<p>
	Also, for the curious, there is no 0.44 release. Somehow 0.44 got announced
	a few weeks ago prior to its actually being released. To avoid any confusion
	we are just skipping 0.44.
	<p>
	Many thanks go out to the many people that have contributed to this release
	of BusyBox (esp. Pavel Roskin)!



	<p> <li> <b>Old News</b>
	<br>
	For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.
	</ul>


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	<ul>
	<li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from
	<a href="ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox">ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox</a>.
	<li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
	anonymous
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
	for those that are actively contributing there is even
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
	</ul>


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	Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
	<ul>
	<li> <a href="BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>
	This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with complete
	usage information and examples of how to use each app. I spent
	a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to make them
	fairly comprehensive for the BusyBox 0.43 release. If you find any
	errors (factual, grammatical, whatever) please let me know.
	<li> <a href="http://bugs.lineo.com/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBoxBugs</a>.
	<li> If you need more help, the BusyBox
	<a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is
	a good place to start.
	</ul>


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	<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0">
	I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox -- listed
	in the order I happen to add them to the web page:
	<ul>
	<li> <a href="http://www.lineo.com/products/embedix_linux/">Lineo Embedix Linux</a>
	<li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian boot floppies project</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a>
	<li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.suse.com/~peterb/x86/tinynet.html">tinynet</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
	<li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>

	</ul>
	Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to you.



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	<ul>

	<li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">
	Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br>
	The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written
	by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website.
	<p>

	<li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/04/11/923859921.html">
	Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A>
	<p>

	<li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>.
	<p>

	<li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/">opensource.lineo.com</a>.
	<p>

	<li> <A HREF="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</A> is sponsoring BusyBox development.
	<p>

	</ul>




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