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Matt Kraai | 9ba0daf | 2001-01-31 01:59:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | <a href="/"><IMG SRC="images/busybox2.jpg" alt="BusyBox" border="0" width="360" height="230"></a><BR> |
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| 26 | <!-- Begin Introduction section --> |
| 27 | |
| 28 | |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | <TABLE WIDTH="95%" CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=4 BORDER=1> |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> |
| 31 | <A NAME="intro"> <BIG><B> |
| 32 | The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | </B></BIG></A> |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | </TD></TR> |
| 35 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> |
| 36 | |
| 37 | BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single |
| 38 | small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities |
| 39 | you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip, |
Eric Andersen | 8ec10a9 | 2001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or |
| 41 | embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than |
| 42 | their full featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. |
| 44 | <p> |
| 45 | BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind. |
| 46 | It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or |
Eric Andersen | 8ec10a9 | 2001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded |
Eric Andersen | 9e6089e | 2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, /etc, and a kernel. |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | <p> |
| 50 | |
Eric Andersen | 886b842 | 2001-09-08 20:47:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | BusyBox is maintained by |
Eric Andersen | 537d165 | 2001-01-25 22:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | <a href="http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html"> |
Eric Andersen | 886b842 | 2001-09-08 20:47:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | Erik Andersen</a>, and licensed under the |
Matt Kraai | cb378a5 | 2001-05-14 06:35:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>. |
Eric Andersen | 766c012 | 2000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | <p> |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | |
Mark Whitley | 7447642 | 2001-03-20 19:57:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | |
Mark Whitley | ac21e93 | 2001-01-30 23:37:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | <h3> Screenshot </h3> |
| 59 | |
Eric Andersen | c36c2ba | 2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | <p> Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of BusyBox |
Matt Kraai | cb378a5 | 2001-05-14 06:35:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | is now available <a href="screenshot.html">right here</a>. |
Mark Whitley | ac21e93 | 2001-01-30 23:37:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | |
Mark Whitley | 7447642 | 2001-03-20 19:57:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | |
Eric Andersen | 8ec10a9 | 2001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | <H3>Mailing List Information</h3> |
Matt Kraai | 8677d7b | 2000-12-15 15:41:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | BusyBox now has a <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>! |
Eric Andersen | 766c012 | 2000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>. |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | <!-- Begin Latest News section --> |
| 69 | |
| 70 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> |
| 71 | <A NAME="news"> |
| 72 | <BIG><B> |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | Latest News |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | </B></BIG> |
| 75 | </A> |
| 76 | </TD></TR> |
| 77 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> |
| 78 | |
| 79 | <ul> |
| 80 | |
Eric Andersen | cc05ce6 | 2001-11-18 15:49:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 81 | <li> <b>18 November 2001 -- Help us buy busybox.net!</b> |
| 82 | |
| 83 | <!-- Begin PayPal Logo --> |
| 84 | <center> |
| 85 | Click here to help buy busybox.net! |
| 86 | <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> |
| 87 | <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> |
| 88 | <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> |
| 89 | <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox/Buy busybox.net"> |
| 90 | <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://https://busybox.lineo.com/images/busybox2.jpg"> |
| 91 | <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> |
| 92 | <input type="image" src="http://images.paypal.com/images/x-click-butcc-donate.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> |
| 93 | </form> |
| 94 | </center> |
| 95 | <!-- End PayPal Logo --> |
| 96 | |
| 97 | I've contacted the current owner of busybox.net and he is willing |
| 98 | to sell the domain name -- for $250. He also owns busybox.org |
| 99 | but will not part with it... I will then need to pay the |
| 100 | registry fee, so this will initially cost about $300. I would |
| 101 | also like to host busybox.net on my home machine (codepoet.org) |
| 102 | so I have full control over the system, but I would need to |
| 103 | increase the level of bandwidth I am paying for (there have been |
| 104 | over 1 Gigabyte of busybox source downloads for the month of |
| 105 | November alone -- other months have had more). |
| 106 | <p> |
| 107 | |
| 108 | I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that |
| 109 | idea at all (big surprise). It turns out, she has better ideas |
| 110 | about what we should spend our money on that don't involve |
| 111 | busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the |
| 112 | mailing list and web page. So... |
| 113 | <p> |
| 114 | |
| 115 | I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit we could pick |
| 116 | up the busybox.net domain name, and cover the bandwidth costs. I |
| 117 | know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as |
| 118 | individuals -- hopefully companies willing to contribute back a |
| 119 | bit. So if everyone could please help out, that would be |
| 120 | wonderful! |
| 121 | <p> |
| 122 | |
| 123 | p.s. I plan on updating the Changelog later this evening, and |
| 124 | releasing busybox 0.60.2 later tonight. I will probably just merge |
| 125 | in vodz' msh since it fixes known problems, and since I havn't had |
| 126 | time to make it uClinux safe. Changelog entries for busybox.stable |
| 127 | are welcome. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | <p> |
Eric Andersen | 31b35a1 | 2001-08-23 22:05:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | <li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b> |
| 131 | <br> |
| 132 | |
| 133 | This is a relatively minor bug fixing release that fixes |
| 134 | up the bugs that have shown up in the stable release in |
| 135 | the last few weeks. Fortunately, nothing <em>too</em> |
| 136 | serious has shown up. This release only fixes bugs -- no |
| 137 | new features, no new applets. So without further ado, |
| 138 | here it is. Come and get it. |
| 139 | <p> |
| 140 | The |
| 141 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all |
| 142 | the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from |
| 143 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. |
| 144 | <p>Have Fun! |
| 145 | <p> |
| 146 | |
| 147 | |
Eric Andersen | 9e6089e | 2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | <li> <b>2 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.0 released</b> |
| 149 | <br> |
| 150 | I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of |
| 151 | BusyBox 0.60.0. I have personally tested this release with libc5, glibc, |
| 152 | and <a href="http://cvs.uclinux.org/uClibc.html">uClibc</a> on |
| 153 | x86, ARM, and powerpc using linux 2.2 and 2.4, and I know a number |
| 154 | of people using it on everything from ia64 to m68k with great success. |
| 155 | Everything seems to be working very nicely now, so getting a nice |
| 156 | stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes |
| 157 | a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and |
| 158 | cleans up a number of things. |
| 159 | |
| 160 | <p> |
| 161 | |
| 162 | Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can |
| 163 | use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a> |
| 164 | to give it a try by downloading and compiling |
| 165 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>. |
| 166 | You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way. |
| 167 | Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on oss.lineo.com. |
| 168 | <p> |
| 169 | Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/tutorial/index.html"> |
| 170 | BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires |
| 171 | a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the |
| 172 | the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a> |
| 173 | to view the tutorial. |
| 174 | <p> |
| 175 | |
| 176 | Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the |
| 177 | version number of this release, let me point out that this release |
| 178 | is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a |
| 179 | bit. This reflects the fact that this release is intended to form |
| 180 | a new stable BusyBox release series. If you need to rely on a |
| 181 | stable version of BusyBox, you should plan on using the stable |
| 182 | 0.60.x series. If bugs show up then I will release 0.60.1, then |
| 183 | 0.60.2, etc... This is also intended to deal with the fact that |
| 184 | the BusyBox build system will be getting a major overhaul for the |
| 185 | next release and I don't want that to break products that people |
| 186 | are shipping. To avoid that, the new build system will be |
| 187 | released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will |
| 188 | have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things |
Matt Kraai | 8aa0b62 | 2001-08-02 20:34:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then |
Eric Andersen | 9e6089e | 2001-08-02 19:31:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | I will release that as a new stable release series. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | <p> |
| 193 | The |
| 194 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all |
| 195 | the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from |
| 196 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. |
| 197 | <p>Have Fun! |
| 198 | <p> |
| 199 | |
| 200 | |
Eric Andersen | 40ecf7d | 2001-07-07 08:25:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | <li> <b>7 July 2001 -- BusyBox 0.52 released</b> |
| 202 | <br> |
| 203 | |
| 204 | I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of |
| 205 | BusyBox 0.52 (the "new-and-improved rock-solid release"). This |
| 206 | release is the result of <em>many</em> hours of work and has tons |
| 207 | of bugfixes, optimizations, and cleanups. This release adds |
Eric Andersen | d0b4d3d | 2001-07-07 08:47:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | several new applets, including several new shells (such as hush, msh, |
Eric Andersen | 40ecf7d | 2001-07-07 08:25:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | and ash). |
| 210 | |
| 211 | <p> |
| 212 | The |
| 213 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> covers |
| 214 | some of the more obvious details, but there are many many things that |
| 215 | are not mentioned, but have been improved in subtle ways. As usual, |
| 216 | BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from |
| 217 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. |
| 218 | <p>Have Fun! |
| 219 | <p> |
| 220 | |
| 221 | |
Mark Whitley | efcfe87 | 2001-04-10 21:58:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | <li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b> |
Eric Andersen | 93ffa95 | 2001-04-10 22:10:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | <br> |
| 224 | The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth |
Mark Whitley | efcfe87 | 2001-04-10 21:58:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading / |
| 226 | viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>. |
| 227 | |
| 228 | <p> (Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you |
| 229 | can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively |
| 230 | turning off whichever applets you don't need.) |
Eric Andersen | 93ffa95 | 2001-04-10 22:10:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 231 | <p> |
Mark Whitley | efcfe87 | 2001-04-10 21:58:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | |
Eric Andersen | 4362200 | 2000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 233 | |
| 234 | |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 235 | <li> <b>Old News</b> |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | <br> |
Eric Andersen | 766c012 | 2000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>. |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | </ul> |
| 239 | |
| 240 | |
Eric Andersen | 4a971ae | 2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | <!-- Begin Download section --> |
| 242 | |
| 243 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> |
| 244 | <A NAME="download"><BIG><B> |
| 245 | Download |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 246 | </B></BIG></A> |
Eric Andersen | 4a971ae | 2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | </TD></TR> |
| 248 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> |
| 249 | <ul> |
Mark Whitley | 8ba1b11 | 2001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | |
| 251 | <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from |
Eric Andersen | bdcc6fb | 2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 252 | <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. |
Mark Whitley | 8ba1b11 | 2001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 253 | |
| 254 | <li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU |
| 255 | gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</a>. |
| 256 | |
| 257 | <li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable |
Eric Andersen | 4a971ae | 2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>, |
| 259 | anonymous |
| 260 | <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and |
| 261 | for those that are actively contributing there is even |
| 262 | <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>. |
Mark Whitley | 8ba1b11 | 2001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | |
Eric Andersen | 4a971ae | 2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 264 | </ul> |
| 265 | |
| 266 | |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 267 | <!-- Begin Docs section --> |
| 268 | |
| 269 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> |
| 270 | <A NAME="docs"><BIG><B> |
| 271 | Documentation |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | </B></BIG></A> |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | </TD></TR> |
| 274 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> |
| 275 | Current documentation for BusyBox includes: |
| 276 | <ul> |
Eric Andersen | bdcc6fb | 2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. |
| 278 | This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with |
| 279 | complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I |
| 280 | have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to |
| 281 | make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual, |
| 282 | grammatical, whatever) please let me know. |
Eric Andersen | 4362200 | 2000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 283 | <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/README">README</a>. |
| 284 | This is the README file included in the busybox source release. |
Eric Andersen | c36c2ba | 2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 285 | <li> <a href="http://bugs.lineo.com/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox Bugs</a>. |
Eric Andersen | bdcc6fb | 2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed? |
Eric Andersen | aec27bc | 2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | <li> If you need more help, the BusyBox |
| 288 | <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is |
| 289 | a good place to start. |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | </ul> |
| 291 | |
| 292 | |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 293 | <!-- Begin Links section --> |
| 294 | |
| 295 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> |
| 296 | <A NAME="links"> |
| 297 | <BIG><B> |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | Important Links |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | </B></BIG> |
| 300 | </A> |
| 301 | </TD></TR> |
| 302 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> |
| 303 | |
| 304 | <ul> |
| 305 | |
| 306 | <li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/"> |
| 307 | Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br> |
| 308 | The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written |
| 309 | by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website. |
| 310 | <p> |
| 311 | |
Eric Andersen | 5efa229 | 2001-03-05 18:26:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | <li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/"> |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A> |
| 314 | <p> |
Eric Andersen | c36c2ba | 2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 315 | <li><a href="http://tinylogin.lineo.com/">TinyLogin</a> |
| 316 | is a nice embedded tool for handling authentication, changing passwords, |
| 317 | and similar tasks which nicely complements BusyBox. |
| 318 | <p> |
| 319 | |
Eric Andersen | dfba13d | 2001-03-16 08:30:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | <li><a href="http://cvs.uclinux.org/uClibc.html">uClibc</a> |
Eric Andersen | c36c2ba | 2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 321 | is a C library for embedded systems. You can actually statically link |
| 322 | a "Hello World" application under x86 that only takes 4k (as opposed to |
| 323 | 200k under GNU libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely with |
Eric Andersen | dfba13d | 2001-03-16 08:30:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 324 | BusyBox to create very small embedded systems. |
Eric Andersen | c36c2ba | 2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 325 | <p> |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | |
Eric Andersen | 766c012 | 2000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 327 | <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>. |
| 328 | <p> |
| 329 | |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | </ul> |
| 331 | |
| 332 | |
Eric Andersen | 1b622ff | 2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | <!-- Begin Projects section --> |
| 334 | |
| 335 | <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> |
| 336 | <A NAME="projects"><BIG><B> |
| 337 | Products/Projects Using BusyBox |
Matt Kraai | 18d5064 | 2001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | </B></BIG></A> |
Eric Andersen | 1b622ff | 2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 339 | </TD></TR> |
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| 341 | |
| 342 | <p> I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox -- |
| 343 | listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page: |
| 344 | |
| 345 | <ul> |
Eric Andersen | 1b622ff | 2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 346 | <li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a> |
Eric Andersen | 31ac3b7 | 2001-11-10 13:35:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 347 | <li> <a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2 installer</a> |
Eric Andersen | c5f9a9d | 2001-11-10 13:38:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 348 | <li> <a |
| 349 | href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">Slackware Installer</a> |
Eric Andersen | 1b622ff | 2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 350 | <li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a> |
| 351 | <li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a> |
| 352 | <li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a> |
| 353 | <li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a> |
| 354 | <li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a> |
| 355 | <li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a> |
| 356 | <li> <a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a> |
| 357 | <li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a> |
| 358 | <li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a> |
| 359 | <li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a> |
| 360 | <li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a> |
| 361 | <li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a> |
| 362 | <li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a> |
Eric Andersen | 1b622ff | 2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 363 | <li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a> |
Eric Andersen | c36c2ba | 2001-03-16 07:16:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 364 | <li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a> |
| 365 | <li> <a href="http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/"> Floppyfw</a> |
Mark Whitley | 7447642 | 2001-03-20 19:57:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | |
| 367 | <li> <a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/"> Midori Linux</a> - <a href= |
| 368 | "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html"> Article on |
| 369 | Midori Linux</a> on <a href= "http://www.wired.com"> Wired</a>. Quote from |
| 370 | Erik at the top of <a href= |
| 371 | "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html"> this |
| 372 | page</a> |
Mark Whitley | 798ab30 | 2001-03-13 17:08:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 373 | |
Eric Andersen | 583e3ca | 2001-06-12 22:04:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 374 | <li> <a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal Server Project</a> |
| 375 | <li> <a href="http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a> |
Eric Andersen | 28d0ac1 | 2001-08-27 19:22:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 376 | <li> <a href="http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a> |
Matt Kraai | b67adb0 | 2001-09-24 22:44:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | <li> <a href="http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a> |
Eric Andersen | 9c93721 | 2001-10-19 00:46:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | <li> <a href="http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a> |
Eric Andersen | bdfd0d7 | 2001-10-24 05:00:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 379 | |
Eric Andersen | 1b622ff | 2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 380 | </ul> |
| 381 | |
| 382 | <p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to |
| 383 | you. |
| 384 | |
Erik Andersen | 330fd2b | 2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 385 | |
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Eric Andersen | 19ec9ee | 2001-05-02 17:19:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 407 | <a href="http://www.vim.org"><img border=0 width=90 height=36 |
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Eric Andersen | 19ec9ee | 2001-05-02 17:19:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 413 | <a href="http://www.gimp.org/"><img border=0 width=90 height=36 |
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