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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 /dev, /etc, and a kernel. +<p> + +BusyBox is now maintained by +<a href="http://codepoet.org/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> Screenshot </h3> + +<p> Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of BusyBox +is now available <a href="screenshot.html">right here</a>. + + +<H3>Mailing List Information</h3> +BusyBox now has a <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>. + +<!-- Begin Latest News section --> + +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> + <A NAME="news"> + <BIG><B> + Latest News + </B></BIG> + </A> +</TD></TR> +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> + +<ul> + + <li> <b>2 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.0 released</b> + <br> + I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of + BusyBox 0.60.0. I have personally tested this release with libc5, glibc, + and <a href="http://cvs.uclinux.org/uClibc.html">uClibc</a> on + x86, ARM, and powerpc using linux 2.2 and 2.4, and I know a number + of people using it on everything from ia64 to m68k with great success. + Everything seems to be working very nicely now, so getting a nice + stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes + a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and + cleans up a number of things. + + <p> + + Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can + use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a> + to give it a try by downloading and compiling + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>. + You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way. + Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on oss.lineo.com. + <p> + Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/tutorial/index.html"> + BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires + a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the + the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a> + to view the tutorial. + <p> + + Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the + version number of this release, let me point out that this release + is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a + bit. This reflects the fact that this release is intended to form + a new stable BusyBox release series. If you need to rely on a + stable version of BusyBox, you should plan on using the stable + 0.60.x series. If bugs show up then I will release 0.60.1, then + 0.60.2, etc... This is also intended to deal with the fact that + the BusyBox build system will be getting a major overhaul for the + next release and I don't want that to break products that people + are shipping. To avoid that, the new build system will be + released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will + have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things + stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then + I will release that as a new stable release series. + + <p> + The + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all + the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. + <p>Have Fun! + <p> + + + <li> <b>7 July 2001 -- BusyBox 0.52 released</b> + <br> + + I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of + BusyBox 0.52 (the "new-and-improved rock-solid release"). This + release is the result of <em>many</em> hours of work and has tons + of bugfixes, optimizations, and cleanups. This release adds + several new applets, including several new shells (such as hush, msh, + and ash). + + <p> + The + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> covers + some of the more obvious details, but there are many many things that + are not mentioned, but have been improved in subtle ways. As usual, + BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. + <p>Have Fun! + <p> + + + <li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b> + <br> + The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth + of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading / + viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>. + + <p> (Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you + can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively + turning off whichever applets you don't need.) + <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> + + +<!-- Begin Download section --> + +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> + <A NAME="download"><BIG><B> + Download + </B></BIG></A> +</TD></TR> +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> +<ul> + + <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. + + <li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU + gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</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> + + +<!-- Begin Docs section --> + +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> + <A NAME="docs"><BIG><B> + Documentation + </B></BIG></A> +</TD></TR> +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> +Current documentation for BusyBox includes: +<ul> + <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/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 + have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to + make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual, + grammatical, whatever) please let me know. + <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/README">README</a>. + This is the README file included in the busybox source release. + <li> <a href="http://bugs.lineo.com/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox Bugs</a>. + Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed? + <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> + + +<!-- Begin Links section --> + +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> + <A NAME="links"> + <BIG><B> + Important Links + </B></BIG> + </A> +</TD></TR> +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> + +<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/projects/busybox/"> + Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A> + <p> + <li><a href="http://tinylogin.lineo.com/">TinyLogin</a> + is a nice embedded tool for handling authentication, changing passwords, + and similar tasks which nicely complements BusyBox. + <p> + + <li><a href="http://cvs.uclinux.org/uClibc.html">uClibc</a> + is a C library for embedded systems. You can actually statically link + a "Hello World" application under x86 that only takes 4k (as opposed to + 200k under GNU libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely with + BusyBox to create very small embedded systems. + <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> + + +<!-- Begin Projects section --> + +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> + <A NAME="projects"><BIG><B> + Products/Projects Using BusyBox + </B></BIG></A> +</TD></TR> +<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> + +<p> 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 installer (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://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</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> + <li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a> + <li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a> + <li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a> + <li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a> + <li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a> + <li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a> + <li> <a href="http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/"> Floppyfw</a> + + <li> <a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/"> Midori Linux</a> - <a href= + "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html"> Article on + Midori Linux</a> on <a href= "http://www.wired.com"> Wired</a>. Quote from + Erik at the top of <a href= + "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html"> this + page</a> + + <li> <a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal Server Project</a> + <li> <a href="http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a> + +</ul> + +<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to +you. + + + +<!-- End of Table --> + +</TD></TR> +</TABLE> + + + +<!-- Footer --> +<HR> +<TABLE WIDTH="100%"> + <TR> + <TD> + <font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> + Mail all comments, insults, suggestions and bribes to + <a href="mailto:andersen@lineo.com">Erik Andersen</a><BR> + The Busybox logo is copyright 1999,2000,2001, Erik Andersen. + </font> + </TD> + + <TD> + <a href="http://www.vim.org"><img border=0 width=90 height=36 + src="images/written.in.vi.png" + alt="This site created with the vi editor"></a> + </TD> + + <TD> + <a href="http://www.gimp.org/"><img border=0 width=90 height=36 + src="images/gfx_by_gimp.png" alt="Graphics by GIMP"></a> + </TD> + + <TD> + <a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com"><img width=90 height=36 + src="images/ltbutton2.png" alt="Linux Today"></a> + </TD> + + <TD> + <p><a href="http://slashdot.org"><img width=90 height=36 + src="images/sdsmall.png" alt="Slashdot"></a> + </TD> + + <TD> + <a href="http://freshmeat.net"><img width=90 height=36 + src="images/fm.mini.png" alt="Freshmeat"></a> + </TD> + + </TR> +</TABLE> + + +</CENTER> +</BODY> +</HTML> + |