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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.
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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 maintained by
<a href="http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">
Erik Andersen</a>, and 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>.
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<li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b>
<br>
This is a relatively minor bug fixing release that fixes
up the bugs that have shown up in the stable release in
the last few weeks. Fortunately, nothing <em>too</em>
serious has shown up. This release only fixes bugs -- no
new features, no new applets. So without further ado,
here it is. Come and get it.
<p>
The
<a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from
<a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
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<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>
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For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.
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<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>.
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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.
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Important Links
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<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.
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<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>.
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<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://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>
<li> <a href="http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a>
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<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to
you.
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