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<td class="c1">BUSYBOX</td>
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<a href="/"><img src="images/busybox1.png" alt="BusyBox"
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border="0" width="164" height="116"></a><br>
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<table width="95%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border=
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<td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "intro"><big>
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<b>The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux</b>
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BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX
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utilities into a single small executable. It provides
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minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you
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usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils,
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textutils, grep, gzip, tar, etc. BusyBox provides a
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fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
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embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally
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have fewer options than their full featured GNU
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cousins; however, the options that are included provide
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the expected functionality and behave very much like
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their GNU counterparts.
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<p>BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and
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limited resources in mind. It is also extremely modular
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so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
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features) at compile time. This makes it easy to
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customize your embedded systems. To create a working
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system, just add /dev, /etc, and a kernel.</p>
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<p>BusyBox is maintained by <a href=
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"http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">Erik
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Andersen</a>, and licensed under the <a href=
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"http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL
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PUBLIC LICENSE</a>.</p>
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<h3>Screenshot</h3>
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<p>Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of
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BusyBox is now available <a href=
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"screenshot.html">right here</a>.</p>
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<h3>Mailing List Information</h3>
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BusyBox now has a <a href="/lists/busybox/">mailing
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list</a>!<br>
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To subscribe, go and visit <a href=
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"/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
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<td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
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"news"><big><b>Latest News</b></big></a></td>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b>
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<p>Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to
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the fine folks at <a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a>
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who are providing hosting for busybox.net and
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uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors:
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<a href= "http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/">http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/</a>
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in Canada and
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<a href= "http://busybox.csservers.de/">http://busybox.csservers.de/</a>
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in Germany. I hope this makes things much more
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accessible for everyone!
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<li><b>Old News</b><br>
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For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the
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old news page</a>.</li>
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<td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
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"sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td>
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Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
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support! They have provided money for equipment and
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bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
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consider these fine companies!
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<ul>
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<li><a href=
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"http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>
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Embedded open source consulting in Europe.</li>
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<li><a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br>
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Web hosting (they host busybox.net and uclibc.org).</li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet
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Consulting</a><br>
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Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc
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development.</li>
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</ul>
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Several individuals have also contributed. If you have
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already contributed and would like your name added
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here, just let me know. If you would like to be a
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BusyBox sponsor, email <a href=
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"mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
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<td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
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"download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td>
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<ul>
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<li>Source for the latest release can always be
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downloaded from <a href=
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"downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.</li>
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<li>A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is
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available as a GNU gzipped tarball <a href=
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"downloads/snapshots/busybox-snapshot.tar.bz2">right here</a>.</li>
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<li>BusyBox now has its own publically browsable <a
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href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
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anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
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for those that are actively contributing there is
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even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write
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access</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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"docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td>
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Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
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<ul>
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<li><a href=
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"downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a
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list of the all the available commands in BusyBox
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with complete usage information and examples of how
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to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time
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updating these docs and trying to make them fairly
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comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
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grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li>
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<li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is
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the README file included in the busybox source
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release.</li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox
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Bugs</a>. Need to report a bug? Need to check if a
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bug has been filed?</li>
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<li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href=
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"lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to
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start.</li>
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<td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
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"links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td>
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<li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free
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Software from Bruce Perens</a><br>
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The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up
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to 0.26 were written by <a href=
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"mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is
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his BusyBox website.</li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat
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AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a
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nice embedded tool for handling authentication,
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changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely
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complements BusyBox.</li>
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<li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is
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a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for
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embedded systems.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a
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C library for embedded systems. You can actually
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statically link a "Hello World" application under x86
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that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU
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libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely
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with BusyBox to create very small embedded
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systems.</li>
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<td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
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"projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using
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BusyBox</b></big></a></td>
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<p>I know of the following products and/or projects
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that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add
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them to the web page:</p>
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<li><a href=
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"http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian
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installer (boot floppies) project</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2
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installer</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">
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Slackware Installer</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux
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Router Project</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix
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Installer</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux
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2.0 SBC</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS
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project</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango
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Internet Radio</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN
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Firewall</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your
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Linux Disk</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran -
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VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make
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CD-ROM recovery</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on
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nanoEngine</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori
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Linux</a> - <a href=
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"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html">
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Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href=
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"http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at
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the top of <a href=
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"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html">
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this page</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal
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Server Project</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a></li>
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<li><a href=
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"http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition
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Image</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux
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Phone</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil
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Hat Linux</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus
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PDA</a></li>
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and bribes to <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik
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Andersen</a><br>
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The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik
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