MuLinux
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muLinux is an
Name
The name muLinux comes from the
Minimalist design
muLinux was based on the Linux 2.0.36 kernel.[3] Development was frozen in 2004 at version 14r0, with some of the code and packages taken from software releases going back to 1998 (owing only to their smaller sizes). An experimental, unstable version called Lepton had the 2.4 kernel.
muLinux could be both booted or installed to a hard drive on an obsolete machine from
Owing to its minimalist design muLinux was a single-user OS, with all operations performed by the
muLinux was sometimes installed by Windows users who wanted to learn about the commands and configuration of a
System requirements
muLinux needed only minimal hardware, hence it would run on many thoroughly obsolete but still-working computers.
- 4 MB RAMif run from a hard drive
- 16 MB RAM if booted from floppies, can boot from floppy with only 8MB[1]
- about 20 MB of hard drive space
- an 80386or later processor
Packages
muLinux came with many packages, each of which fit on one floppy. muLinux was somewhat unusual in that all of the packages were wholly optional.[1][2]
- SRV - basic server package with a web server, mail, sambaand more
- WKS - basic work station package with applications
- X11 - legacy GUIrespectively)
- VNC - for virtual network computing
- GCC - C compiler
- TCL - Tcl/Tk+ scripting language, which also brings a few more X applications and tools
- TEX - TeX typesetting system
- PERL - Perl interpreter with modules
- EMU - Dosemu emulators
- JVM - Kaffe Java virtual machine
- NS1 - SVGA X server along with part of a small but highly obsolete version of Netscape Navigator
- NS2 - second part of Netscape Navigator
Packages by other authors were also made available.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Zimmer, Paul, muLinux: A Brief Introduction, The Linux Information Project, 2004, retrieved 16 August 2008
- ^ a b c d mulinux.sunsite.dk, muLinux official web page Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 16 August 2008
- ^ a b c d Saunders, Mike, "Roundup: MiniDistros Archived 2006-10-01 at the Wayback Machine", Linux Format, July 2005, retrieved 16 August 2008
- ^ ACM Indexed scientific database (abstract): "Linux Journal" Volume 2000, Issue 75es Using Linux in Embedded and Real-Time Systems, July 2000, retrieved 16 August 2008
External links
- muLinux official Web page (Archived from here.)