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T R A V E L L E R ' S
I M A G E
Linux
What is Linux
Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a
young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
Linus had an interest in Minix, a small UNIX system, and decided to
develop a system that exceeded the Minix standards. He began his
work in 1991, and development is still continuing till this day.
Linux is developed under the GNU General Public License and
its source code is freely available to everyone. Due to it's nature,
Linux has become quite popular worldwide and a vast number of software
programmers have taken Linux's source code and adapted it to meet their individual
needs. Since the Dreambox uses Linux, this means that programmers can make their
own software to expand its current possibilities.
What is Busybox
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common utilities into a single small
executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you usually
find in a standard Linux distrubution. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer
options than their full-featured Linux cousins; however, the options that are included
provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their counterparts. Since
the amount of available memory is limited on the Dreambox, Busybox is the ideal
solution.
BusyBox is maintained by Erik Andersen. More information on Busybox is available at
http://www.busybox.net.
A
complete
manual
can
be
found
at
http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html.
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