BusyBox maintainer Erik Andersen sent us this brief announcement of the release of BusyBox version 0.52 . . .

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 many 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).

The changelog 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 ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox.

Share and Enjoy,

-Erik

BusyBox includes the functions of many common UNIX utilities within a single small executable. It thereby provides a fairly complete command environment for small or embedded systems, allowing embedded system developers to minimize hardware costs while maintaining a reasonable degree of functionality.

BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind. The utility's modular architecture also makes it practical to include or exclude specific commands or features at compile time. Systems designers can thereby tune the functionality to the requirements and resources of the specific embedded Linux system. Then, just add a kernel and an editor.

BusyBox is included within Lineo's Embedix Linux distribution, as well as across a wide array of distributions and products including: MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux, Debian boot floppies project, Linux Router Project, Stormix Installer, Trinux, tinynet, and is even included within many Linux-based consumer devices.

BusyBox is a freely distributed open source project, licensed under the GPL. BusyBox is currently maintained by Erik Andersen and its on-going development is being sponsored by Lineo. Full details on BusyBox are available at opensource.lineo.com.

 
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