PeeWeeLinux 0.50 has been released. PeeWeeLinux is a small Linux distribution aimed at embedded devices. The distribution attempts to make the configuration and installation of a Linux operating system on an embedded platform as painless as possible.

The main features are:

• Ease of use
  
• Menu driven development environment
  
• Sources are available
  
• Package maintenance using rpm
  
• Ideal for embedded applications
  
• Suitable for building single floppy systems
  
• XFree86 support
  
• Kernel supports USB, PCMCIA, and M-Systems Disk-On-Chip

Commercial products known to run PeeWeeLinux are:

• K-Net Router — see: knet.on.ca/knetrouter/
  
• Datalux IPIX — see: www.datalux.com/ipix/

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PeeWeeLinux — a small embedded Linux distribution

 
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