MuLinux

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**muLinux**
Website:	[1]
Company/ developer:	Michele Andreoli
OS family:	Linux
Source model:	Free Software
Latest stable release:	14r0 / 2004-Feb
Kernel type:	Monolithic kernel, Linux
Default user interface:	FVWM
License:	Various
Working state:	Current

The correct title of this article is muLinux. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

muLinux is a libc5-based Linux distribution, which has a basic installation fitted onto a single 1722K floppy disk, with optional floppy-disk add-ons. This allows the use of old computers as firewalls, printer servers, or data entry stations. There is a LiveCD version too, with an Xfce-like desktop environment, with GNOME support. The reason for the name "muLinux" is its tiny size, based on the Greek letter mu (μ), a Metric system prefix for "micro-"; its name is sometimes pronounced "Micro Linux".

1 Features
2 Add-ons
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Features

The features of muLinux include an "open script-based system" that allows users to learn to configure Linux, as well as an incremental file system that allows users to switch floppy disks without losing functions. Because it runs in RAM, muLinux can be run without a hard drive.

[edit] Add-ons

In addition to the boot disk, muLinux provides several add-ons, to provide additional functionality to the system. These include Server and Workstation disks, an X Window System implementation, VNC, GNU Compiler Collection and Tcl/Tk for development, TeX for typesetting, Perl, Microsoft Windows and DOS emulators, a Java Virtual Machine, and the Netscape web browser.