Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:50:46 +1000 (EST) From: Graeme Cross <graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New utilities on PicoBSD WWW Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981012224750.8239A-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810121129480.27492-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > I uploaded two new programs to www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/tinyware. They > start new category - the software ported from Minix.. :-)). > > You may wonder why should anyone port from so old and simplistic system as > Minix. The answer is simple: size. Its programs are usually more limited > than normal FreeBSD versions, but the reward comes in size which is > usually 1/2 to even 1/10th. > > Currently the following are available: > > * msh - mostly compatible Bourne Shell. > * mined - small editor, smaller even than our 'ee' by ca. half. > > Almost done is also in.telnetd. Andrzej: You might want to have a look at the ELKS project (Linux for 80x6, x < 3). Last time I checked, people involved in that project were collecting a wide range of low-memory programs for an ELKS distribution. At the very least, it would provide a useful 'shopping list' of commands that are readily available for low-memory embedded apps. Cheers Graeme -- Graeme Cross -- Water Studies Centre, Monash University Random thought #137 (Collect all 235) I love cats ... they taste just like chicken! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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