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BasicLinux also known as BasLin ,BL3, or BasLinux, is a mini Linux distribution optimized for old (386 - 486) PCs, and laptops which uses the commandline or a simple GUI.

It's based on stripped down version of Slackware 3.5 and uses an obsolete, but small, v2.2.26 kernel with busybox to provide a low-RAM Linux[1], capable of browsing the web, doing email, and functioning as an X terminal.

It's offered in 2 versions, a hard drive one that boots from DOS, and a floppy drive one that uses 2 disks.

Both versions can be used with an 386 CPU. The Hard Drive installable version requires 3 MB of RAM and 20 MB of disk space, plus a bootable DOS. The floppy version needs 12 MB of RAM.

Installed applications include: IceWM MagicPoint Mutt mp321


References

  1. ^ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/
  • BasicLinux official site
  • BasicLinux Mailing List Archives
  • "BasicLinux". Freecode.
  • BasicLinux on Softpedia
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