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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/index.html b/docs/busybox.net/index.html index 82ab907bd..37f3f036c 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/index.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/index.html @@ -78,183 +78,85 @@ To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox" <ul> - <li> <b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b> - <p> - - I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.2 (stable) is now - released to the world. This one is primarily a bugfix release for the - stable series, and I believe it should take care of most everyone's needs - till we can get the nice new stuff we have been working on in CVS ready to - release (with the wonderful new buildsystem). The biggest change in this - release (beyond bugfixes) is the fact that msh (the minix shell) has been - re-worked by Vladimir N. Oleynik (vodz) and so it no longer crashes when - told to do complex things with backticks. + <li> <b>3 January 2002 -- Welcome to busybox.net!</b> <p> - I've personally tested this release out - on x86, ARM, and powerpc using glibc 2.2.4, libc5, and uClibc, so - it should work with just about any Linux system you throw it at. - See the <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> - for <small>most of</small> the details. The last release was - <em>very</em> solid for people, and this one should be even better. - <p> - As usual BusyBox 0.60.2 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p> - And please read the news item for the 18th as well. Have Fun.<br> -Erik - <p> - - <li> <b>18 November 2001 -- Help us buy busybox.net!</b> + Thanks to the generosity of a number of busybox users, we have been + able to purchase busybox.net (which is where you are probably + reading this). Right now, busybox.net and uclibc.org are both + living on my home system (at the end of my DSL line). I + appologize for the abrupt move off of busybox.line.com. + Unfortunately, I no longer have the access needed to keep that + system updated (for example, you might notice the daily snapshots + there stopped some time ago). + <p> My DSL line (where busybox.net is living) is currently + struggling a bit under the load. To address this, I'm making + arrangements to get busybox.net co-located directly at an ISP + belonging to a friend of mine. + <a href="http://www.codepoet.org/~markw">Mark Whitley</a> (author + of busybox sed, cut, and grep) has donated his <a + href="http://www.netwinder.org/">NetWinder</a> computer + for hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org on. Once the system is + co-located, that should should completely eliminate the current + speed problems. Hopefully, too, we can get some mirror sites set + up soon, to help distribute to load a bit. + + <p> <!-- Begin PayPal Logo --> <center> - Click here to help buy busybox.net! + Click here to help support busybox.net! <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> - <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox/Buy busybox.net"> - <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://busybox.net/images/busybox2.jpg"> + <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox"> + <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://www.codepoet-consulting.com/images/busybox2.jpg"> <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> <input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal"> </form> </center> <!-- End PayPal Logo --> - I've contacted the current owner of busybox.net and he is willing - to sell the domain name -- for $250. He also owns busybox.org but - will not part with it... I will then need to pay the registry fee - for a couple of years and start paying for bandwidth, so this will - initially cost about $300. I would like to host busybox.net on my - home machine (codepoet.org) so I have full control over the system, - but to do that would require that I increase the level of bandwidth - I am paying for. Did you know that so far this month, there - have been over 1.4 Gigabytes of busybox ftp downloads? I don't - even <em>know</em> how much CVS bandwidth it requires. For the - time being, Lineo has continued to graciously provide this - bandwidth, despite the fact that I no longer work for them. If I - start running this all on my home machine, paying for the needed bandwidth - will start costing some money. - <p> + Since some people expressed concern over busybox donations. Let me + assure you that no one is getting rich here. All busybox and + uclibc donations will be spent paying for bandwidth, and paying for + needed hardware upgrades (Mark's NetWinder currently has just 64Meg + of memory -- I'm going to be ordering 256Megs of ram and a larger + hard drive for the box today). As demonstrated when google + spidered the site the other day, the extra ram should really + help... So far, donations received have been sufficient to cover + almost all expenses. A <b>HUGE thank-you</b> goes out to everyone + that has contributed! Right now, I have enough to keep + busybox.net running for the time being. I'll keep you posted if + that changes. + <br> + -Erik - I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that - idea at all (big surprise). It turns out <insert argument - where she wins and I don't> she has better ideas - about what we should spend our money on that don't involve - busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the - mailing list and web page. So... <p> - - I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit, we could pick - up the busybox.net domain name and cover the bandwidth costs. I - know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as - individuals -- hopefully people and companies that are willing to - contribute back a bit. So if everyone could please help out, that - would be wonderful! + <li> <b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b> <p> - - <li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b> - <br> - - This is a relatively minor bug fixing release that fixes - up the bugs that have shown up in the stable release in - the last few weeks. Fortunately, nothing <em>too</em> - serious has shown up. This release only fixes bugs -- no - new features, no new applets. So without further ado, - here it is. Come and get it. - <p> - The - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <li> <b>2 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.0 released</b> - <br> - I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of - BusyBox 0.60.0. I have personally tested this release with libc5, glibc, - and <a href="http://uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> on - x86, ARM, and powerpc using linux 2.2 and 2.4, and I know a number - of people using it on everything from ia64 to m68k with great success. - Everything seems to be working very nicely now, so getting a nice - stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes - a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and - cleans up a number of things. - - <p> - - Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can - use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a> - to give it a try by downloading and compiling - <a href="ftp://busybox.net/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>. - You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way. - Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on busybox.net. - <p> - Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/tutorial/index.html"> - BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires - a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the - the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a> - to view the tutorial. - <p> - - Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the - version number of this release, let me point out that this release - is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a - bit. This reflects the fact that this release is intended to form - a new stable BusyBox release series. If you need to rely on a - stable version of BusyBox, you should plan on using the stable - 0.60.x series. If bugs show up then I will release 0.60.1, then - 0.60.2, etc... This is also intended to deal with the fact that - the BusyBox build system will be getting a major overhaul for the - next release and I don't want that to break products that people - are shipping. To avoid that, the new build system will be - released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will - have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things - stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then - I will release that as a new stable release series. - - <p> - The - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <li> <b>7 July 2001 -- BusyBox 0.52 released</b> - <br> - - 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 <em>many</em> 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). - - <p> - The - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> 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 + We am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.2 (stable) is now + released to the world. This one is primarily a bugfix release for the + stable series, and it should take care of most everyone's needs + till we can get the nice new stuff we have been working on in CVS ready to + release (with the wonderful new buildsystem). The biggest change in this + release (beyond bugfixes) is the fact that msh (the minix shell) has been + re-worked by Vladimir N. Oleynik (vodz) and so it no longer crashes when + told to do complex things with backticks. + <p> + + This release has been tested on x86, ARM, and powerpc using glibc 2.2.4, + libc5, and uClibc, so it should work with just about any Linux system you throw it at. + See the <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> + for <small>most of</small> the details. The last release was + <em>very</em> solid for people, and this one should be even better. + <p> + As usual BusyBox 0.60.2 can be downloaded from <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - - <li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b> - <br> - The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth - of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading / - viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>. - - <p> (Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you - can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively - turning off whichever applets you don't need.) - <p> + <p> + Have Fun.<br> -Erik + <p> diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index eb150b153..15d57ac34 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html @@ -40,6 +40,160 @@ <p> <li> <b>Take me back to the <a href="http://busybox.net/">BusyBox</a> web site.</b> <hr> + + + <li> <b>18 November 2001 -- Help us buy busybox.net!</b> + + <!-- Begin PayPal Logo --> + <center> + Click here to help buy busybox.net! + <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> + <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> + <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> + <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox/Buy busybox.net"> + <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://busybox.net/images/busybox2.jpg"> + <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> + <input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal"> + </form> + </center> + <!-- End PayPal Logo --> + + I've contacted the current owner of busybox.net and he is willing + to sell the domain name -- for $250. He also owns busybox.org but + will not part with it... I will then need to pay the registry fee + for a couple of years and start paying for bandwidth, so this will + initially cost about $300. I would like to host busybox.net on my + home machine (codepoet.org) so I have full control over the system, + but to do that would require that I increase the level of bandwidth + I am paying for. Did you know that so far this month, there + have been over 1.4 Gigabytes of busybox ftp downloads? I don't + even <em>know</em> how much CVS bandwidth it requires. For the + time being, Lineo has continued to graciously provide this + bandwidth, despite the fact that I no longer work for them. If I + start running this all on my home machine, paying for the needed bandwidth + will start costing some money. + <p> + + I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that + idea at all (big surprise). It turns out <insert argument + where she wins and I don't> she has better ideas + about what we should spend our money on that don't involve + busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the + mailing list and web page. So... + <p> + + I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit, we could pick + up the busybox.net domain name and cover the bandwidth costs. I + know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as + individuals -- hopefully people and companies that are willing to + contribute back a bit. So if everyone could please help out, that + would be wonderful! + <p> + + + <li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b> + <br> + + This is a relatively minor bug fixing release that fixes + up the bugs that have shown up in the stable release in + the last few weeks. Fortunately, nothing <em>too</em> + serious has shown up. This release only fixes bugs -- no + new features, no new applets. So without further ado, + here it is. Come and get it. + <p> + The + <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all + the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from + <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. + <p>Have Fun! + <p> + + + <li> <b>2 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.0 released</b> + <br> + I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of + BusyBox 0.60.0. I have personally tested this release with libc5, glibc, + and <a href="http://uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> on + x86, ARM, and powerpc using linux 2.2 and 2.4, and I know a number + of people using it on everything from ia64 to m68k with great success. + Everything seems to be working very nicely now, so getting a nice + stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes + a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and + cleans up a number of things. + + <p> + + Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can + use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a> + to give it a try by downloading and compiling + <a href="ftp://busybox.net/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>. + You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way. + Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on busybox.net. + <p> + Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/tutorial/index.html"> + BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires + a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the + the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a> + to view the tutorial. + <p> + + Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the + version number of this release, let me point out that this release + is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a + bit. This reflects the fact that this release is intended to form + a new stable BusyBox release series. If you need to rely on a + stable version of BusyBox, you should plan on using the stable + 0.60.x series. If bugs show up then I will release 0.60.1, then + 0.60.2, etc... This is also intended to deal with the fact that + the BusyBox build system will be getting a major overhaul for the + next release and I don't want that to break products that people + are shipping. To avoid that, the new build system will be + released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will + have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things + stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then + I will release that as a new stable release series. + + <p> + The + <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all + the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from + <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. + <p>Have Fun! + <p> + + + <li> <b>7 July 2001 -- BusyBox 0.52 released</b> + <br> + + 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 <em>many</em> 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). + + <p> + The + <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> 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 + <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. + <p>Have Fun! + <p> + + + <li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b> + <br> + The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth + of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading / + viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>. + + <p> (Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you + can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively + turning off whichever applets you don't need.) + <p> + <li> <b>10 April 2001 -- BusyBox 0.51 released</b> <br> |