Busybox 1.37 is tiny but capable, the way we like Linux tools to be (go.theregister.com)

submitted 1 year ago by andrew_s@piefed.social to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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The Busybox developers have released version 1.37.0, with some 50 changes.

Its developers call Busybox the "Swiss Army knife" of embedded Linux, because in one relatively small tool, it implements not just a Unix-style shell, but also about 300 different commands that are normally external programs in their own right. As a result, it's often found inside devices that use Linux in very resource-constrained environments, such as consumer firewall/routers.

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[-] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago

"Noooooooo! One tool should do one thing and one thing only! Blasphemy! Heresy! Anthema! Systemd!" crying in unix design philosophy

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

yeahs systemd I know yada yada :)

But working with embedded stuff, sometimes MCU with like 8MB embedded flash, have a 512k uboot, 1.5MB kernel, you are left with 6MB of flash for the whole application and lib, and busybox is a savior here!