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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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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Magister 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

it was a joke xD i like busybox (and systemd) i don't particularly subscribe to the unix way, but to each their own ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Phoenix3875 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Haha, but it's really a pack of tools, more like a toolbox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

almost like it has box in the name for some sort of reason

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

BUT IT'S A SINGLE BINARY! UNACCEPTBLE!!!! THE BLOAT OF IT ALL!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Isn't Alpine hype now?