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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index eb150b1..15d57ac 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> |