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{{Short description|Operating system}}

{{Infobox OS

| name = muLinux

| logo = [[File:Mulinux5.png]]

| website = [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20231203093405/https://www.micheleandreoli.org/public/Software/mulinux/ Micheleandreoli] (Archived from: [http://micheleandreoli.org/public/Software/mulinux/])

| family = [[Linux]] = ([[Unix-like]])

| latest_release_version = 14r0

| latest_release_date = {{release date|2004|02|10}}

| latest_test_version = Lepton 0.5

| latest_test_date = {{release date|2004|04|15}}

| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel]]

| ui = [[Unix shell]] and [[fvwm95]]

| license = [[GPL]] and other

| working_state = Frozen

| supported_platforms = [[x86 architecture|x86-32]] and later

}}

'''muLinux''' wasis an [[Italy|Italian]], [[English language|English]]-language [[lightweight Linux distribution]] maintained by mathematics and physics professor Michele Andreoli, meant to allow very old and obsolete computers ([[80386]], [[80486]] and [[Pentium Pro]] hardware dating from 1986 through 1998) to be used as basic intranet/Internet servers or text-based workstations with a [[UNIX]]-[[Unix-like|like]] [[operating system]]. It was also designed for quickly turning any 80386 or later computer into a temporary, powerful Linux machine, along with system repair, education, [[forensic analysis]] and what the developer called ''proselytizing''. In 2004 reviewer Paul Zimmer wrote, "Although there are several other single-floppy Linux distributions, none can match muLinux's extensive and unique combination of useful features."<ref name="Zimmer">Zimmer, Paul, ''[http://www.linfo.org/mulinux.html muLinux: A Brief Introduction]'', The Linux Information Project, 2004, retrieved 16 August 2008</ref> The last version update was in 2004, when further development of this "linux-on-a-floppy" distribution ended.

==Name==

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* X11 - legacy [[X Window]] 16 colour [[VGA]] environment (see below for [[SVGA]]) along with early versions of both [[fvwm95]] and [[Afterstep]] [[window manager]]s (based on the [[Windows 95]] and [[NeXTSTEP]] [[GUI]] respectively)

* VNC - for [[VNC|virtual network computing]]

* GCC - [[C (programming language)|C]] compiler

* TCL - [[Tcl/Tk]]+ scripting language, which also brings a few more X applications and tools

* TEX - [[TeX]] typesetting system

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== External links==

* [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20231203093405/https://www.micheleandreoli.org/public/Software/mulinux/ muLinux official Web page] (Archived from [https://www.micheleandreoli.org/public/Software/mulinux/ here].)

{{Linux}}

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[[Category:Light-weight Linux distributions]]

[[Category:Floppy-based Linux distributions]]

[[Category:Linux distributions]]