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== History==
* 1995 - Development of Linux-8086 by Linux kernel developers [[Alan Cox]] and Chad Page starts as a [[fork (software development)|fork]] of the standard Linux.
* Early 1996 - The project is renamed ELKS, Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset.
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More than 30 developers have contributed to this project since the Linux fork.
== Current status and usage ==
The development, as of 2006, has restarted. The latest released version is 0.1.3<ref name="officialsite"/> and the latest EDE version is 0.0.5b.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3232&package_id=68748 EDE SourceForge download page]</ref>
ELKS runs on [[IBM]] [[personal computer]]-compatible systems and on [[Psion PLC|Psion]] SIBO PDAs. It has been used as the base for the [[FlightLinux]] [[Real-time computing|real-time]] operating system for [[spacecraft]]s.<ref>[http://flightlinux.gsfc.nasa.gov/ FlightLinux official website]</ref>
== See also ==
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* [[Linux]]
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* [[Psion 3]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://elks.sourceforge.net/ Official ELKS website]
* [http://compsolutions.ath.cx:86/elks/ Temporary site with recent CVS snapshots]
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