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Line 26: Owing to its minimalist design muLinux was a single-user OS, with all operations performed by the [[root user]]. It used the [[ext2]] Linux native file system (rather than the slower [[Minix]] file system seen in other single-floppy takes on Linux).<ref name="Zimmer"/> The OS was robust when used for text-based tasks along with basic file, light web page or email serving. It could also be adapted as a very tiny, stand-alone [[embedded system]].<ref>''ACM Indexed scientific database'' (abstract): "Linux Journal" Volume 2000, Issue 75es ''[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=349542 Using Linux in Embedded and Real-Time Systems]'', July 2000, retrieved 16 August 2008</ref> muLinux was sometimes installed by Windows users who wanted to learn about the commands and configuration of a [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]] before taking the step of installing a full [[Linux]] distribution or [[BSD]] release, although on later computers this could easily be done with any one of many [[live CD]] distributions. Since the distribution was always wholly targeted at old hardware and meant to have a tiny footprint, Andreoli warned at the time that muLinux should ''not'' be used to ''evaluate'' Linux or open source software.<ref name="Zimmer"/> The OS came with a lean and pithy [[online help]] system which also happened to be an introduction to UNIX, written in an English which the developer called "fractured."<ref name="mu"/> The OS ~~has~~had "cheery dialogues" and a friendly sense of humour sprinkled throughout.<ref name="Saunders"/> ==System requirements==

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