'''BasicLinux''', also known as '''BasLin''', '''BL3''', or '''BasLinux''', is a [[lightweight Linux distribution]] that is optimized for old ([[Intel 386|386]] - [[Intel 486|486]]) [[Personal computer|PCs]] and laptops and that uses the [[commandline]] or a simple [[graphical user interface|GUI]].
It is based on strippeda stripped-down version of [[Slackware]] 3.5 and uses an obsolete, but small, v2.2.26 [[Linux kernel|kernel]] with [[busybox]] to provide a low-[[RAM]] [[Linux]],<ref>http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/</ref> capable of browsing the web, doingsending and receiving [[email]], and functioning as an [[X terminal]]. It uses the [[JWM]] window manager (Joe's Window Manager).
It's offered in 2 versions,: a [[hard drive]] oneinstallation that boots from [[DOS]] and a [[floppy drive]] oneinstall that uses 2 disks.
Both versions can be used with an [[Intel 386|386 CPU]]. The hard drive-installable version requires 3 MB of RAM and 20 MB of disk space, plus a [[bootable]] DOS installation. The floppy version needsrequires 12 MB of RAM.
