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ELKS is [[free software]] and is available under the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).
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== History ==
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* [[April 29]], [[2002]] - ELKS 0.1.0 is released, this is the first [beta version].<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3232&package_id=3148&release_id=87385 ELKS 0.1.0, the first beta version]</ref>
* [[December 18]], [[2002]] - EDE (the Elks Distribution Edition, a [[distribution]] based on the ELKS kernel) version 0.0.5 is released.<ref>[http://lwn.net/Articles/18400/ Announce of the EDE 0.0.5 release]</ref>
* [[January 6]], [[2003]] - ELKS 0.1.2 is released.<ref name="officialsite">[http://elks.sourceforge.net/ Official ELKS website]</ref>
* [[May 3]], [[2006]] - ELKS 0.1.3 is released, the first official release after a long hiatus in development.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3232&package_id=3148&release_id=414456 ELKS 0.1.3, currently the last released version]</ref>
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]] SIBO palmtops. It has been used as the base for the [[FlightLinux]] [[real-time]] operating system for [[spacecraft]]s.
==References==
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* [http://elks.sourceforge.net/ Official ELKS website]
* [http://compsolutions.ath.cx:86/elks/ Temporary site with recent CVS snapshots]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.debath/ ELKS development tools]
* [ftp://ftp.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pub/elks/ FTP site with old ELKS source files]
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