December release of the distribution , with a bootable ISO image that is only 10 MB. A minimum of 256MB of RAM is required for booting. The base assembly includes only the Linux kernel, Glibc, and a set of utilities based on Busybox. The distribution allows for the expansion of the minimalist environment to meet personal needs through the provided project script set. The setup is formed based on a simple configuration file.
To create your own bootable image, simply download the archive with the set of scripts and specific components (1 MB), install the necessary dependencies for assembly ("apt install wget make gawk gcc bc bison flex xorriso libelf-dev libssl-dev"), include additional software packages in and run the build script build_minimal_linux_live.sh. A total of 35 basic sets are offered, allowing you to install vim, ssh, openjdk, and more.
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- Updated Linux kernel 5.4.3, GNU C Library 2.30, and Busybox 1.31.1.
- The capability to build from the Ubuntu 18.04.3 environment has been implemented.
- A set for running a virtual machine has been added , including JDK, Python, Ruby, and Node.JS/JavaScript.
- Sets with Adopt OpenJDK and Zulu have been added, which are variants of JDK from the AdoptOpenJDK project and Azul Systems. The set with Oracle JDK has been removed.
- Sets with Go and Python languages have been added.
- Support for installing applications in the loaded environment has been added.
- A meta-set for installing all available sets has been added.
- A set with the game vitetris has been added.
- A Hello set with instructions for creating your own sets has been added.
- A console mode for QEMU has been implemented, allowing Minimal Linux to be launched from the console in a virtual QEMU machine (the distribution can also be used in a browser with a JavaScript emulator).
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