486-optimized Linux distro http://snacklinux.org/ 2026-04-16T02:52:03+00:00 http://snacklinux.org/ http://snacklinux.org/_media/logo.png text/html 2025-02-16T20:31:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/about?rev=1739737881&do=diff I spent a lot of my younger days building computers and playing with software. I had amassed several Pentium I,II and III era computers and I finally jumped into Linux. At a local book store, I spotted a Linux Format magazine and that was my in. As any new Linux user, I distrohopped for such a long time, learning the ins and outs of seemingly random Linux distributions. Back than, Canonical would send anyone a free CD of Ubuntu in the mail. I think Ubuntu 6.06 was the first CD I received. After … text/html 2025-02-22T06:12:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/building-packages?rev=1740204734&do=diff Building packages Example build flow: export LDFLAGS="-s" export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/include:/usr/include tar xvf myfancysoftware-1.0.tar.gz && cd myfancysoftware-1.0 ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-static make make DESTDIR=/home/user/staging-myfancysoftware cd /home/user/staging-myfancysoftware tar czvf myfancysoftware-1.0.tgz usr/ text/html 2022-12-19T05:05:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/building-snacklinux?rev=1671426322&do=diff See README on Github text/html 2015-06-01T04:30:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/contributing?rev=1433133003&do=diff Contributing There's much work to be done with SnackLinux, and as such, the length of the todo list increases. With open source projects, it can be be difficult to find out how to contribute back. If you're interesting in helping out or just bored, see the list below for ideas. text/html 2025-08-04T15:50:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/docker?rev=1754322653&do=diff Deprecated page - kept for historical purposes This process is no longer maintained Create a SnackLinux Docker container Download the Docker image here: <http://snacklinux.org/downloads/docker/> See below for an example. cat snacklinux-22.06.15-docker.tar | sudo docker import - snacklinux-22.06.15-docker sudo docker run -i -t snacklinux-22.06.15-docker /bin/bash text/html 2025-03-15T22:52:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/download?rev=1742079170&do=diff Download Latest release is 01.03.25, released March 1st 2025. Download [ i486 .iso ] for live booting or i486 .img to flash to a Compact Flash or any other disk for booting on real hardware. All downloadable ISO files here: <http://snacklinux.geekness.eu/iso/>. See the Quick start page for booting and running SnackLinux. text/html 2022-12-17T09:51:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/getting-help?rev=1671270704&do=diff Need help or more information? Open an issue on Github, or email me at easton(at)geekness(dot)eu text/html 2025-03-10T03:03:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/getting-started?rev=1741575806&do=diff Quick start Download You have a few options: * Download the latest ISO (x86 only) and boot as a live system * Download the hard drive image file and boot as a pre-installed system * Compile the kernel and root filesystem (any architecture) and boot into SnackLinux either in a virtual machine or on physical hardware. text/html 2022-12-19T05:10:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/kernel-compression?rev=1671426606&do=diff The main difference between XZ compression and Gzip compression is in the compression algorithms they use. XZ compression is based on the LZMA2 algorithm, which is designed to achieve very high compression ratios. Gzip compression, on the other hand, uses the Deflate algorithm, which is designed to achieve better compression speeds. text/html 2025-02-25T19:58:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/nim-lang?rev=1740513504&do=diff Nim language See: Nim language Version 2.2.2 Install: fbpkg update fbpkg install nim Building: sed -i 's/LINK_FLAGS=“”/LINK_FLAGS=“-static”/' build.sh sh build.sh --extraBuildArgs "-static" sh install.sh /DEST_DIR/_INSTALL text/html 2025-03-01T05:49:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/packages?rev=1740808180&do=diff Installing packages For a list of all packages available see: <http://snacklinux.geekness.eu/repo/pub/packageslist.txt> (x86) fbpkg is the package manager for SnackLinux. Update the packages list by running fbpkg update Search for packages fbpkg search tetris Install a package fbpkg install vitetris You can also set the installation directory by running text/html 2025-02-12T10:58:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/philosophy?rev=1739357937&do=diff Software freedom is a fundamental principle of open-source development. The GNU General Public License (GPL) protects this ideal by ensuring software remains free, shareable, and uncontrolled by commercial interests. SnackLinux has been developed with the intention of allowing any software to run on multiple hardware configurations. This means that developers can add any packages they need, and build from source code easily. text/html 2025-03-01T20:41:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/sidebar?rev=1740861690&do=diff * Home * Getting started * Download * Packages * Building SnackLinux * Building packages * Compression * Contributing * Philosophy * Getting help * Github * About text/html 2025-10-07T15:27:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://snacklinux.org/start?rev=1759850856&do=diff SnackLinux is an ultra-minimal Linux distribution targeting Intel 486 processors. Built on a streamlined 4.x kernel (<1MB) with BusyBox, musl libc, and Bash, it's a complete Linux environment in under 4MB. Go to the Downloads page to download the live ISO or hard drive image, or even