Full Changelog: 15.11.2023...01.03.2025

This is a large rework of the distro, now that I have actual 486 hardware (haha). I've tested SnackLinux, and have been running it successfully, with i486DX2 at 66Mhz with 8MB of RAM.

See the Getting Started page to get up and running with SnackLinux.

Release Summary

Core Improvements

• Added automated tool for building bootable disk images with extlinux
• Added kernel-modules makefile target and ISO targets with/without kernel
• Updated build system to Linux 4.4, organizing kernel configs by major version
• Improved hard drive image creation with HDA1 support

Kernel Optimizations

• Implemented kernel size optimizations for i486 target
• Added AMD and Cyrix CPU support, switched to XZ compression (-35KB)
• Moved IPv6 to module (-70KB) and disabled memory compaction
• Enhanced networking with DHCP, dummy driver, and 3Com card support
• Added better framebuffer support with CONFIG_X86_SYSFB and simplefb

Driver Support

• Added parallel port, network block device, and /proc/config.gz support
• Added PS/2 mouse support

Build System Enhancements

• Optimized download process with caching and conditional building
• Fixed clean behaviour and OPTIMIZE flag handling
• Improved environment variable handling for build customization

Update all packages (bleeding edge is fun), update kernel config removing extra options.

For arm64 kernel and gzipped rootfs for running with qemu, see build attachments.

Full Changelog: 18.12.2022...15.11.2023

Working arm64/aarch64 and i386/x86 port

What's Changed

• striping filesystem in #1

Full Changelog: 06.05.15...18.12.2022