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Familiar Linux
{{Infobox OS
| name = Familiar Linux
| logo =
| website = http://familiar.handhelds.org/
| family = [[Unix-like]]
| source_model = [[Open source]], [[Free Software]]
| latest_release_version = v0.8.4
| development status = [[abandonware|abandoned]]
| latest_release_date = March, 2007 <!--http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/FamiliarDistribution#install-->
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel]], [[Linux kernel|Linux]]
| ui = [[OPIE user interface|OPIE]], [[GPE Palmtop Environment|GPE]]
| license =
| supported_platforms =
| package_manager =
}}

'''Familiar Linux''' was a [[Linux distribution]] for [[iPAQ]] machines and other [[personal digital assistant]]s (PDAs), intended as a replacement for [[Windows CE]] on these machines. It can use [[OPIE user interface|OPIE]] or [[GPE Palmtop Environment]] as the [[graphical user interface]]. Familiar Linux iwas a complete [[operating system]] with many applications.  

== Origin ==
In May 2000, Alexander Guy took a kernel that had been worked on by [[Compaq]] programmers, built a complete Linux distribution around it, and released the first version of Familiar (v0.1).  The distribution was a lightweight package with [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[XFree86]] with anti-aliased fonts, used the [[Blackbox]] window manager, and included a new packaging system created by Carl Worth called "[[ipkg]](contracted; show full)
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[[Category:Platform-specific Linux distributions]]
[[Category:Aftermarket firmware]]
[[Category:Embedded Linux distributions]]


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