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{{Infobox OS
| name = Familiar Linux
| logo =
| family = [[Unix-like]]
| website = OFFLINE {{URL|familiar.handhelds.org}} {{Wayback |url=http://familiar.handhelds.org/ |date= 20100723110955 }}
| source_model = [[Open source]]
| development status = [[abandonware|abandoned]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2000|05}}
| latest_release_version = v0.8.4
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2007|03}}<!--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 was 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]]", similar to [[Debian]]'s [[dpkg]], allowing use(contracted; show full)| v0.8.4
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Open-source software}}

* [[OPIE user interface]]

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*[[Abandonware]]

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://familiar.handhelds.org/ Familiar homepage at handhelds.org website]
*[http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/FamiliarDistribution Familiar wiki page at handhelds.org wiki]
*[http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/SupportedHandheldSummary Supported device table]: note that only devices marked "Ready for users" are usable.
*[http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HandheldsDistros Handhelds.org's list of PDA Linux distributions] - lists Familiar and other distributions
*[http://sites.google.com/site/ipaqh3900 Information about Familiar Linux on the H3900]

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