<s>
LUnix	B-Operating_System
,	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
Little	O
Unix	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
multi-tasking	O
operating	O
system	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
home	O
computer	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
networking	O
(	O
SLIP	B-Protocol
or	O
PPP	B-Protocol
using	O
an	O
RS-232	O
interface	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
LUnix	B-Operating_System
is	O
written	O
in	O
6502	B-General_Concept
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
instead	O
of	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
LUnix	B-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
;	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
0.21	O
dates	O
from	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
others	O
,	O
it	O
supports	O
preemptive	O
multitasking	O
,	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
pipes	I-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
protocols	O
like	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
,	O
SLIP	B-Protocol
,	O
PPP	B-Protocol
and	O
RS-232	O
,	O
dynamic	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
and	O
virtual	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
clients	O
for	O
telnet	B-Protocol
,	O
POP3	B-Protocol
and	O
FTP	B-Protocol
and	O
can	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
terminal	B-General_Concept
or	O
terminal	B-Device
server	I-Device
over	O
RS-232	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LUnix	B-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Daniel	O
Dallmann	O
and	O
contributed	O
by	O
Ilker	O
Ficicilar	O
,	O
Stefan	O
Haubenthal	O
,	O
Maciej	O
Witkowiak	O
and	O
Paul	O
Gardner-Stephen	O
in	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
generation	O
LUnix	B-Operating_System
had	O
support	O
for	O
faster	O
RS-232	O
via	O
clever	O
software	O
tricks	O
,	O
80	O
column	O
VIC	O
and	O
VDC	O
screen	O
support	O
,	O
PS/2	O
keyboard	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
standard	O
Unix	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
with	O
this	O
first	O
distribution	O
to	O
attach	O
two	O
keyboards	O
and	O
two	O
monitors	O
and	O
one	O
RS-232	O
terminal	B-General_Concept
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
three	O
simultaneous	O
,	O
multitasking	O
sessions	O
on	O
a	O
C128	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
LUnix	B-Operating_System
also	O
supports	O
2MHz	O
mode	O
and	O
boot	O
disk	O
convenience	O
of	O
C128	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LUnix	B-Operating_System
came	O
with	O
an	O
extensive	O
documentation	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Well-defined	O
library	O
calls	O
,	O
relocatable	O
code	O
support	O
and	O
decent	O
memory	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
functions	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
develop	O
software	O
for	O
LUnix	B-Operating_System
easily	O
.	O
</s>
