“‘Recently, the CE Linux forum has been working to revive the
Linux-tiny project,’ stated Tim Bird on the Linux Kernel mailing
list, adding that Michael Opdenacker has been selected as the
project’s new primary maintainer. The project’s website
explains:“‘The linux-tiny patchset is a series of patches against the 2.6
mainline Linux kernel to reduce its memory and disk footprint, as
well as to add features to aid working on small systems. Target
users are developers of embedded system and users of small or
legacy machines such as 386s and handhelds…'”