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1 June 2009 -- 2009.05 released
The stable 2009.05 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the announcement or CHANGES for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05 release.
27 May 2009 -- 2009.05-rc3 released
We had a number of fixes post-RC2, so RC3 is out (see CHANGES for details). Now is the moment to test and verify that everything is working for your favorite config - Expect a final 2009.05 very soon.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05-rc3 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
19 May 2009 -- 2009.05-rc2 released
RC2 is out with more cleanups and bug fixes (see CHANGES). Unless big issues are found, expect this to be the last release candidate before the release - So give it a good test.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
14 May 2009 -- Buildroot.org
Earl Levine has been so kind to donate the buildroot.org domain to us, so the website can now also be reached at www.buildroot.org (and git at git.buildroot.org). Thanks a lot Earl!
5 May 2009 -- 2009.05-rc1 released
We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
3 May 2009 -- Moved to git
We've moved the source code from Subversion to Git. You can browse the repo online here, and clone the repo using:
```
git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot
```
See the Git Access page for more details.
27 March 2009 -- new Logo
We have a logo! We have so far been using the Busybox logo on the website, as the website was a copy of the Busybox one - But not anymore, we now have a shiny new logo of our own.
12 February 2009 -- 2009.02 released
The stable 2009.02 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the announcement for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02 release.
9 February 2009 -- 2009.02-rc4 released
We had more than 50 changes since RC3, several of them toolchain related, so decided to make a RC4 as well. This is very much expected to be the final release candidate, so give it a good test and expect a final 2009.02 release this week unless critical issues are found.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc4 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
31 January 2009 -- 2009.02-rc3 released
RC3 is out with more cleanups and bug fixes. Unless big issues are found, expect this to be the last release candidate before the release - So give it a good test.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc3 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
23 January 2009 -- 2009.02-rc2 released
Another week, another release candidate with a bunch of cleanups and build fixes.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
16 January 2009 -- Release candidate and new maintainer
It has been a long time coming, but we finally have a new release candidate! - And a new maintainer to match (Peter Korsgaard).

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker. The plan is to release 2009.02 in time for FOSDEM.
16 July 2006 -- Buildroot mailing list
Buildroot now has its own mailing list.
21 February 2005 -- Buildroot webpage added
Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy generate a cross-compilation toolchain and root filesystem for your target Linux system using the uClibc C library. Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with small or embedded systems. Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86 processors everyone is used to using on their PC. It can be PowerPC processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc. And to be extra safe, you do not need to be root to build or run buildroot.
And as of today buildroot even has its own webpage, making it a first class citizen of uclibc.org and busybox.net, and more importantly, make it easy to find and point to buildroot.
If you find a bug in buildroot, or wish to submit a patch to fix a problem or add a shiny new feature, please use the Bug and Patch Tracking System to post the details, to make certain your work is not lost.