A new BusyBox is on the horizon, here’s why you should be excited

Anyone who has ever rooted their Android-powered device should be familiar with two things: superuser and BusyBox. The former is a permissions management tool that lets you, the user, decide which apps get issued superuser permissions (and for how long), and which ones get rejected. BusyBox is something different, and it may be slated for replacement. What is BusyBox, and what do we know about the “new BusyBox” that may be replacing it? I’m glad you asked! What is BusyBox? BusyBox was originally written by Bruce Perens and “finished” in 1996. It originally was ...

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