Pebble Linux is no longer supported. It has been superseded by Pyramid Linux.

Pebble Linux is a smallish (smaller than 64megs, larger than 8 megs) distro image designed for embedded style devices such as the Soekris boards, or a Stylstic 1000. It is based off of Debian GNU/Linux. It runs on many different types of systems, such as old 486 machines, mini-itx boards, or the $199 machine down at Frys.

Please read the README for more information.

IBM has published an article about using Pebble to build a wireless access point on Linux.

Pebble Versions

• pebble.README
• pebble.v42.tar.bz2
• pebble.v41a.tar.bz2
• pebble.v41.tar.bz2
• pebble.v40.tar.bz2
• pebble.v39.tar.bz2
• pebble.v38.tar.bz2
• pebble.v37.tar.bz2
• pebble.v36.tar.bz2
• pebble.v35.tar.bz2
• pebble.v34.tar.bz2
• pebble.v33.tar.bz2
• pebble.v32.tar.bz2
• pebble.v31.tar.bz2
• pebble.v30.tar.bz2

External Resources

• SoCal FreeNet has some How To documents on using Pebble as an 802.11a relay, getting the Atheros chipset working under Pebble, and configuring SNMP under Pebble.
• Punky Tse and crew have made available some Debian packages designed for upgrading Pebble, such as new kernels, hostap, freeradius, and madwifi.
• A NetSNMP 5.1 module for Pebble v.39 to monitor MadWiFi and HostAP statistics by Larry Simmons at Avantcom
• A sample ISO image and modified kernel, by Jerry E. Dunmire
• How to add soekris hardware watchdog support to pebble, by Dustin Goodwin
• Files for adding Bridging Firewall Support from Rob Flickenger