muLinux is a libc5 Linux distribution carefully put together which has a basic installation which fits on fitted on a single 1722K floppy-disk, with optional floppy-disk add-ons . This allows to use old computers as firewalls, printer servers or data entry stations.
There is a LiveCD version too, with XFCE like desktop environment, with GNOME support
"Mu" stands for the greek letter frequently used for indicating the millionth part of something. for example: "mu meter" (µm) stands for micro meter and is the one millionth part of a meter. The reason for the name "muLinux" is its tiny size. And the name is sometimes pronounced "Micro Linux".
