Featherweight Linux 1.3 review
DownloadFeatherweight Linux is my Live-CD installable Linux distribution that I remastered from Feather Linux, which is built on knoppix te
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Featherweight Linux is my Live-CD installable Linux distribution that I remastered from Feather Linux, which is built on knoppix technology. You'll find some great people over at Feather and you can find some good documentation there.
Their goal is to make a light and fast Linux with a very small footprint that can be installed on USB pen drives and such. My goal is a bit different. I want a full featured Linux that isn't bloated with a kazillion gigs of crap that I'll never use. I want a small footprint that is light and fast, even on older machines, but still carries a knockout punch.
So I took Feather and stripped out a bunch of apps that I never even thought of using. I wanted to make an easy to understand desktop that was compatible and easily configurable with the latest apps being developed, so I removed all of the window managers and installed a minimal KDE 3.3 desktop.
I included the most popular internet apps like the Mozilla Suite complete with plugins, Gaim, Gftp etc... I added full printer support and wifi support. In my test environment, it automatically detects and configures both my network printer (HP PSC 1210)and my linksys wireless card. Hopefully, it'll do the same for you. It is debian based so I installed Synaptic for easy upgrading and totally FREE software management. Customizing your own system with the software that you want is only a few clicks away.
In it's current state, the ISO is about 240mb and the HDD install is about 700mb, which is about 1/4 of all the other overweight distros out there. Once you install it, you can install OpenOffice and a bunch of other stuff if you need it, but I just wanted to make a good solid functional base so you can build your own system if you want.
Featherweight is intended for novice users with "some" linux experience, intermediate users, and experienced linux users alike. It has a pretty straight forward install but you should know linux and HDD partitioning basics before trying to install it.
Packages included are:
aalib1 1.4p5-22 ascii art library
abcde 2.2.3-1 A Better CD Encoder
acpi 0.07-1 displays information on ACPI devices
adduser 3.52 Add and remove users and groups
alsa-base 1.0.8-6 ALSA driver configuration files
alsa-headers 1.0.4-3 ALSA sound driver header files
alsa-oss 1.0.8-1 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
alsa-utils 1.0.8-3 ALSA utilities
amap 4.5-2 Network protocol probing tool
antiword 0.35-1 Converts MS Word files to text and ps
apmd 3.2.2-1 Utilities for Advanced Power Management (APM
apt 0.5.24 Advanced front-end for dpkg
apt-utils 0.5.28.4 APT utility programs
ash-knoppix 0.2-4 A smaller version of the Bourne shell enhanc
aterm 0.4.2-3 Afterstep XVT - a VT102 emulator for the X w
autofs 3.9.99-4.0.0pr A kernel-based automounter for Linux
automount-knop 0.5-4 Auto-generate autofs(5) lines on demand
base-files 3.0.15 Debian base system miscellaneous files
base-passwd 3.5.7 Debian base system master password and group
bash 2.05b-14 The GNU Bourne Again SHell
bc 1.06-17 The GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator la
bcrypt 1.1-2 Cross platform file encryption utility
binutils 2.15-5 The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti
bridge-utils 0.9.6-5 Utilities for configuring the Linux 2.4 brid
bsdutils 2.12-7 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
bvi 1.3.1-2 binary file editor
bzip2 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file compressor
catdoc 0.93.4-1 MS-Word to TeX or plain text converter
cd-discid 0.9-1 CDDB DiscID utility
cdparanoia 3a9.8-11 An audio extraction tool for sampling CDs.
cdrdao 1.1.9-3 Disk-At-Once (DAO) recording of audio and da
cdrecord 2.0+a27-1 command line CD writing tool
checkmem 0.5-2 Simple script to check if enough memory is a
cloop-module 2.01-3 The compressed loopback block device kernel hi cloop-utils 2.01-3 Tools for handling with cloop compressed vol
console-common 0.7.41 Basic infrastructure for text console config
console-data 2002.12.04dbs- Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fallback table
console-tools 0.2.3dbs-52 Linux console and font utilities
coreutils 5.0.91-2 The GNU core utilities
cpio 2.5-1.1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of
cpp 3.3.3-3 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
cpp-3.3 3.3.5-4 The GNU C preprocessor
cron 3.0pl1-86 management of regular background processing
csh 20020413-1 Shell with C-like syntax, standard login she
cupsys 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
cupsys-client 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro
curl 7.9.5-1 Get a file from an FTP, GOPHER, HTTP or HTTP
dd-rescue 1.02-1 error-tolerant version of dd for rescuing da
debconf 1.4.25 Debian configuration management system
debconf-i18n 1.4.25 full internationalization support for debcon
debconf-utils 1.4.41 debconf utilities
debhelper 4.2.28 helper programs for debian/rules
debianutils 2.13.0 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
deborphan 1.7.1 Find orphaned libraries
defoma 0.11.8 Debian Font Manager -- automatic font config
dhcp3-common 3.0+3.0.1rc13- Common files used by all the dhcp3* packages
dialog 0.9b-20040421- Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from she
dictionaries-c 0.24.5 Common utilities for spelling dictionary too
diff 2.8.1-6 File comparison utilities
dillo 0.8.3-1 GTK-based web browser
dnsmasq 2.13-1 A small caching DNS proxy and DHCP server.
docbook-xml 4.3-1.1 standard XML documentation system, for softw
dosfstools 2.10-1 Utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT fil
dpkg 1.10.21 Package maintenance system for Debian
dpkg-dev 1.10.25 Package building tools for Debian
dselect 1.10.21 a user tool to manage Debian packages
dsniff 2.4b1-8 Various tools to sniff network traffic for c
e2fslibs 1.35-6 The EXT2 filesystem libraries
e2fsprogs 1.35-6 The EXT2 file system utilities and libraries
eject 2.0.13deb-3 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changers under Li
enscript 1.6.4-7 Converts ASCII text to Postscript, HTML, RTF
esound-common 0.2.29-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Common files
etcskel-knoppi 0.6-28 Skeleton files for all user
ethereal 0.10.8-1 Network traffic analyzer
ethereal-commo 0.10.8-1 Network traffic analyser (common files)
ethtool 1.8-2 Display or change ethernet card settings
ettercap 0.7.0-1 Multipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for
ettercap-commo 0.7.0-1 Common support files and plugins for etterca
expect 5.42.1-1.2 A program that "talks" to other programs
fbset 2.1-14 framebuffer device maintenance program
fdflush 1.0.1-11 Flush out-of-date disk buffers
fdisk-udeb 2.11u-3 Partition a hard drive (manual, cfdisk)
fdutils 5.4-20030718-3 Linux floppy utilities
feather-captiv 1-2 Converted Slackware tgz package
feather-lprng 3.8.22 Feather Linux-specific lprng package.
feather-x 0.5 Standard Feather Linux Kdrive X servers pack
fetchmail 6.2.5-7 SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/f
file 4.07-2 Determines file type using "magic" numbers
findutils 4.1.20-3 utilities for finding files--find, xargs, an
flashplayer-mo 7.0.25-woody0. Macromedia Flash Player
flashplugin-no 7.0.25-5 Macromedia Flash Player plugin installer
fontconfig 2.2.2-2 generic font configuration library
foomatic-db 20050218-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - database
foomatic-db-en 3.0.2-20050218 linuxprinting.org printer support - programs
foomatic-db-hp 1.5-20050118-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - database
foomatic-filte 3.0.2-20050114 linuxprinting.org printer support - filters
freenx 0.2.7-1 FreeNX application/thin-client server based
gaim 1.1.0-1 multi-protocol instant messaging client
gcc-3.3-base 3.3.5-4 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
gcombust 0.1.55-1.1 GTK+ based CD mastering and burning program
gdk-imlib1 1.9.14-2 Gdk-Imlib is an imaging library for use with
genliloconf 0.1-3 simple utility for auto-generating of lilo.c
gettext 0.14.1-6 GNU Internationalization utilities
gettext-base 0.14.1-6 GNU Internationalization utilities for the b
gftp 2.0.18-3 X/GTK+ FTP client
gftp-common 2.0.18-3 shared files for other gFTP packages
gftp-gtk 2.0.18-3 X/GTK+ FTP client
gftp-text 2.0.18-3 colored FTP client using GLib
giftcurs 0.6.2-2 text-based interface to the giFT file-sharin
gkrellm 2.2.4-1 Multiple stacked system monitors: 1 process
gkrellm-common 2.2.4-1 Multiple stacked system monitors: 1 process
gksu 1.2.4-1 graphical frontend to su
gnupod-tools 0.94rc1-1 A collection of Perl-scripts for iPod
gpart 0.1h-4 Guess PC disk partition table, find lost par
grep 2.5.1.ds1-2 GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
grep-dctrl 2.1.3 Grep Debian package information
grub 0.95+cvs200406 GRand Unified Bootloader
grun 0.9.2-9 GTK based Run dialog
gs-common 0.3.6-0.1 Common files for different Ghostscript relea
gs-gpl 8.01-5 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript interpreter
gscanbus 0.7.1-4 scan IEEE1394 (firewire/i.link) bus
gsfonts 8.14+v8.11-0.1 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s)
gtkrecover 0.3-9 GUI for recover
gzip 1.3.5-7 The GNU compression utility
hdparm 5.5-2 Tune hard disk parameters for high performan
hfsplus 1.0.4-6 tools to access HFS+ formatted volumes
hicolor-icon-t 0.7-1 default fallback theme for FreeDesktop.org i
hostap-utils 0.1.3-1 Utility programs for Host AP driver for Inte
hostname 2.13 A utility to set/show the host name or domai
hotplug 0.0.20040329-8 Linux Hotplug Scripts
hotplug-knoppi 0.5-7 hotplug handler for KNOPPIX
hotplug-utils 0.0.20020401-4 Linux Hotplug utility programs
hpijs 2.0.1+0.8.7-4 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS drive
hping2 2.rc2-5 Active Network Smashing Tool
html2text 1.3.2a-1 An advanced HTML to text converter
hwdata-knoppix 0.107-8 hardware identification / configuration data
hwsetup 1.0-14 Automatic hardware setup using the kudzu lib
iftop 0.16-1 Display bandwidth usage on an interface
ifupdown 0.6.4-4.8 High level tools to configure network interf
imlib-base 1.9.14-16 Common files needed by the Imlib/Gdk-Imlib p
intltool-debia 0.30+20040213 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant config files
iproute 20010824-13 Professional tools to control the networking
iptables 1.2.11-10 Linux kernel 2.4+ iptables administration to
ipw2100-nonfre 0.1-1 IPW2100 wireless device firmware files from
isapnptools 1.26-2 ISA Plug-And-Play configuration utilities.
john 1.6-33 An active password cracking tool
k3b 0.11.20-2 A sophisticated KDE cd burning application
k3blibs 0.11.20-2 The KDE cd burning application library - run
kappfinder 3.3.2-1 KDE Application Finder
kate 3.3.2-1 KDE Advanced Text Editor
kbdconfig 0.5-3 Lightweight keyboard configuration tool for
kcontrol 3.3.2-1 KDE Control Center
kdebase 3.3.2-1 KDE Base metapackage
kdebase-bin 3.3.2-1 KDE Base (binaries)
kdebase-data 3.3.2-1 KDE Base (shared data)
kdebase-kio-pl 3.3.2-1 KDE I/O Slaves
kdelibs-bin 3.3.2-3 KDE core binaries
kdelibs-data 3.3.2-3 KDE core shared data
kdelibs4 3.3.2-3 KDE core libraries
kdenetwork-fil 3.3.2-1 KDE Network Filesharing Configuration
kdepasswd 3.3.2-1 KDE password changer
kdeprint 3.3.2-1 KDE Print
kdesktop 3.3.2-1 KDE Desktop
kdm 3.3.2-1 KDE Display Manager
kernel-image-2 10.00.Custom Linux kernel binary image for version 2.4.27
kfind 3.3.2-1 KDE File Find Utility
khelpcenter 3.3.2-1 KDE Help Center
kicker 3.3.2-1 KDE Desktop Panel
kismet 2004.04.R1-5 Wireless 802.11b monitoring tool
klipper 3.3.2-1 KDE Clipboard
klogd 1.4.1-14 Kernel Logging Daemon
kmenuedit 3.3.2-1 KDE Menu Editor
knoppix-remoun 0.5-3 Minimalistic script for r/w remount of parti
konqueror 3.3.2-1 KDE's advanced File Manager, Web Browser and
konqueror-nspl 3.3.2-1 Netscape plugin support for Konqueror
konsole 3.3.2-1 KDE X terminal emulator
kpager 3.3.2-1 KDE Desktop Pager
kpersonalizer 3.3.2-1 KDE Personalizer
ksmserver 3.3.2-1 KDE Session Manager
ksplash 3.3.2-1 KDE Splash Screen
ksysguard 3.3.2-1 KDE System Guard
ksysguardd 3.3.2-1 KDE System Guard Daemon
ktip 3.3.2-1 Kandalf's Useful Tips
kwifimanager 3.3.2-1 KDE Wireless Lan Manager
kwin 3.3.2-1 KDE Window Manager
less 381-3 Pager program similar to more
liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-1 Library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams.
libacl1 2.2.23-1 Access control list shared library
libadns1 1.0-8.2 Asynchronous-capable DNS client library and
libao2 0.8.5-1 Cross Platform Audio Output Library
libapm1 3.2.2-1 Library for interacting with APM driver in k
libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphics - runti
libarts1 1.3.2-2 aRts Sound system
libartsc0 1.3.2-1 aRts Sound system C support library
libasound2 1.0.8-2 ALSA library
libaspell15 0.60.2+2005012 The GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime toolkit
libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit
libatm1 2.4.1-15 shared library for ATM (Asynchronous Transfe
libattr1 2.4.16-1 Extended attribute shared library
libaudio2 1.6c-3 The Network Audio System (NAS). (shared libr
libaudiofile0 0.2.6-3 Open-source version of SGI's audiofile libra
libavcodeccvs 20050222-0.0 library to encode decode multimedia streams
libblkid1 1.35-6 Block device id library
libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file compressor
libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
libcap1 1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabil
libcdparanoia0 3a9.8-11 Shared libraries for cdparanoia (runtime lib
libcomerr2 1.35-6 The Common Error Description library
libcompfaceg1 1989.11.11-24 Compress/decompress images for mailheaders,
libconsole 0.2.3dbs-52 Shared libraries for Linux console and font
libcupsimage2 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs
libcupsys2-gnu 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs
libcurl2 7.11.2-1 Multi-protocol file transfer library, now wi
libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [glibc 2.0/2.
libdb2 2.7.7.0-8.1 The Berkeley database routines (run-time fil
libdb3 3.2.9-19.1 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [runtime]
libdb4.2 4.2.52-16 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [runtime]
libdevmapper1. 1.00.17-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace lib
libdevmapper1. 1.01.00-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace lib
libdirectfb-0. 0.9.20-4 frame buffer graphics library
libdivxdecore0 5.0.1-1 DivX MPEG-4 Codec - decoder library
libdockapp1 0.4.0-8 Window Maker Dock App support (shared librar
libdps1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Display PostScript (DPS) client library
libdv2 0.99-1 A software library for DV format digital vid
libdv4 0.103-2 software library for DV format digital video
libdvdcss2 1.2.8-0.0 Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runtime
libdvdread3 0.9.4-4 Simple foundation for reading DVDs
libenchant1 1.1.4+cvs.2004 a wrapper library for various spell checker
libesd0 0.2.29-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared libraries
libexif10 0.6.9-4 The EXIF library allows you to parse an EXIF
libexpat1 1.95.8-1 XML parsing C library - runtime library
libfaac0 1.24-0.3 an AAC audio encoder - library files
libfaad2-0 2.0.0-0.2 Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - runtime fi
libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM daemon
libflac++4 1.1.1-5 Free Lossless Audio Codec - C++ runtime libr
libflac4 1.1.0-11 Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C librar
libflac6 1.1.1-5 Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C librar
libfontconfig1 2.2.2-2 generic font configuration library (shared l
libfreetype6 2.1.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
libfribidi0 0.10.4-6 Free Implementation of the Unicode BiDi algo
libgcc1 3.4.3-5 GCC support library
libgcrypt1 1.1.12-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime library
libgcrypt11 1.2.0-11 LGPL Crypto library - runtime library
libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)
libgdk-pixbuf2 0.22.0-7 The GdkPixBuf image library, gtk+ 1.2 versio
libggi2 2.0.5-1 General Graphics Interface runtime libraries
libgii0-target 0.8.5-2 General Input Interface X input target
libgimpprint1 4.2.7-5 The Gimp-Print printer driver library
libgksu1.2-0 1.2.5a-1 library providing su and sudo functionality
libgksuui1.0-0 1.0.3-2 a graphical fronted to su library
libglade2-0 2.4.2-2 library to load .glade files at runtime
libglib-perl 1.062-1 Perl interface to the GLib and GObject libra
libglib1.2 1.2.10-9 The GLib library of C routines
libglib2.0-0 2.6.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
libgmp3 4.1.4-5 Multiprecision arithmetic library
libgnutls11 1.0.16-13 GNU TLS library - runtime library
libgnutls7 0.8.12-5 GNU TLS library - runtime library
libgpg-error0 1.0-1 library for common error values and messages
libgpmg1 1.19.6-19 General Purpose Mouse - shared library
libgtk1.2 1.2.10-16 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X
libgtk1.2-comm 1.2.10-16 Common files for the GTK+ library
libgtk2-perl 1.062-1 Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp
libgtk2.0-0 2.6.2-4 The GTK+ graphical user interface library
libgtk2.0-bin 2.6.2-4 The programs for the GTK+ graphical user int
libgtk2.0-comm 2.6.2-4 Common files for the GTK+ graphical user int
libgtkspell0 2.0.8-1 a spell-checking addon for GTK's TextView wi
libgucharmap4 1.4.0-1 Unicode browser widget library (shared libra
libhfsp0 1.0.4-6 shared library to access HFS+ formatted volu
libhtml-parser 3.45-1 A collection of modules that parse HTML text
libhtml-tagset 3.04-1 Data tables pertaining to HTML
libhtml-tree-p 3.18-1 represent and create HTML syntax trees
libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library
libid3-3.8.3 3.8.3-4.1 Library for manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tag
libid3tag0 0.15.0b-3.1 ID3 tag reading library from the MAD project
libidl0 0.8.3-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL files
libidn11 0.5.13-0.1 GNU libidn library, implementation of IETF I
libimlib2 1.1.2-1 powerful image loading and rendering library
libiw27 27-2 Wireless tools - library
libjack0.80.0- 0.99.0-6 JACK Audio Connection Kit (libraries)
libjasper-1.70 1.701.0-2 The JasPer JPEG-2000 runtime library
libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime li
libkonq4 3.3.2-1 Core libraries for KDE's file manager
libkrb53 1.3.5-1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
liblame0 3.96.1-1 LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder
liblcms1 1.13-1 Color management library
libldap2 2.1.30-3 OpenLDAP libraries
liblircclient0 0.6.6-12 LIRC client library
liblocale-gett 1.01-17 Using libc functions for internationalizatio
libltdl3 1.5.6-2 A system independent dlopen wrapper for GNU
liblua50 5.0.2-5 Main interpreter library for the Lua 5.0 pro
liblualib50 5.0.2-5 Extension library for the Lua 5.0 programmin
liblzo1 1.08-1 A real-time data compression library
libmad0 0.15.1b-1 MPEG audio decoder library
libmagic1 4.07-2 File type determination library using "magic
libmagick6 6.0.6.2-1.6 Image manipulation library
libmng1 1.0.8-1 Multiple-image Network Graphics library
libmp3-info-pe 1.02-1 Perl MP3::Info - Manipulate / fetch info fro
libmp4-0 2.0.0-0.2 freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - runtime fi
libmyspell3 3.1-10 MySpell spellchecking library
libncurses5 5.4-3 Shared libraries for terminal handling
libncursesw5 5.4-3 Shared libraries for terminal handling (wide
libnet0 1.0.2a-7 library for the construction and handling of
libnet1 1.1.2.1-1 Library for the construction and handling of
libnetpbm10 10.0-8 Shared libraries for netpbm
libnewt-utf8-0 0.50.17-13 newt - text mode windowing with slang, with
libnewt0.51 0.51.6-3 Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - text mode win
libnids1 1.19-1 IP defragmentation TCP segment reassembly li
libnspr4 1.7.5-1 Netscape Portable Runtime Library
libnss3 1.7.5-1 Network Security Service Libraries - runtime
libntfs5 1.9.0-1 Library that provides common NTFS access fun
libnxcomp0 1.4.0-m1-1 NoMachine NX - NX compression library
libnxcompext0 1.4.0-m1-1 NoMachine NX - NX compression library
libogg0 1.1.0-1 Ogg Bitstream Library
liboggflac1 1.1.0-11 Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C librar
libopencdk8 0.5.5-10 Open Crypto Development Kit (OpenCDK) (runti
libopenexr2 1.2.1-3 runtime files for the OpenEXR image library
libpam-modules 0.76-21 Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
libpam-runtime 0.76-21 Runtime support for the PAM library
libpam0g 0.76-21 Pluggable Authentication Modules library
libpango1.0-0 1.8.0-3 Layout and rendering of internationalized te
libpango1.0-co 1.8.0-3 Modules and configuration files for the Pang
libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper characteristics
libparted1.6-0 1.6.9-2 The GNU Parted disk partitioning shared libr
pi libpcap0.7 0.7.2-5 System interface for user-level packet captu
libpcap0.8 0.8.3-4 System interface for user-level packet captu
libpcre3 4.5-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
libperl5.8 5.8.4-5 Shared Perl library
libpisock8 0.11.8-10 Library for communicating with a PalmOS PDA
libpng10-0 1.0.18-1 PNG library, older version - runtime
libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime
libpng2 1.0.15-5 PNG library, older version - runtime
libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
libpostproc0 1.0-pre1.1 Mplayer postproc shared libraries
libqt3c102-mt 3.3.3-8 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime version), V
libraw1394-5 0.10.1-1 library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (
libreadline4 4.3-10 GNU readline and history libraries, run-time
libreiserfs0.3 0.3.0.4-3 ReiserFS filesystem access and manipulation
libruby 1.8.2-1 Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.8.x
libruby1.8 1.8.2-2 Libraries necessary to run the Ruby 1.8
libsasl2 2.1.18-4 Authentication abstraction library
libscrollkeepe 0.3.14-9.1 Library to load .omf files (runtime files)
libsdl1.2debia 1.2.7+1.2.8cvs Simple DirectMedia Layer
libsdl1.2debia 1.2.7+1.2.8cvs Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and OSS o
libsensors3 2.9.0-8 library to read temperature/voltage/fan sens
libslp1 1.0.11a-1 OpenSLP libraries
libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management library
libsmbclient 3.0.9-1 shared library that allows applications to t
libsnmp-base 5.1.2-6 NET SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol
libsnmp5 5.1.2-6 NET SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol
libspeex1 1.0.rel.3-1 The Speex Speech Codec
libss2 1.35-6 Command-line interface parsing library
libssl0.9.7 0.9.7d-1 SSL shared libraries
libstartup-not 0.7-1 library for program launch feedback (shared
libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-22 The GNU stdc++ library
libstdc++5 3.3.5-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
libsvga1 1.4.3-18 console SVGA display libraries
libtasn1-0 0.1.2-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
libtasn1-2 0.2.10-4 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
libtext-charwi 0.04-1 get display widths of characters on the term
libtext-iconv- 1.2-3 Convert between character sets in Perl
libtext-wrapi1 0.06-1 internationalized substitute of Text::Wrap
libtheora0 0.0.0.alpha3-1 The Theora Video Compression Codec
libtiff3g 3.6.1-1 Tag Image File Format library
libtiff4 3.6.1-3 Tag Image File Format library
libungif4g 4.1.3-1 shared library for GIF images (runtime lib)
libunicode-str 2.07-1 Perl modules for Unicode strings
liburi-perl 1.30-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strings
libusb-0.1-4 0.1.8-11 Userspace USB programming library
libuuid1 1.35-6 Universally unique id library
libvorbis0a 1.0.1-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
libvorbisenc2 1.0.1-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
libvorbisfile3 1.0.1-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
libvte-common 0.11.11-5 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 2.0 - comm
libvte4 0.11.11-5 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 2.0 - runt
libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8-1.1 Windows metafile conversion library
libwrap0 7.6.dbs-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers library
libwvstreams3- 3.75.0-1 C++ network libraries for rapid application
libwww-perl 5.803-4 WWW client/server library for Perl (aka LWP)
libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol client library
libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Athena widget set library
libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous extension libr
libxft1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 FreeType-based font drawing library for X (v
libxft2 2.1.1-2 advanced font drawing library for X
libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Input extension library
libxml-dom-per 1.43-4 Perl module for building DOM Level 1 complia
libxml-libxml- 0.13-5 Perl module for common routines & constants
libxml-libxml- 1.58-0.3 Perl module for using the GNOME libxml2 libr
libxml-namespa 1.08-3 Perl module for supporting simple generic na
libxml-parser- 2.34-4 Perl module for parsing XML files
libxml-perl 0.08-1 Perl modules for working with XML
libxml-regexp- 0.03-7 Perl module for regular expressions for XML
libxml-sax-per 0.12-5 Perl module for using and building Perl SAX2
libxml-simple- 2.14-1 Perl module for reading and writing XML
libxml2 2.6.16-3 GNOME XML library
libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous utility librar
libxmuu1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 lightweight X Window System miscellaneous ut
libxp6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System printing extension library
libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X pixmap library
libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Resize, Rotate and Reflectio
libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client library
libxslt1.1 1.1.12-5 XSLT processing library - runtime library
libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Toolkit Intrinsics
libxtrap6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol-trapping extension
libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System event recording and testing
libxv1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System video extension library
libxvidcore4 1.0.2-0.0 High quality ISO MPEG4 codec library
libzvbi-common 0.2.9-2 Video Blank Interval decoder - common files
libzvbi0 0.2.9-2 Video Blank Interval decoder - runtime files
lilo 22.6.1-5 LInux LOader - The Classic OS loader can loa
linux-kernel-h 0.5-1 Symlinks to unpackaged Kernel header files f
linux-wlan-ng 0.2.0+0.2.1pre utilities for wireless prism2 cards
linux-wlan-ng- +0.2.1pre21-1 drivers for wireless prism2 cards
login 4.0.3-28 System login tools
logrotate 3.7-2 Log rotation utility
loop-aes 2.0g-1 AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) Kernel mo
lsof 4.74-1 List open files.
lua50 5.0.2-1 Small embeddable language with simple proced
luasocket 2.0-alpha-2 TCP/UDP socket library for Lua 5.0
macchanger 1.5.0-1 utility for manipulating the MAC address of
madwifi 20030910-1 Setup to use atheros wireless cards
make 3.80-9 The GNU version of the "make" utility.
makedev 2.3.1-69 Creates device files in /dev
mawk 1.3.3-11 a pattern scanning and text processing langu
menu-xdg 0.2 freedesktop.org menu compliant window manage
mkbootfloppy-k 0.5-1 Shell(X)dialog GUI for creating a set of KNO
mkdesktophdico 0.5-2 Automatic KDE/GNOME Desktop harddisk icon cr
mkdosswapfile- 0.5-11 Shell GUI for generation of Swapfiles on DOS
mkisofs 2.0+a27-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
modconf 0.2.45.1 Device Driver Configuration
modemlink-knop 0.5-5 Lightweight setup for /dev/modem
modutils 2.4.26-1.2 Linux module utilities
mount-aes 2.11x-1 Tools for mounting and manipulating filesyst
mountapp 3.0-5 Tool to (un)mount devices, dockable in WM-li
mouseconfig 0.5-2 Lightweight mouse configuration tool for Kno
mozilla 1.7.5-1 The Mozilla Internet application suite - met
mozilla-browse 1.7.5-1 The Mozilla Internet application suite - cor
mozilla-mailne 1.7.5-1 The Mozilla Internet application suite - mai
mozilla-mplaye 2.70-1 MPlayer-Plugin for Mozilla, Konqueror and Op
mozilla-psm 1.7.5-1 The Mozilla Internet application suite - Per
mpg321 0.2.10.3 A Free command-line mp3 player, compatible w
mplayer-586 1.0-pre6-0.2 The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux
mtools 3.9.9-2 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
mtr-tiny 0.54-1 Full screen ncurses traceroute tool
myspell-en-us 20030813-3 English (US) dictionary for myspell
nano-tiny 1.2.3-1 free Pico clone with some new features - tin
nas 1.7-1 The Network Audio System (NAS). (local serve
nas-bin 1.7-1 The Network Audio System (NAS). (client bina
ncurses-base 5.4-3 Descriptions of common terminal types
ncurses-bin 5.4-3 Terminal-related programs and man pages
ndiswrapper-mo 1.1rc1@050206- Linux kernel module for NdisWrapper for 2.4.
ndiswrapper-ut 1.1rc1@050206- User space tools for ndiswrapper
net-tools 1.60-10 The NET-3 networking toolkit
netbase 4.16 Basic TCP/IP networking system
netcardconfig- 0.5-20 Minimalistic ncurses/dialog-based network co
netcat 1.10-27 TCP/IP swiss army knife
netkit-inetd 0.10-9 The Internet Superserver
netkit-ping 0.10-9 The ping utility from netkit
netpbm 10.0-8 Graphics conversion tools
networkconfig- 0.5-2 KDE/GNOME Menus for network configuration in
nfs-common 1.0.6-3 NFS support files common to client and serve
ngrep 1.40.1-3 grep for network traffic
nmap 3.75-1 The Network Mapper
nmapfe 3.50-1 The Network Mapper Front End
ntfstools 1.9.0-1 Tools for doing neat things in NTFS partitio
nxagent 1.4.0-m1-1 NoMachine NX - nesting X server with roundtr
nxclient 1.4.0-91.1 NoMachine NX - NX Client.
nxlibs 1.4.0-m1-1 NoMachine NX - common agent libraries
nxproxy 1.4.0-m1-1 NoMachine NX - X protocol compression proxy
openssl 0.9.7e-3 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
openvpn 1.6.0-5 Virtual Private Network daemon
orinoco 0.13e-1 Orinoco and Prism 2 wireless card driver wit
paketto 1.10-4 Unusual TCP/IP testing tools
parted-bf 1.6.9-2 The GNU Parted disk partition resizing progr
partimage 0.6.4-5 Linux/UNIX utility to save partitions in a c
passwd 4.0.3-28 Change and administer password and group dat
patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original
pciutils 2.1.11-11 Linux PCI Utilities (for 2.*.* kernels)
pcmcia-cs 3.2.5-3 PCMCIA Card Services for Linux
pencam 0.67-1 Download images from STV0680B-001 chip based
perl 5.8.4-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report
perl-base 5.8.4-5 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
perl-modules 5.8.4-5 Core Perl modules
perlmagick 6.0.6.2-1.6 A perl interface to the libMagick graphics r
playmidi 2.4debian-2 MIDI player
po-debconf 0.8.15 Manage translated Debconf templates files wi
portmap 5-3 The RPC portmapper
poster 20020830-2 Create large posters out of PostScript pages
powermgmt-base 1.20 Common utils and configs for power managemen
ppp 2.4.2+20040202 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon
ppp-scripts-kn 0.5-3 PPP connection scripts for various providers
pppconfig 2.1 A text menu based utility for configuring pp
pppoe 3.5-3 PPP over Ethernet driver
pppoeconf 1.0.16 configures PPPoE/ADSL connections
pppstatus 0.4.2-6 console-based PPP status monitor
procps 3.2.1-2 The /proc file system utilities
prozilla 1.3.6-7 Multi-threaded download accelerator
psmisc 21.4-1 Utilities that use the proc filesystem
psutils 1.17-17 A collection of PostScript document handling
pump 0.8.19-3 Simple DHCP/BOOTP client.
python 2.3.5-1 An interactive high-level object-oriented la
python2.3 2.3.5-1 An interactive high-level object-oriented la
quagga 0.98.0-3 unoff. successor of the Zebra BGP/OSPF/RIP r
rebuildfstab-k 0.5-6 fstab-rebuilder for KNOPPIX
recover 1.3c-8 Undelete files on ext2 partitions
rootshell-knop 0.5-2 Menu entry for starting a Root Shell
ruby 1.8.2-1 An interpreter of object-oriented scripting
ruby1.8 1.8.2-2 Interpreter of object-oriented scripting lan
samba-common 3.0.10-1 Samba common files used by both the server a
saveconfig-kno 0.5-13 Shell GUI for generation of a KNOPPIX config
scanpartitions 0.5-9 fstab-helper for KNOPPIX
screen 4.0.2-4.1 a terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI termi
scrollkeeper 0.3.14-9.1 A free electronic cataloging system for docu
sed 4.1.2-8 The GNU sed stream editor
sendfile 2.1-26 Simple Asynchronous File Transfer
setserial 2.17-36 Controls configuration of serial ports
sgml-base 1.26 SGML infrastructure and SGML catalog file su
sgml-data 2.0.2 common SGML and XML data
shared-mime-in 0.15-1 FreeDesktop.org shared MIME database and spe
shellutils 5.0.91-2 The GNU shell programming utilities (transit
slang1 1.4.9dbs-8 The S-Lang programming library - runtime ver
slang1a-utf8 1.4.9-2 The S-Lang programming library with utf8 sup
smbclient 3.0.10-1 a LanManager-like simple client for Unix
smbfs 3.0.10-1 mount and umount commands for the smbfs (for
sndconfig-knop 0.57-7 Easy soundcard configuration
socat 1.3.2.2-1 multipurpose relay for bidirectional data tr
soundcardconfi 0.5-2 Starts sndconfig as root
speedtouch 1.2-rel-1 userspace driver for the Alcatel Speedtouch
splitvt 1.6.5-6 run two programs in a split screen
ssh 3.8p1-3 Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH)
sshstart-knopp 0.5-2 Starts SSH and sets a password for the knopp
startsyslog-kn 0.5-1 Starts syslog server and traces content of /
sudo 1.6.7p5-1 Provide limited super user privileges to spe
sudoers-knoppi 0.5-1 /etc/sudoers for the knoppix user
synaptic 0.55+cvs200503 Graphical package manager
sysklogd 1.4.1-14 System Logging Daemon
syslinux-knopp 2.04-1 Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS-DOS flopp
sysutils 1.3.8.5.1 Miscellaneous small system utilities.
sysvinit 2.84-186 System-V like init with KNOPPIX scripts.
tar 1.13.93-4 GNU tar
tcc 0.9.20-2 The smallest ANSI C compiler
tcl8.4 8.4.9-1 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.4 - run-t
tcpd 7.6.dbs-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilities
tcpdump 3.8.3-3 A powerful tool for network monitoring and d
telnet-ssl 0.17.17+0.1-2 The telnet client with SSL encryption suppor
textutils 5.0.91-2 The GNU text file processing utilities (tran
torsmo 0.18-2 system monitor that sits in the corner of yo
traceroute 1.4a12-14 Traces the route taken by packets over a TCP
ttf-bitstream- 1.10-3 The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType f
ucf 1.06 Update Configuration File: preserves user ch
unzip 5.50-3 De-archiver for .zip files
usbutils 0.70-1 USB console utilities
usbview 1.0-5 USB device viewer
user-profile-k 0.6-28 Skeleton files for the KNOPPIX default user
usleep-knoppix 0.5-1 sleeps for a number of microseconds, see man
util-linux 2.12-7 Miscellaneous system utilities
vorbis-tools 1.0.1-1 Several Ogg Vorbis Tools
wamerican 5-4 American English dictionary words for /usr/s
wenglish 5-4 American English dictionary words for /usr/s
wget 1.9.1-4 retrieves files from the web
whiptail 0.51.6-3 Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from she
wireless-tools 27-2 Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extens
wlcardconfig-k 0.5-6 Minimalistic ncurses/dialog-based WLAN confi
wvdial 1.54.0-1 PPP dialer with built-in intelligence
xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 miscellaneous X clients
xdialog 2.0.6-3 X11 replacement for the text util dialog
xfonts-75dpi 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 75 dpi fonts for X
xfonts-base 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 standard fonts for X
xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
xfs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X font server
xfsprogs 2.6.20-1 Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
xkbset 0.5-2 Small utility to change the AccessX settings
xlibmesa-gl 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
xlibmesa-glu 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree86]
xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client libraries metapackage
xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client data
xml-core 0.09 XML infrastructure and XML catalog file supp
xmms 1.2.10-1.4 Versatile X audio player that looks like Win
xmms-cdread 0.14a-11 Input plugin for XMMS that reads audio data
xmms-volnorm 0.8.1-3 XMMS plugin that gives all songs the same vo
xpaint 2.7.3-1 simple paint program for X
xpdf-common 3.00-12 Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- comm
xpdf-utils 3.00-12 Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- util
xserver-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 files and utilities common to all X servers
xterm 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X terminal emulator
xutils 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System utility programs
xzgv 0.8-1 Picture viewer for X with a thumbnail-based
zlib1g 1.2.1.1-1 compression library - runtime
What's New in This Release:
I've upgraded e2fsprogs and e2fslibs as well as some other critical core files.
I updated the apt sources and added abiword and acroread, as well as the acroread mozilla plugin, and I added kppp.
I upgraded samba and switched the quick start konqueror and kde help buttons with a mozilla button and a konsole button.
I fixed the install script where some folks were getting a blank screen after installation and added a grub install script for easy installation of grub after the initial install.
The total installed size is now about 800mb.
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