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Version 1.2

	Main new features: trivial-net-setup, PCMCIA support, X11, new kernel,
	more modules, RAWRITE, and 143 new tools. You can now install Debian 
	Linux with a 2.2.13 kernel by typing debinst at boot prompt.

NEW: cc see gcc
NEW: /etc/group now has tty group (5)
NEW: IP address calculation utilities, to do math with subnets and stuff
NEW: PCMCIA and other bus diagnostic utilties
NEW: PCMCIA card services: including "pcmcia start" script for simple config
NEW: RAWRITE.EXE, DOS program to write floppy images onto floppies
NEW: SVGATextMode (get higher resolution for text display)
NEW: X11 windowing system, for all that weird "graphics" stuff
NEW: X11 windowing system screen saver: Linuxcare of course
NEW: cloop compressed loopback block device driver provides more disk space
NEW: conf.modules, modprobe, modules.dep, kmod: autoloading of kernel modules
NEW: egrep and fgrep links: search through files
NEW: file and magic: figure out what kind of data is in a file or device
NEW: filesystems: better autoprobe of filesystem type uponmount
NEW: finger: interrogate remote users and systems, view .plans
NEW: gawk also called awk, just like you would expect
NEW: gcc yes, You mean you put a compiler in here!
NEW: hping2 ping with Pazazz and verbose detailed out put
NEW: install-ssh now gets ssh by HTTP rather than FTP, supports HTTP proxies
NEW: jpico (pico key bindings), jstar (WordStar(tm) key bindings)
NEW: minicom: serial I/O, telecommunications, use your PC as a terminal
NEW: more and better documentation
NEW: new Linux kernel, more device drivers included
NEW: nmap: network mapper/port scanner, see what services are provided
NEW: mk_compaq_raid_dev, working example that can help you set up hardware raid.
NEW: pciutils: PCI diagnostic utilities
NEW: plip: parallel-line IP networking, connect two machines via parport
NEW: ppp support, pppd, chat: make point-to-point serial net conns, tunnel
NEW: ptys, sshd works and screen almost works
NEW: reboot actually reboots system!
NEW: restore-config, save-config: save BBC config info across sessions
NEW: revised easter egg: check it out
NEW: revised rc5des: participate in distributed collaborative code cracking
NEW: screen: tty multiplexing, text-mode cut and paste, macros
NEW: sniffit: ncurses network sniffer, diagnostic, test or monitor network
NEW: strace and ltrace: system call and library function call trace for debug
NEW: symlinks: fix broken and dangling symbolic links on a filesystem
NEW: tomsrtbt: popular single-floppy distribution, amazing quantity/quality
NEW: trivial-net-setup, a user-friendly Ethernet networking config script
NEW: vim is now also called vim, explains how to ":help uganda" plus copyright
NEW: whois: query NIC for database records about DNS domains, IP alloc, etc.
NEW: wvdial for easier connection to your ISP. 
REMOVED: updated (obsoleted by integrated kernel thread "kupdate")
Just wait till you see what we have planned for the next release!

Ok, here is the full list of what here. Counts to around 458 executables
with about 144 of them new. 
We've been too busy adding them to count.

List of added utils in version 1.2:

SVGATextMode*
X*
XF86_SVGA*
XF86_VGA16*
and*
arena*
as*
awk*
bounce*
bunzip2*
cardctl*
cardmgr*
cc*
chat*
cpp*
csh*
csh@
dotquad*
dump_cis*
egg*
egrep*
emacs*
emacs@
fgrep*
file*
finger*
fsck.ext2*
fsck.ext2@
fsck.msdos*
fsck.msdos@
fsck.vfat*
fsck.vfat@
ftl_check*
ftl_format*
fvwm2*
gcc*
ide_info*
ifuser*
ipcalc*
jpico*
jstar*
ld*
lspci*
lspnp*
ltrace*
make*
mattrib*
mattrib@
mbadblocks*
mbadblocks@
mcd*
mcd@
mcopy*
mcopy@
mdel*
mdel@
mdeltree*
mdeltree@
mdir*
mdir@
mdu*
mdu@
mformat*
mformat@
minfo*
minfo@
minicom*
mkfs.ext2*
mkfs.ext2@
mkfs.msdos*
mkfs.msdos@
mkfs.vfat*
mkfs.vfat@
mlabel*
mlabel@
mmd*
mmd@
mmount*
mmount@
mmove*
mmove@
mpartition*
mpartition@
mrd*
mrd@
mread*
mread@
mren*
mren@
mshowfat*
mshowfat@
mtoolstest*
mtoolstest@
mtype*
mtype@
mwrite*
mwrite@
mzip*
mzip@
nmap*
or*
pack_cis*
pcinitrd*
pcmcia*
plipconfig*
pppd*
probe*
rc5des*
reboot*
restore-config*
rsync*
rxvt-xterm*
save-config*
scp1@
scp@
screen*
scsi_info*
setfont*
setpci*
setpnp*
sh*
sh@
shutdown*
sleep3*
sniffit*
ssh*
ssh-keygen@
ssh1@
ssh@
sshd@
strace*
symlinks*
trivial-net-setup*
uncompress*
uncompress@
updated*
vim*
whois*
xauth*
xdpyinfo*
xf86config*
xhost*
xset*
xterm*
xvidtune*

List of bin on V 1.0 also on V 1.2

3c515-diag*
MAKEDEV*
TRANS.TBL
addr*
addr2line*
agetty*
ansi2knr*
ar*
arch*
arp*
ash*
atlantic*
badblocks*
basename*
bash*
bzip2*
cat*
cfdisk*
chattr*
chgrp*
chmod*
chown*
chroot*
cksum*
clear*
col*
colcrt*
colrm*
column*
comm*
compress*
cp*
cpio*
csh@
csplit*
ctrlaltdel*
cut*
cytune*
date*
dd*
debugfs*
depmod*
df*
dhcpcd*
diff*
dig*
dir*
dircolors*
dirname*
dmesg*
dnsquery*
dosfsck*
du*
dump*
dumpe2fs*
e2fsck*
e2label*
echo*
ed*
eepro100-diag*
eexpress*
el3*
emacs@
encapsulate*
env*
epic-diag*
expand*
expr*
factor*
false*
faucet*
fdformat*
fdisk*
find*
fixdisktable*
fiz*
fmt*
fold*
free*
fsck*
fsck.ext2@
fsck.minix*
fsck.msdos@
fsck.vfat@
ftp*
fuser*
gawk*
genksyms*
getpeername*
getty*
ginstall*
gpart*
grep*
groups*
gzip*
hdparm*
head*
hexdump*
hose*
host*
hostname*
hwclock*
id*
ifconfig*
ifport*
insmod*
install-ssh*
ipcrm*
ipcs*
isapnp*
jmacs*
joe*
join*
kbdrate*
kerneld*
kill*
killall*
ksyms*
last*
ldconfig*
ldd*
lde*
less*
lessecho*
lha*
lilo*
ln*
logger*
login*
logname*
losetup*
lrz*
ls*
lsattr*
lsmod*
lsz*
lynx*
mattrib@
mbadblocks@
mcd@
mcopy@
md5sum*
mdel@
mdeltree@
mdir@
mdu@
mesg*
mformat@
mii-diag*
minfo@
mingetty*
mkdir*
mkdosfs*
mke2fs*
mkfifo*
mkfs*
mkfs.ext2@
mkfs.minix*
mkfs.msdos@
mkfs.vfat@
mklost+found*
mknod*
mkswap*
mlabel@
mmd@
mmount@
mmove@
modinfo*
modprobe*
more*
mount*
mpartition@
mrd@
mread@
mren@
mshowfat@
mt*
mtools*
mtoolstest@
mtype@
mv*
mwrite@
mzip@
namei*
nc*
ncftp*
ne2k*
ne2k-diag*
ne2k-pci-diag*
netstat*
newgrp*
nice*
nl*
nm*
nohup*
nslookup*
objcopy*
objdump*
od*
oldps*
paste*
patch*
pathchk*
pax*
pci-config*
pcnet-diag*
pico*
pidof*
ping*
pnpdump*
pr*
printenv*
printf*
ps*
pstree*
pwd*
ranlib*
rdate*
rdev*
readprofile*
renice*
rescuept*
reset*
restore*
rev*
rm*
rmdir*
rmmod*
rmt*
route*
sash*
scp1@
scp@
script*
sed*
seq*
setfdprm*
setserial*
setsid*
setterm*
sfdisk*
sh@
size*
skill*
sleep*
sln*
snice*
sockdown*
sort*
split*
ssh-keygen@
ssh1@
ssh@
sshd@
stinit*
strings*
strip*
stty*
su*
sum*
swapoff*
swapon*
sync*
tac*
tail*
tar*
tcpdump*
tcsh*
tee*
telnet*
test*
timelimit*
tload*
top*
touch*
tput*
tr*
traceroute*
true*
tty*
tulip-diag*
tune2fs*
tunelp*
ul*
umount*
uname*
uncompress@
unexpand*
uniq*
unzip*
updated*
uptime*
users*
uuidgen*
vdir*
vi*
vmstat*
vortex-diag*
w*
wall*
watch*
wc*
wget*
whereis*
which*
who*
whoami*
winbond-diag*
write*
xargs*
yes*
zip*
zoo*


Version 1.0

Initial release 

Version 1.1 was used extensively in house only. 

We have gotten to rely on the BBC so much that 
we can't imagine how we ever got along with out it.