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From: david parsons <orc@pell.portland.or.us>
Subject: Mastodon INST0050 Linux distribution now post-vaporware
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:35:27 GMT
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Not just vaporware anymore!
Tired of the increasingly polished modern Linux distributions?
Bored of using the latest kernels, libraries, and window managers?
ELF a little too politically correct for you?
You may be asking ... So, just what ARE you talking about here?
Mastodon is Yet Another Linux Distribution, but it's not like
any of the others. Mastodon offers:
* Linux kernel 2.0.28
* Libc 4.8.0 (all a.out, all the time)
* As much OpenBSD and FreeBSD userland as possible.
* A completely different /etc/rc.d setup that's almost
documented.
* An ascii menu-driven installer
* A little more paranoia via using tcp wrappers for
every internet service.
* Some point and drool administration, all woefully
undocumented.
* Everything compiled for the 386 instruction set, so you can
run this on the old 386sx you've got rotting away in the closet.
* ... and more undiscovered bugs that you can shake a stick at.
In 380mb, Mastodon INST0050 has:
BSD NetKit-0.09 NetKit-A-0.06 NetKit-B-0.05
SVGATextMode-0.7 ash-linux-0.2 at-2.9 banners
bash-2.0 bc-1.03 bin86-0.4 bind-4.9.7-REL
binutils-2.9.1.0. blackbox-0.50.5 bog bootpc-0.45
bpe busybox-0.40 bwnfsd bzip2-0.9.5c
calc-2.9.3t8 cdparanoia-3-alph cdrecord-1.6 compress
cvs-1.10 db-1.85 dhcpcd-0.70 diffutils-2.7
dosfstools-2.1 dsplit e2fsprogs-1.14 eject-1.2
elm-2.5.beta emacs-19.34b f2c fdutils-4.3
flex-2.5.4 fortune freeciv-1.7.1 fvwm-1.23b
fvwm-2.0.42 fwhois-1.00 gcc-2.7.2.3 gdb-4.16
ghostview-1.5 globe gnuplot gpm-1.14
groff-1.10 gs-5.10 gzip-1.2.4 hdparm-3.5
hunt init-2.57b jed joe
jove jpeg-6a kbd-0.96a ld.so-1.9.9
less-321 lesstif-0.89.0 levee libc-4.8.0
libpcap-0.4 libpng-0.96 lilo-21 logdaemon-5.6
login lpr lsof-3.68 lynx-2.8.2
make-3.75 man-pages-1.21 mc-3.2.11 mesa-3.0
minicom-1.81.1 modules-2.0.0 mt-st-0.4 mtools-3.0-orc
mutt-0.95.4 ncftp-2.4.2 ncurses-4.1 nedit
nenscript-1.13++ netdate netpbm netpipes-3.1
ntp-4.0.98d openssh-1.2.1pre2 openssl-0.9.4 p2c
paranoia pcmcia-cs-3.0.10 pcnfsd-2 pdksh-5.2.14
pg pine-4.05 plugh pop3d-1.005l
portmap-4 ppp-2.3.4 procinfo-0.7 procmail-3.14
procps-1.01 qt-1.44 r+ rc-1.5-linux
rcs-5.7 rdist-6.1.0-linux rxvt savelogs
sc-621 setserial-2.14 seyon sox-12.16
spider splitvt-1.6.3 strace-3.1 sudo-1.3.1
sysklogd-1.3 tcp-wrappers-7.6 tcpdump-3.4 tcsh-6.04
teco tetrix texinfo-3.7 todos
tools-2.17 top-3.5beta9 unarj-230 unzip-52
util-linux-2.10 vixie-cron-v3 wu-ftpd Xfree86-3.3.6
xcolormap xcuckoo xdaliclock-2.13 xfilemanager
xfm-1.3.2 xfractint-3.02 xgrabsc-2.41 xiafspgm-0.8.1
xlander xmahjongg xmenu xminesweep-2.1
xneko xpm-4.7 xroach xscreensaver-3.06
xspread-2.1 xtetris-2.6 xv-3.10a xvier-1.0
xxgdb-1.12 yp-tools-2.4 ypbind-3.3 ypserv-1.3.9
ytalk-3.0.2 arpwatch-2.1a4 zip-21 zlib-1.1.3
zoneinfo zoo-2.10 zsh-2.6-beta10
The BSD stuff is:
adventure apropos arithmetic atc awk banner
basename battlestar bcd bs caesar cal
calendar canfield cat chmod chown chroot
cksum cmp col colcrt colrm column
comm cp cribbage ctags cut dd
du echo ed env expand expr
factor file find fish fmt fold
gencat getNAME getopt gomoku grdc grep-0.4
hack hangman head hexdump indent join
kill larn ln locate logname look
ls m4 mail make makewhatis man
mille mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp monop
morse mv nice nohup number paste
patch pax phantasia pig pkg_install pom
ppt pr primes printenv printf pwd
quiz rain random rev rm rmail
rmdir rmt robots rogue ruptime sail
sed sendmail shar sleep snake sort
split stty su tail tee test
tetris time touch tr trek tsort
tty ul unexpand uniq vacation vi
wc whatis which who worm worms
write xargs xinstall yacc yes wump
(plus all the networking and util-linux things that are BSD ports.)
All in living a.out color!
And what does this cost you? Many many gray hairs, as the
380mb download (binaries + sources) or 140mb (binaries only)
c-r-e-e-p-s slowly onto your machine. What did it cost me?
About 3000 hours, but it's a small price to pay to keep a.out
alive in the new C millenium.
ftp://www.pell.chi.il.us/pub/freeware/mastodon/BIN-0050 (binaries)
ftp://www.pell.chi.il.us/pub/freeware/mastodon/INST0050 (+sources)
http://www.pell.chi.il.us/~orc/Mastodon (propaganda)
mailto:orc@pell.chi.il.us (me)
The hardware requirements are fairly minimal:
8mb memory (4mb used to work, but hasn't been tested for a while)
IDE disks/cds
SCSI disks/cd with AHA1542, AHA1740, AHA2940-and old kin,
Advansys, IN2000, AM53c974, BusLogic multimaster/flashpoint, or
NCR810 adaptors.
All the video cards that Xfree86 3.3.6 supports.
Many ethernet cards.
Serial mice and PS/2 mice.
And we stand behind our software!!!
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY DAVID PARSONS ``AS IS'' AND ANY
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ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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david parsons \bi/ They said I was mad! Mad! HahahaHAHAHAHA!
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