Subject: [ANNOUNCE] The BOGUS Linux Release, version 1.0.1 The BOGUS Linux Release, version 1.0.1, is now available for ftp. BOGUS is an unsupported, ftp-able distribution targeted at competent Linux hackers who want a stable development system. If you do not have experience developing, installing, and maintaining a Linux system, BOGUS is probably not for you. BOGUS is a "bootstrapping" release: all of the patches needed to compile the complete system are provided, including explicit instructions on how we did the compilation. Indeed, the final build was totally automatic, and required the user to invoke a single command. BOGUS has many other features, but the inclusion of pristine source, detailed patches, and a utility to support automatic patch application and compilation is the most important feature of BOGUS. For more information and a complete list of features, license restrictions, and other details, please see the Announce-BOGUS-1.0 file. WHERE TO GET BOGUS The following sites are official mirror sites for the BOGUS release: ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/bogus ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/bogus ftp.cps.cmich.edu:/pub/linux/packages/bogus ftp.nvg.unit.no:/pub/linux/bogus [*] ftp.thepoint.com:/pub/linux/BOGUS ftp.ibp.fr:/pub/linux/distributions/bogus sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/distributions/bogus [*] While all users are welcome, users outside Scandinavia will probably not get very good throughput from ftp.nvg.unit.no. WHAT'S NEW IN THE BOGUS 1.0.1 RELEASE: NetKit-A-0.07 NetKit-B-0.06 Plotmtv-1.4.0 auctex-9.2g bash-1.14.2 blt1.7l1-src cipher-3.0 cron-3.0p1 deliver-2.0pl11 dig-2.0 elisp-manual-19-2.3 emacs-19.27 extra-manpages-bsd fvwm-1.22t httpd-1.3 itcl1.5l1-src lgrind-1.4 linux-1.1.51 macutils mail-8.1 man-pages-1.4 man_db-2.2 mkboot-1.0.1 pdcrypt procps-0.96 sendmail.8.6.9.base snobol4-beta2 tcl7.3l1-src tclX7.3bl1-src tcsh-6.05 tk3.6p1l1-src tvtwm-pl10 ucblogo util-linux-1.10 vm-5.72beta wavplay-021 wu-ftpd-2.4 xanim-2683 xless-1.7 xplaces xrn6-17 xypic-2.11 yamm-2.5.2 WHAT'S STANDARD IN THE BOGUS 1.0 RELEASE: Checker-0.4 ImageMagick-3.1 NetKit-A-0.04 NetKit-B-0.03 Seyon-2.14c XFree86-2.1.1 Xtacy-1.12 agrep-2.04 arc-5.21 auctex-9.1f autoconf-1.11 bash-1.14 bc-1.02 bin86-0.1 binutils-1.9l.4 bison-1.22 bogo-1.2 byacc-1.9 calc-2.02c ckermit-189 cpio-2.3 cvs-1.3 dc-0.2 diffutils-2.6 dmacro-2.0 doschk-1.1 dungeon-2.7B dviljk-1.1 dvipsk-5.55a e2fsprogs-0.5a ed-0.1 elvis-1.7 emacs-19.25 extra-fonts-1.0 extra-macros-1.0 file-3.14 fileutils-3.9 find-3.8 flex-2.4.6 freeze-2.5 games gas-2.2 gawk-2.15.5 gcc-2.5.8 gdb-4.12 ghostscript-2.6.1 ghostview-1.5 gnuchess-4.0.pl70 gnuplot-3.5 grep-2.0 groff-1.09 gzip-1.2.4 indent-1.9.1 ispell-3.1.08 iv-3.1 kbd-0.87 ld.so-1.4.3 less-177 lgrind-1.4 libXpm-3.4b libc-4.5.26 libg++-2.5.3 lilo-0.14 linux-1.1.19 m4-1.1 make-3.70 makeindex-2.12 man-2.0a2 man-pages-1.3 mkboot-1.0 mpage-2.13 mpeg_play-2.0 ncftp-1.7.5 ncompress-4.2.4 nenscript-1.13++ netpbm-1mar1994 patch-2.1 perl-4.036 pms-3.33 procps-0.95 ptx-0.3 rcs-5.6.0.1 recode-3.3 remind-3.0.13 rzsz-9305 sauter-2.1 screen-3.5.2 sed-2.05 sh-utils-1.10 shar-3.50 strace-3.0 tar-1.11.2 tcsh-6.04 term-1.17 texinfo-3.1 textutils-1.9 time-1.6 tncftp-1.7.5 tools-2.11 tput-1.0 transfig-2.1.8 umoria-5.5.1 units unzip-5.0.p1 util-linux-1.9 uuencode-1.0 vtwm-5.3 wdiff-0.04 web2 web2c-6.1 words-linux-3.0 xboard-3.1.pl1 xcal-4.1 xcalendar-3.0 xcb-2.2 xcmap xdu-2.1 xdvik-1.8 xearth-0.92 xfig-2.1.8 xfm-1.3 xgrabsc-2.3 xgraph-11 xinfo-1.01.01 xkeycaps-2.11 xless-1.4.1 xlife-3.0 xloadimage-4.1 xlock xmahjongg xmelt-xflip xminesweep-2.1 xneko xpaint-2.1.1 xpalette xphoon xpostit-3.3.1 xroach xswarm-2.3 xtetris-2.5.2 xv-3.01 yabba-1.00 zip-2.0.1 zoo-2.1 Note that due to licensing restrictions or ITAR regulations, a few packages are not supplied in source and/or binary form (e.g., xv). However, after you legally obtain the source and determine that you can legally use the program, the included Notes files can be used to compile and install the package. OTHER NOTES To join the BOGUS mailing list, send mail to "majordomo@cs.unc.edu" with "subscribe linux-bogus" in the body of the message (i.e., *NOT* in the subject). When you do this, make sure that you have a valid return address -- many people who set up a mailer for the first time have a return address which looks like joe@pizza instead of joe@pizza.cs.unc.edu. If you interact with the majordomo server successfully, you will receive mail. If you don't receive mail in about an hour, please don't continue to use the majordomo server as test bed. Please note that the BOGUS release is COMPLETELY UNSUPPORTED: mail sent to the mailing list may not be answered, bugs may not be fixed, and it may be quite a while before there is another BOGUS release.