5.3 - 5/8/2008 Updated htop v0.8 Updated mbuffer v20080507 Updated links v2.1pre35 Updated tin v1.9.3 *** Changed mkusb.sh and mkusb.bat to use syslinux directly. Under Windows the USB flash drive must already be fat16/32 formatted. Under Linux mkusb.sh will format it if you use the '-f' option. 5.2 - 5/5/2008 Updated less v418 Updated lynx 2.8.7dev.9 Updated ntfs-3g v1.2506 Updated mbuffer v20080502 5.1 - 5/2/2008 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.25.1 *** Patched GRUB to work with ext3 filesystem and 256-byte inode size Updated wget v1.11.2 Updated lftp v3.7.1 Updated alsa-driver v1.0.16 5.0 - 4/30/2008 Updated gparted v0.3.7 Updated e2fsprogs v1.40.9 Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a39 Updated hdparm v8.6 Updated bash v3.2.39. 4.9 - 4/25/2008 Added scrounge-ntfs v0.9 Updated sshfs v2.0 Updated curl v7.18.1 4.8 - 4/21/2008 Updated coreutils v6.11 Updated truecrypt v5.1a Updated epic4 v2.10 4.7 - 4/18/2008 Updated openssh v5.0p1 Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.14 Updated findutils v4.4 4.6 - 4/16/2008 Updated clamav v0.93 Updated star v1.5 Updated tar v1.20 Updated zfs-fuse v0.4.0_beta2 (from mercurial development 4/14/2008) Added mkextlin.sh script to install Linux to a partition on a USB drive. 4.5 - 4/14/2008 Added bonnie++ v1.03c Updated links v2.1pre33 Updated rsync v3.0.2 Updated xfsprogs v2.9.7 Updated xfsdump v2.2.48 Updated LVM2 v2.02.33 Updated device-mapper 1.02.25 Updated cdrskin v0.4.4 Updated gparted v0.3.6 Updated partimage v0.6.7 Updated ntfs-3g v1.2412 4.4 - 4/10/2008 Updated isomaster v1.3.1 Updated clamav v0.92.1 Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a38 Updated ddrescue v1.8 Added stress v1.0.0 Updated lftp v3.7.0 Updated qemu v0.9.1 Updated wget v1.11.1 Updated testdisk v6.9 Updated photorec v6.9 Updated star v1.5a89 Updated dar v2.3.7 Updated e2fsprogs v1.40.8 Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.13 Updated mtpaint v3.20 Updated dvd+rw-tools v7.1 Updated smartmontools v5.38 Updated cdrskin v0.4.2 Updated ntfs-3g v1.2310 Updated lynx 2.8.7dev.8 Updated coreutils v6.10 4.3 - 12/22/2007 Updated bash v3.2.33. Updated ndiswrapper v1.51. Updated isomaster v1.3. Updated clamav v0.92. Updated sshfs v1.9. Updated rsync v3.0.0pre7. Updated nano v2.0.7. Updated sylpheed v2.4.8. 4.2 - 12/13/2007 Added rdesktop v1.5.0. Added tsclient v0.150. A few minor updates. *** Added EFI GPT support to the kernel. 4.1 - 11/30/2007 Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.11. Updated ndiswrapper v1.50. Added grsync v0.6.1. Updated less v416. 4.0 - 11/25/2007 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.22.14. Updated ntfs-3g v1.1120. Updated htop v0.7. Updated lftp v3.6.1. 3.9 - 11/17/2007 Readded smbclient v3.0.27. Updated ddrescue v1.6. *** Fixed mkusb scripts. 3.8 - 11/12/2007 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.22.12. *** The USB install now puts everything in /boot/syslinux! A few minor software updates. 3.7 - 11/8/2007 Replaced mpg321 with mpg123 v0.67. Updated links v2.1pre31. Added zfs-fuse v0.4.0_prebeta2. Updated ntfs-3g v1.1104. Updated testdisk v6.9-WIP, Nov 6. Updated photorec v6.9-WIP, Nov 6. Updated mutt v1.5.17. 3.6 - 11/2/2007 Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.9. Updated cdrskin v0.4.0.pl00. Added gtk-lshw vB.02.12.01. 3.5 - 10/31/2007 Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a36. Updated ddrescue v1.6-rc5. Updated rsync v3.0.0pre4. Updated ndiswrapper v1.49. Updated curl v7.17.1. Updated star v1.5a87. Updated ntfs-3g v1.1030. Updated testdisk v6.9-WIP, Oct 28. Updated photorec v6.9-WIP, Oct 28. 3.4 - 10/23/2007 *** Removed kernel support for Parport, Paride, Pcmcia, and Floppy drives, because they're not used much anymore. Updated tar v1.19. Updated lftp v3.6.0. *** Replaced xzgv with gqview v2.1.5. *** Fixed ssh openssl library mismatch. 3.3 - 10/19/2007 Updated alsa-driver v1.0.15. Updated ndiswrapper v1.49-rc4. Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.8. A few other updates. 3.2 - 10/15/2007 Updated lshw vB.02.12.01. *** The usb problem is fixed. *** Removed SMBFS support, because it's deprecated in favor of CIFS. 3.1 - 10/13/2007 Added screen v4.0.3. Fixed less library link. Updated lshw vB.02.12. *** Run lshw like this `lshw -disable usb', otherwise it will seg fault. Something to do with reading recent /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids file? 3.0 - 10/12/2007 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.22.10. Updated chntpw v070923. Updated e2fsprogs v1.40.2. Updated ddrescue v1.6-rc3. Updated dd_rescue v1.14. Updated udpcast v20070602. *** Added IP-Multicast support to kernel. Updated htop v0.6.6. Updated cdrskin v0.3.8.pl00. Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a35. Updated star v1.5a86. Updated tar v1.18. Updated clamav v0.92rc2. Updated dar v2.3.6. Updated lftp v3.5.14. Updated bash v3.2.25. Updated LVM2 v2.02.28. Updated device-mapper 1.02.22. Updated parted v1.8.8. Updated GNU fdisk v1.0. Updated lynx 2.8.7dev.7. Updated testdisk v6.8. Updated photorec v6.8. Updated partimage v0.6.6. *** There's also a nologin version partimage-nologin. Updated ncftp v3.2.1. Updated epic4 v2.8. Updated naim v0.11.8.3.1. Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.7. Updated emelfm2 v0.3.5. Updated sylpheed v2.4.7. Updated pan v0.132. Updated jfsutils v1.1.12. Updated xfsprogs v2.9.4. Updated xfsdump v2.2.46. Updated ntfsprogs v2.0.0. Added hfsprogs (fsck.hfsplus and mkfs.hfsplus) v332.14. Added wpa_supplicant v0.6.0. Updated fusepod v0.5.2. Updated openssh v4.7p1. Updated ntfs-3g v1.1004. Updated mutt v1.5.16. Updated rsync v3.0.0pre2. Updated fluxbox v1.0.0. Updated ndiswrapper v1.49-rc3. A few other updates. 2.9 - 5/17/2007 Updated parted v1.8.7. Updated sshfs v1.8. Updated ntfs-3g v1.516. Updated testdisk v6.7-WIP May 16, 2007. Updated photorec v6.7-WIP May 16, 2007. Fixed gunzip and memtest. 2.8 - 5/15/2007 Re-released non-X RIPLinux-2.8, because lspci wasn't working. 2.8 - 5/7/2007 Fixed lvm library link. 2.7 - 5/7/2007 Updated sylpheed v2.4.1. Updated GNU fdisk v0.9.3. Updated gzip v1.3.12. Updated xine v0.99.5. Updated LVM2 v2.02.25. Updated device-mapper 1.02.19. Updated pan v0.129. Added upx v3.00. 2.6 - 5/3/2007 Updated bash v3.2.17. The scripts clonentfs, shrinkntfs, and mkpart were fixed. 2.5 - 4/28/2007 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.21. Updated links v2.1pre28. Updated chntpw v070409. Updated curl v7.16.2. Updated sylpheed v2.4.0. Updated clamav v0.90.2. Updated LVM2 v2.02.24. Added xine (X DVD player) v0.99.5cvs-070419. Updated mutt v1.5.15+20070412. Updated pan v0.128. Updated ntfs-3g v1.417. Updated nano v2.0.6. Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a26. Updated cdrskin v0.3.6.pl00. Updated star v1.5a79. Added open-iscsi v2.0-754. Updated testdisk v6.7-WIP Apr 27, 2007. Updated photorec v6.7-WIP Apr 27, 2007. Readded parted v1.8.6. *** There's parted-1.7.1 and parted (1.8.6). 2.4 - 4/10/2007 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.20.6. Updated lftp v3.5.10. Updated ntfs-3g v1.328. Updated ndiswrapper v1.41. Added sylpheed (X mail client) v2.4.0beta7. Added pan (X newsreader) v0.126. Added emelfm2 (X file manager) v0.3.3. Added truecrypt v4.3. Added nano v2.0.4. Updated xfsprogs v2.8.20. Updated xfsdump v2.2.42. Updated mtpaint v3.11. Updated mc v2007-04-04-03. Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a25. Updated curlftpfs v0.9.1. Updated fetchmail v6.3.8. Updated star v1.5a78. Updated e2fsprogs v1.40-WIP-2007-04-11. A few other updates! *** Reverted parted to v1.7.1, because of reported problems with later versions and gparted. *** Added cloneNTFS script for cloning a Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista partition! # clonentfs "For Help!" *** Added a X menu option to download and install the latest FireFOX. 2.3 - 3/22/2007 Added Ext4dev support to the kernel. Updated e2fsprogs v1.40-WIP-2006.11.14. Updated parted v1.8.6. Added isomaster v0.8.1. Updated epic4 v2.6. Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.3. Updated fluxbox v1.0rc3. Updated bash v3.2.15. Updated fusepod v0.5.1. Updated coreutils v6.9. Updated udpcast v20070323. A few other updates! Replaced wrong vim in non-X version! *** I patched the kernel for read-write UFS2 support, but I don't know how well it works. # mount -t ufs -o rw,ufstype=ufs2 /dev/sda3 /mnt/hd 2.2 - 3/18/2007 Updated cdrskin v0.3.4.pl00. Updated parted v1.8.3. Updated mutt v1.5.14+cvs20070315. Updated xchat v2.8.0. Updated xarchiver v0.4.6. Updated msmtp v1.4.10. Updated rsync v2.6.9. Updated tin v1.9.2. Updated fluxbox v1.0rc2. A few other updates! 2.1 - 3/14/2007 Added GNU fdisk (fdisk.gnu) and cfdisk (cfdisk.gnu) v0.9.2 Updated QEMU v0.9.0 Updated star v1.5a77. Updated tmsnc v0.3.2. Updated naim v0.11.8.2.1. Updated lynx 2.8.7dev.4. Updated links v2.1pre26. Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a24. Updated mc v2007-03-09-18. Updated bash v3.2.10. Updated parted v1.8.2. Updated LVM2 v2.02.23. Updated device-mapper 1.02.18. Updated openssh v4.6p1. Updated zip v3.32. Updated tar v1.16.1. Updated gzip v1.3.9. Updated fetchmail v6.3.7. Updated xfsprogs v2.8.18. Updated xfsdump v2.2.42. Updated curl v7.16.1. Updated gparted v0.3.4. Updated ntfsprogs v2.0.0 CVS Mar 14, 2007. Updated coreutils v6.7. 2.0 - 3/10/2007 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.20.2. Updated lftp v3.5.9. Updated ncftp v3.2.0. Updated dar v2.3.3. Updated testdisk v6.7-WIP. Updated photorec v6.7-WIP. Updated udpcast v20070306. Updated sshfs v1.7. Updated cdrskin v0.3.2.pl01. Updated curlftpfs v0.9. Updated dvd+rw-tools v7.0. Updated mtpaint v3.10. Updated smartmontools v5.37. Updated reiser4progs v1.0.6. Updated clamav v0.90.1. Updated FireFOX v2.0.0.2. Updated ntfsprogs v2.0.0 CVS Mar 9, 2007. Updated ndiswrapper v1.38. Updated lilo v22.8. Added ntfs-3g v1.0. A few other updates! Removed gxine because it wasn't working. Added option to download and install Adobe Flashplayer 9 for FireFOX! 1.9 - 7/5/2006 The mnsetup script was fixed. Updated clamav v0.88.3. Updated procps v3.2.7. Updated psmisc v22.2. Added Photorec v6.4. 1.8 - 6/23/2006 Updated mtpaint v3.00. Updated ntfsprogs v1.13.1. Updated gmplayer v1.0pre8. Updated testdisk v6.4. Updated xfsprogs v2.8.3. Updated xfsdump v2.2.39. 1.7 - 6/20/2006 Updated xterm v2.15. Updated xfsprogs v2.8.2. Updated xfsdump v2.2.38. Added CD and DVD burn options to mc menu. 1.6 - 6/19/2006 *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.17. Updated lftp v3.4.7. Updated htop v0.6.2. Added FireFTP extension to FireFOX. Replaced xpaint with mtpaint v2.30. Updated naim v0.11.8.2. Added gftp v2.0.18. Added xarchiver v0.3.3. Updated parted v1.7.1. Added curlftpfs v0.8. Updated mdadm v2.5.1. Updated udpcast v20060525. Updated star v1.5a74. Updated lynx 2.8.6dev.18a. Updated mc v2006-06-17-02. Updated pcmciautils v014. Removed ChatZilla, it's easy to download and install in FireFOX. Added Xchat v2.6.4. Updated FireFOX v1.5.0.4. Updated links v2.1pre22. Updated jfsutils v1.1.11. Added fusepod v0.4. Updated curl v7.15.4. Updated e2fsprogs v1.39. A few other updates! 1.5 - 5/17/2006 Added QEMU v0.8.1. Updated lvm2 v2.02.06. Updated devmapper v1.02.07. Updated GParted v0.2.5. 1.4 - 5/12/2006 Added AGP and MTRR support to the kernel. Updated htop v0.6.1. Added X support to vim. Updated lshw vB.02.08.01. 1.3 - 5/9/2006 Fixed incorrect installation of Gaim! *** Added option to boot straight into X! *** If that doesn't work boot normally, and run 'xsetup'. Updated vim v7.0. 1.2 - 5/8/2006 Reverted to using an initramfs, because it's not big enough to justify using squashfs/unionfs. *** You need at least 256MB of RAM to boot and use it! Added some more programs to the FluxBOX menu. 1.1 - 5/6/2006 Added ChatZilla extension to FireFOX. Cleaned up some scripts. 1.0 - 5/4/2006 *** I put the version at 1.0 to signify I consider it stable! *** The kernel is updated to v2.6.16.4. Updated udpcast v20060325. Updated epic4 v2.4. Added hfsutils v3.2.6. Added dar v2.3.0. Added par2 v0.4. Updated smartmontools v5.36. Updated reiserfsprogs v3.6.20. Updated mc v2006-04-18-14. Updated mdadm v2.4. Updated mtr v0.71. Updated bash v3.1.17. Updated ddrescue v1.2. Updated fetchmail v6.3.4. Updated samba v3.0.22. Updated lftp v3.4.6. Updated ndiswrapper v1.15. Updated e2fsprogs v1.39-WIP-2006.04.09. Added cryptsetup-luks v1.0.3-rc3. Updated dirsync v1.11. Updated tin v1.9.1. Updated lvm2 v2.02.05. Updated devmapper v1.02.05. Updated partimage v0.6.5-beta3. Updated links v2.1pre21. *** Removed svga graphics support from links. If you want a graphical browser use FireFOX. Added CLAMAV virus scanner v0.88.2. *** Created X Window version of RIPLinux! The GParted partition editor (v0.2.4) and the FireFOX browser (v1.5.0.3) are included. *** It has complete sound support (alsa-driver v1.0.11). These are the other X programs it contains: xmms "Sound (mpg/wav/au) player!" gmplayer "The default FireFOX video/sound player!" gxine "Plays DVDs and other video formats!" xpdf "PDF reader!" xpaint "Image editor!" xzgv "Image (jpg/gif/png) viewer!" gaim "Instant messenger client!" evmsgui putty *** The GParted program and its X Window setup are borrowed from the GParted LiveCD. NOTE: RIPLinuX has support for foreign keyboard maps and fonts, but otherwise it only supports English! 15.2 - 3/26/2006 Forgot to include /init link for initramfs! Updated ndiswrapper v1.11. Updated pcmciautils v013. 15.1 - 3/25/2006 Fixed GRUB, Reiser4 support should work. Fixed bug in grubconfig. Added tcptraceroute v1.5beta6. Added tcpdump v3.9.4. Updated mc v2006-03-23-19. Updated ddrescue v1.2-rc1. Added cdck v0.5.0. Updated mbuffer v20060324. The sk98lin driver may work now! 15.0 - 3/20/2006 The kernel is updated to v2.6.16. Updated bash v3.1.14. Updated lynx v2.8.6dev17 Updated fetchmail v6.3.2. Updated dvd+rw-tools v6.1. Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a07. Updated dirsync v1.10. Updated openssh v4.3p2. Updated ntfsprogs v1.13.0. Updated lftp v3.4.3. Updated udpcast v20060208. Updated mc v2006-03-20-17. Updated lvm2 v2.02.02. Updated devmapper v1.02.03 Updated dmraid v1.0.0.rc10. Updated tin v1.8.1. Updated star v1.5a73. Updated curl v7.15.3. Updated sk98lin v8.31.2.3 driver in the kernel. Updated evms v2.5.5. Updated testdisk v6.3. Added sshfs v1.6. Added lilo v22.7.1. Added cdrskin v0.1.2. Added squashfs v3.0 support in the kernel. Added mksquashfs/unsquashfs v3.0 programs. Added ndiswrapper v1.11rc2 for WIFI support. Read /usr/doc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.txt on RIP. Changed USB install method to use makebootfat! Fixed initrd.gz. Removed the splashimage patch from GRUB, because it was causing problems. --------------------------------------------------- The version of GRUB on RIP is 0.97, but it's patched to give it Reiser4 and NTFS support! It's also patched with GRUB4DOS patches v0.4.1, and other miscellaneous patches. Read /boot/grub4dos/readme.txt on the RIP CD, or /usr/doc/RIP/grub4dos.txt on RIP! --------------------------------------------------- 14.9 - 1/22/2006 The kernel is updated to v2.6.15.1. Added some WIFI support in the kernel. Added some PCMCIA support in the kernel. Fixed /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices. Updated cdrtools v2.01.01a04. Updated dvd+rw-tools v6.0. Updated fetchmail v6.3.1. Updated tin v1.8.0. Updated lftp v3.4.0. Updated evms v2.5.4. Updated testdisk v6.2. Updated star v1.5a70. Updated bash v3.1.1. Updated curl v7.15.1. Added fscat programs. Added e2tools programs. Added tarfixer program. Added gzrecover program. Added svga graphics support to links v2.1pre20. Added vim editor v6.4.4, without docs, scripts, and syntax files. The default editor is mcedit. A number of other software updates. 14.8 - 11/14/2005 Fixed a bug in kexec (caused by an unofficial patch I applied). Added '-L' nologin option to partimage. The kernel is updated to 2.6.14.2. I've been told the kernel works with VMWare ESX. It may not work with VMWare unless you pass 'parport=0' to the kernel. Updated sk98lin v8.28.1.3 driver in the kernel. Added ufsutils (mkfs.ufs, fsck.ufs, etc.). Fixed a bug I created in the chntpw 'write.sh' script. A lot of software updates. Added a FreeBSD v6.0 version of RIP. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Added Slackware setup, you can install a Slackware Linux distribution on a ext2, ext3, jfs, reiserfs, reiser4, or xfs formatted partition. # setup "Read HELP!" You need the Slackware ISO images 'slackware-10.2-install-d1.iso and slackware-10.2-install-d2.iso' on CD or DVD! You need at least 'slackware-10.2-install-d1.iso'! You can also install Slackware from a partition on your hard drive that has the directories (a, ap, etc.) with the Slackware tgz packages, or over NFS. It's basically the same as standard Slackware setup! The filesystem on the partition can be any the kernel supports, at least read-only! Slackware doesn't currently support reiser4, if you want to install Slackware on a reiser4 partition you'll have to use the RIP kernel to boot it. When asked by setup for a kernel to install choose "rip_cdrom (Use the kernel from the RIP CD)". ------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.7 - 10/10/2005 The main reason for this release is a broken GRUB in 14.6. The programs lynx, links, and bbe were updated. The program ntfscmp was added. The section pertaining to booting from DOS/Win9x/WinXP has been updated in the RIP readme. If loadlin doesn't work, you can try grub.exe from the hard drive.