MONKEY LINUX
current version 06 @(õ õ)@
released 9/5/1997 (Y) [ PROGRAMS ]
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By now you know that Monkey is a mini-distribution of GNU/Linux.
"Whoopty doo, what can it do for me?" you ponder. Okay, so it's not
Linux-Mandrake 8.2 with all of it's hardware support and bundled software,
but it may be just what you need to breathe some new life into an old
machine with low amounts of RAM and disk space. In this section I list a
a few of:
1. the programs and utilities included in the base install,
2. the ready-to-install software packages, and
3. my favorite commands.
BASE PROGRAMS AND UTILITIES
As installed, Monkey occupies only 20MB (+ 10MB virtual memory) of
disk space, yet still contains many useful programs. As Milan put it,
"Monkey is small, but is not only a toy." Included with the Monkey Linux
base install are a slew of useful programs; such as, the GNU File
Utilities 3.12, GNU Text Utilities 1.13, Mtools 3.0, text editors,
internet utilities, web browsers, and compilers. A few of these utilities
are listed in the following table.
Type Programs
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Archival gzip 1.2.4, tar 1.11.8, unarj, unshar, unzip, and
zoo
Calendar/Clock date and xclock
CD Audio workbone 2.3
Internet ftp, telnet, ping, ssh, nslookup, and traceroute
Messaging talk and write
Mtools 3.0 mattrib, mbadblocks, mcd, mcopy, mdel, mdeltree,
mdir, mformat, mlabel, mmd, mmount, mmove, mrd,
mread, mren, mtest, mtype, and mwrite
Network Support TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, SLIP, PLIP, and PPP
Programming gawk and perl 5.003
Scheduler crond
Server bootpd and bootpgw
Shells bash 1.14.7(1) and tcsh (default)
Text Editor elvis 1.8p13, xedit, and joe 2.2 (Wordstar
compatible)
Visual Shell midnight commander (mc)
Web Browser lynx 2.5 (text-based)
X Window Xfree86 3.2, xterm, and fvwm95-2.0.41f
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READY-TO-INSTALL PACKAGES
The following list of ready-to-install software packages (made
available in the download page) further expands the realm of Monkey's
computing power.
File Name Description MB
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apache.tgz Apache 1.1.3 (web server) 0.08
dosemu.tgz DosEmu 0.64.4 (DOS emulator) 0.41
gccall.tgz Gnu C Compiler 2.7.2 (libc5, for compiling 2.49
kernel) and kernel 2.0.29
kern2030.tgz Linux kernel 2.0.30 4.97
manpages.tgz Manual pages 1.4h 0.73
netscape.tgz Netscape Navigator Gold 3.01 (web browser) 2.37
sendmail.tgz Sendmail 8.8.5 with PINE 3.95 and PICO 2.9 1.08
(email transfer agent, email utility, and
text editor)
x32ma64.tgz Mach 64 accelerated X server 0.68
x32s3.tgz S3 accelerated X server 0.82
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MY FAVORITE COMMANDS
It's not a bad idea to go to your favorite bookstore (physical or
on-line) and purchase a book on Linux or Unix system commands. You could
also install the manpages.tgz package and hope that a manual for the
utility that you need is include in the man pages. Good luck with that
option. If you're on a budget then check out the Linux Documentation
Project at www.linuxdoc.org. They have a how-to on about everything
pertaining to GNU/Linux.
What? I can't believe you'd think that I'd introduce you to
something as amazing as Monkey Linux and then not tell you how to use it.
Come on now, I'm not going to leave you hanging. The following table of
GNU/Linux commands and their DOS equivalents is a summarized list of
commands that I find myself using quite often.
GNU/Linux DOS Description
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clear cls Remove all text from the screen.
ls -a dir /p View contents of a directory.
ls -la dir /p List contents of directory with
permissions and block size.
pwd none Show the present working directory.
cd cd Change directory.
date date Show time and date.
finger none Find info on other users.
man none Read manual pages.
whatis none Find info on binaries.
ps none Show all running processes.
whoami none Show who's logged in.
mkdir mkdir Create a directory.
rm -R deltree Delete a directory.
rm del Delete a file.
cp copy Copy a file.
mv rename Rename a file.
w none List all open virtual terminals
and which users are on them.
which none Show the path of a command.
lsmod none List running modules.
mount none List mounted devices.
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