Changes from 0.7.4 to 0.7.5:

	(updated by Robert Pickel)

- Fixed HD install script
- Updated Gaim and Firefox

Changes from 0.7.3 to 0.7.4:

- Added Rhapsody, didiwiki, xfsprogs, torsmo, gnupod and GRUB
- Added several Perl modules, including GTK2-Perl
- Replaced Thunderbird with Sylpheed
- Replaced zile and nvi with vim
- Replaced emelfm2 with emelfm
- Removed Ruby due to space constraints
- Removed XPaint due to lack of usefulness
- Updated several packages, including dillo, mplayer, alsa and libc6
- Updated tmsnc to 0.2.0b
- Made some small changes to the HD install script
- Made some small changes to rm-dpkg
- Made Kismet configuration files writable from CD
- Added a new experimental HD install script (based on knoppix-installer by Fabian Franz)

Changes from 0.7.2 to 0.7.3:

- Added John the Ripper, macchanger, kismet, tcl8.4, qemu, paketto, abcde and screen
- Updated Monkey to 0.9.0
- Updated the HD install script
- Updated the usbutils package
- Upgraded kernel to 2.4.27
- Updated the quickcam, prism54, ipw2100 and madwifi drivers
- Updated ndiswrapper to 1.1rc1 and added the airo-mpi driver
- Updated modutils to 2.4.27
- Added BCM4400 and BCM5700 drivers
- Added pencam, a utility to download images from STV0680B-001 chip-based digital cameras
- Changed boot process so important config files can be overwritten by user restore images
- Added FreeNX
- Added script to easily create icons (Tools -> Scripts)

Changes from 0.7.1 to 0.7.2:

- Added mtools, emelfm2, vncdec, elhttp, quagga, and Captive NTFS
- Updated aircrack
- Added ion2 - boot with "knoppix ion2" to use it
- Fixed IceWM
- Fixed wman
- Added script to download the Distributed.net client
- DMA can now be activated with the "dma" cheatcode
- Added "custom-noram" boot option so that custom packages can be loaded without significant RAM usage
- Feather now includes the "readahead" cheatcode to load files into the disk cache at boot - this speeds up general operation when the user has 384Mb of RAM or more
- Made some small changes to the USB boot process
- Added script to download practically everything needed for Web development - see "Extras & Enhancements" -> "Install" -> "Internet"

Changes from 0.7 to 0.7.1:

- Included aterm, a terminal supporting transparency and other features
- Added the Ruby scripting language
- Added rcrack (a hash cracker), sil (a banner grabber), nbtstat and dsniff
- Added giFTcurs
- Added cdparanoia
- Added elinks, a text-only browser
- Updated many system-based packages to those from Knoppix 3.7
- Added option to feather-hdinstall to add custom options on the LILO append line
- Added a new soundcard configuration tool if the other fails, which can be foun
d in Tools -> Scripts
- Made some small changes to rm-dpkg
- Fixed Opera, Java and Flash scripts
- Fixed localscript.sh and localhalt.sh
- Fixed script to prevent help document appearing at boot
- Fixed display of background image
- Made /etc/wlan writable


Changes from 0.6.2 to 0.7:

- Feather is now bound by a 128Mb limit instead of a 64Mb one, and so it is currently around 105Mb.
- Added Firefox, Thunderbird, Abiword, Ethereal, gaim, rox-filer, gmplayer,
  IceWM, siag, Imposter, wmdrawer and fireftp
- Updated tmsnc to 0.1.4
- Updated ndiswrapper to 0.12
- Updated Fluxbox to 0.9.10
- Updated Dillo to 0.8.3
- Updated Openoffice script to 1.1.3
- Updated Java script
- Added xls2csv, a program to convert Excel files into CSV spreadsheets
- Added script to download and install LTModem drivers
- Added script to configure ndiswrapper
- Added webcam support (this includes webcamd and xawtv)
- Removed Mutella and links-hacked


Changes from 0.6.1 to 0.6.2:

- Added "wakeonlan", a tool to send Wake-on-LAN packets
- Included a custom resolution option in the X setup script
- Made some small mplayer changes
- Updated aMSN script to 0.94
- Lowered memory usage slightly by a few changes
- Cleaned up /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
- Made it possible to add users while running from CD or USB stick
- Made HD boot faster
- Updated Arno's firewall script to version 1.8.3-BETA3


Changes from 0.6.0 to 0.6.1:

- Fixed pon and poff
- Updated aMSN script to 0.93
- Changed user in emelfm fpkg link to root
- Added 1400x1050 to list of available resolutions for certain laptops
- Changed user in mount.app mount command
- Tweaked knoppix-autoconfig and feather-loadram.sh (thanks to John Zheng)
- Added openvpn - a tool to access VPNs
- Added tmsnc - a very usable text-based MSN client
- Made some space-saving changes to rm-dpkg
- Easy remaster script can now save to hard drive instead of using RAM

Changes from 0.5.9 to 0.6.0:

- Added Elmo, a text-based email client
- Updated Sylpheed
- Fixed fsck.reiserfs bug
- Changed some Fluxbox settings
- Added Ndiswrapper configuration script
- Updated Opera to 7.54
- Added curl
- Added live remaster feature - simply load Feather into RAM, and this
  script will create your own Feather remaster based on your current
  customisations.
- Fixed the IceWM script
- Made some changes to rm-dpkg
- Changed Firefox icon


Changes from 0.5.8 to 0.5.9:

- Added wmapm again - now both APM and ACPI dockapps are included
- Added reiserfsck
- Made dnsmasq.conf writable
- Reverted USB boot to previous settings - users whose systems cannot boot
  Feather will need ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/featherlinux/minirt24.gz
- Included madwifi v.20040308
- Added new penguin background - use the "notux" option to use a normal one


Changes from 0.5.7 to 0.5.8:

- Replaced udhcpd with dnsmasq
- Added a script to eject the Feather CD while Feather is running, without
  loading anything into RAM
- Updated the Monkey webserver to 0.8.5
- Fixed an fpkg bug relating to /etc/skel and HD installs
- Made loading of custom packages quieter
- Added "exclude" boot option: simply create a file called exclude.list in
  the root directory of your CD or USB drive, and inside place the files
  and directories you wish to exclude, one per line. Of course, this is
  only useful if the files you want are deletable, and this is probably
  most useful once custom packages have been installed.
- Added script to change the background easily - found in the
  Tools -> Scripts menu
- Replaced wmapm with wmacpi
- Fixed wmwifi
- Changed USB boot to use only USB 1.1 to ensure compatibility
- Fixed HD install progress bar
- Made some changes to the dpkg download so that Feather is smaller


Changes from 0.5.6 to 0.5.7:

- Midnight Commander now has vfs support, and an internal editor with syntax
  highlighting
- Added scripts to easily switch windowmanagers
- Made some small changes to X settings autodetection
- Added ability to restore configuration from the Internet - boot with
  "restore=net url=<url>"
- Fixed Opera startup glitch
- Added ReiserFS support to HD install script (still experimental - you may
  have problems on bootup)
- Added udhcpd, a tiny DHCP server
- Updated Dillo to 0.8.0
- Fixed the script that rectifies missing icon problems
- Added aircrack, a WEP-cracking tool
- Fixed the Openoffice.org script
- Updated ndiswrapper to 0.10
- Added LuFS, a filesystem abstraction layer which allows you to mount
  networked directories (e.g. FTP, SSH or Gnutella) locally as though they
  were normal filesystems
- Custom packages can now be installed in the HD install process
- Fixed the Java script's Firefox integration
- Made some space-saving changes to rm-dpkg
- Fixed the script that stops the "Getting Started" document from appearing
  on startup


Changes from 0.5.5 to 0.5.6:

- X settings can now be autodetected - boot with "knoppix detect"
- Updated Firefox to 0.9.1, meaning that now only 6Mb is downloaded
- Fixed Firefox profile bug
- Fixed Synaptic and nAIM icon bugs
- Added support for serial mice on all 4 ports
- Fixed PPP root problems
- Removed e2undel (recover included already), and added stress + cpuburn
- Added link in Tools -> Scripts menu to stop the Getting Started document appe
aring on boot
- Fixed Midnight Commander bugs
- Added mount.app to the "Kill dockapps" script
- Removed axyftp from dpkg list due to removal problems
- Added some LWP, Net and CGI Perl modules
- Edited the feather-print package a little to prevent dpkg conflicts
- Made some changes to the configuration saver script


Changes from 0.5.4 to 0.5.5:

- Added an RSS reader (written specifically for Feather and available at http:/
/featherlinux.berlios.de/rss.pl)
- Changed dpkg-get so that more of Feather is loaded into RAM
- Added localhalt.sh, a script in which to place commands which will be
  executed on shutdown or reboot
- Added button to emelfm to allow easy integration of packages using fpkg
- Added option to select PCMCIA on boot for HD installs
- Updated Flash plugin script to version 7
- Updated Opera script to version 7.53
- Made Abiword script more economical - now only downloads 7Mb
- Upgraded nmap, ettercap and tcpdump (includes addition of libpcap0.8)
- Added documentation on creating custom Feather packages and adding desktop
  icons
- Patched LinNeighborhood
- Made a few small changes to fpkg
- Added new Fluxbox style - a Feather-specific customised one which
  I call Light
- Added rm-fpkg, a script to remove the files that a package installed
  with fpkg creates on your system - note that it is in beta, so asks
  for confirmation with each file to delete. You can override this with
  the -y switch after the package name.

Changes from 0.5.3 to 0.5.4:
- Fixed typo in rm-dpkg
- Added menu name selection to fpkg (pass as second argument)
- Included lrzsz and reincluded rdesktop
- Fixed dpkg-get and file
- Added script to download Apache, MySQL and PHP
- Made XFCE script more economical
- Changed Firefox icon
- Changed apsfilter permissions
- Fixed some size problems resulting from a shell start of SciTE

Changes from 0.5.2 to 0.5.3:

- Fixed multiple fpkg "Additions" menu creation
- Fixed HD install script
- Fixed XFCE script, and edited it so that it requires less memory
- Changed Fluxbox menu text size to 12
- Changed some wording of the X setup script and mount.app.
- Downgraded Firefox to 0.8 because of dependencies

Note: 0.5.3 is a bugfix release.

Changes from 0.5.1 to 0.5.2:

- Added Perl modules so that PSS is now functional
- Cancel button on save configuration script now functional
- Reincluded xsri and wmwifi
- Added system status monitor and script to fix XTDesk icons if they disappear
- Fixed /usr/share/misc/pci.ids
- Made xtdesk a little quieter on bootup
- Updated Openoffice.org script to 1.1.2 and changed permissions on OOo directory
- Fixed xpuyopuyo script
- Updated Firefox script to 0.9.1
- Added option in multisession packages to change the Fluxbox menu (place the menu text in any file in /tmp/fmenu)
- Multisession packages can now be selected - use "customselect=dir"
- Multisession packages are now HD-installable - use "fpkg package.xyz"
- Added IceWM and XFCE scripts, which can be run automatically on bootup with "knoppix icewm/xfce"
- Added foremost, a forensic analysis tool
- Drives can now be mounted by the knoppix user
- localscript.sh now works again
- Fixed mount.app permissions bug


Changes from 0.5 to 0.5.1:

- Reincluded Chipmunk Basic and iftop
- The command "xterm" is now functional
- Added script to download Brag
- Added cdparanoia
- Fixed Opera and HD install scripts
- Fixed xpdf
- Fixed all scripts that require the dpkg structure


Changes from 0.4.2 to 0.5:

- Feather is now based on Knoppix 3.4, and thus many improvements have been
  made. MADWIFI, prism54 and speedtouch drivers are now included, and
  superior hardware support is found throughout.
- Gimp script fixed.
- Due to the remaster from 3.4, more of Feather is Debian-based. Specialist
  packages for areas of Feather have been included.
- Removed picocom
- Added ncrypt and minicom, and reincluded ndiswrapper (0.7)
- Added tcc documentation
- Added scripts to install Ruby, Python, Folding@Home and GIMPS
- CUPS has been replaced with apsfilter and ghostscript
- Updated Opera script to 7.51
- Feather customisation changed - now the directory must be specified
  (i.e. knoppix custom=extra). This allows for several "versions" of
  Feather on one CD or USB stick.


Changes from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2:
- Added customisation ability - simply place all the .deb, .tgz and .tar.gz
  files in an /extra directory on your CD-ROM or USB stick, create a
  "deblist" file which contains the names of the .debs and the order to
  install them, and then boot with "knoppix custom".
- Added PSS, a self-written music server to stream music over your network.
  See /home/knoppix/docs/pss.html for details.
- Updated XMMS to 1.2.10
- Added gaim script
- tcc now works
- Removed knoppix-terminalserver because of unsatisfied dependencies
- Downgraded libpcap and tcpdump to 0.7.2 because of PPP problems and to
 satisfy apt-get
- Added alsaconf and usbview and updated Getting Started accordingly
- Updated aMSN script to 0.91
- Added Lua properties sheet for SciTE
- Updated naim, and added links for nirc, nicq and nlily
- Removed TinyIRC as nirc is now available
- Updated and Debianised partimage
- Added the hostent Perl module for PSS
- Fixed wdict and xpuyopuyo script
- Added code to save memory on scripts
- Added icon creation to Openoffice.org script


Changes from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1:
- Updated list of documentation and organised scripts
- Added bcrypt, xmms-cdread
- Added scripts to download Audacity, and to remove the dpkg structure (rm-dpkg)
- Added serial mouse option to X setup
- Updated Monkey to 0.8.2 and changed daemon script accordingly
- Added memory checks to some scripts
- Fixed error with /opt on bootup
- Changed dillo homepage
- Added "xdef" boot option - boots with 1024x768, 3 button mouse, 16-bit depth
- Replaced XCDRoast with Gcombust
- Added libpcap and tcpdump (non-Debian, 0.8.3 not available as .deb)
- Updated wdict
- Changed some options on the F2 boot screen
- Tweaked emelfm and Scite
- Updated "Getting Started"
- Fixed Java script
- Fixed Sylpheed menu entry
- Replaced fbrun with grun
- Added Scite documentation
- Fixed some permission ambiguities on some scripts
- Fixed PPP bug that asked for root password
- Added some Perl modules that add file-related functions (mainly for wdict)
- Fixed antiword bug


Changes from 0.3.9 to 0.4.0:
- Updated Openoffice script to 1.1.1
- Fixed localscript.sh
- Fixed xterm colours
- Fixed Synaptic script
- Added "noicons" option to stop XTDesk loading on bootup
- Changed frequency option to DPI in X setup routine
- Added poor man's install script (type sudo pm_install) - very experimental
- Added xsri to set background (bsetbg now works)
- Added whowto, a script to grab and view HOWTOs (e.g. type whowto 3-Button-Mouse) and wdict
- Added scripts to download aMSN, Abiword and xpuyopuyo
- Included xmms-volnorm
- Added evilwm (run it by booting with knoppix evilwm)
- Changed boot image
*** Errata: tcc still does not function completely.

Notes: Feather Linux now has a minimal mode. Boot with "knoppix noicons evilwm"
to see how minimalistic a desktop can become. ;)

Changes from 0.3.8 to 0.3.9:
- Emelfm now runs as root
- Made /etc/samba/smb.conf and firewall configuration files writable from CD
- Added index, recoverdm, mtr and wmapm
- Added --passive-ftp option to scripts
- Small changes to HD install script
- Added Synaptic script (experimental)
- Small changes to Getting Started HOWTO
- Fixed ABS size, tcc, and keymap selection
- Made xterm colours match up
- SSHd, NFS services and the Monkey webserver are now startable from the boot line (e.g. knoppix monkey).
- Added APM support
- Updated wman
- Changed restoration system (now specify files to restore in restore.list)
- Made sudo work properly on HD installs

Changes from 0.3.7 to 0.3.8:
- Fixed Sylpheed size
- Added Mplayer config files
- Added Arno's iptables script and fwb-run (thanks to Sundance)
- Fixed xterm menu colours
- Added online manpages and HOWTOs links on the Fluxbox menu
- Added wman, an online manpage viewer script
- Added Getting Started HOWTO
- Changed Opera script to work properly from HD
- Made small changes to the HD install script
- Added Mutella, fbset and Chipmunk Basic
- Feather now runs as user knoppix
- Rewrote restoration system - now you need to type restore=sda1 restore=hda1, etc.
- Added script to install the Gimp

Changes from 0.3.6 to 0.3.7:
- Added betaftpd, gqcam, e3, lua, ettercap, wavemon, wmsetbg, iptables (no firewall config script as yet)
- Made some changes to sndconfig
- Removed the "nolisten tcp" option for the Xvesa and Xfbdev servers
- Organised the menu into some semblance of order
- Added localscript.sh in /home/knoppix so you can execute custom commands on bootup by USB, floppy or HD restore
- Added Flash script
- Changed Firefox script to work with 586 machines
- Tweaked apt a little
- Removed swat