To add/remove init script links:

update-rc.d <options>

To create a new Debianized kernel package: http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=532

• Download (kernel.org) and install kernel source and patches to /usr/src/linux
• Backup existing config
• Run config program of choice or run make oldconfig to reuse old config
• make-kpkg clean
• make-kpkg -rev Custom.1.0 kernel_image
• all kernel parts and modules will be built and a deb created in /usr/src
• install kernel image, tweak lilo, reboot

Installation via USB floppy:

• http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop-0205/msg00157.html
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop-0205/msg00158.html
• http://mobilix.org/Mobile-Guide.db/Mobile-Guide.html

• http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=535

• http://www.vlug.org/vlug/meetings/X-terminal_presentation/details.html

netselect:: This is netselect, an ultrafast intelligent parallelizing binary-search implementation of “ping.” You give it a (possibly very long) list of servers, and it chooses the fastest/closest one automatically. It's good for finding the fastest ftp.debian.org mirror, the least laggy IRC server, or the best Squid neighbour. This version also includes netselect-apt, which creates an apt sources.list file automatically from the huge list of Debian mirrors.

bidwatcher:: Bidwatcher is a tool for eBay users (eBay is a giant internet auction site). It is a stand alone application that can track auctions and perform automated bids called 'snipes'. (Note that the Debian package seems to be different than the one in the wild at http://www.midwestcs.com/bidwatcher/ One of them should work ok.)

licq:: Command to run in a console: licq -p console You will need to run the X version with licq -p qt-gui the next time you run the app or it will startup in console mode again. If switching back and forth between modes, edit the command line of the version used in X to explicitly call the qt-gui option all the time; it won't hurt anything. Disable sounds while running in console mode or you'll get output error messages written to your screen.

dh-make-perl:: download module from CPAN archive and make it into a Debian package

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