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dos2unix missing (Ubuntu 10.04)

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dos2unix missing (Ubuntu 10.04)
Yet another „feature“ from the developers of ubuntu to simplify life. „dos2unix“ and „unix2dos“ are missing in version 10.04 (Lucid).
First of all, install dos2unix package:
sudo aptitude install tofrodos
Then if you want „dos2unix“ type „fromdos“ and if you want „unix2dos„, type „todos„.

Debian on the Lemote YeeLoong

Loongson Club logoLemote YeeLoong dragon mascotSo, I bought myself a Lemote YeeLoong 8089B „notebook“. Well, actually its more a netbook. As I had such god success with Debian on my SGI O2, I wanted to try a more modern MIPS based device. Something that I could actually use for something other than just show of as fancy old school hardware to my buddies. Lemote’s YeeLoong with its Chinese „dragon chip“ Loongson, a reverse engineered, MIPS compatible CPU, provided me with just that thing.

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