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Linux n24 2.4.24 #2 Mon Jan 26 15:59:45 CET 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
 
Gnu C                  3.3.3
Gnu make               3.80
binutils               2.14.90.0.6
util-linux             2.12
mount                  2.11x
module-init-tools      0.9.15-pre2
e2fsprogs              1.35-WIP
jfsutils               1.1.2
reiserfsprogs          3.6.11
reiser4progs           line
xfsprogs               2.5.11
pcmcia-cs              3.2.5
PPP                    2.4.2b3
nfs-utils              1.0.5
Linux C Library        2.3.2
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.3.2
Procps                 3.1.12
Net-tools              1.60
Console-tools          0.2.3
Sh-utils               5.0
Modules Loaded         e1000 ehci-hcd pcmcia_core nls_iso8859-1 ntfs msdos reiserfs ext3 jbd agpgart autofs4 i810_audio ac97_codec soundcore i810_rng serial usb-uhci usbcore rtc e100 crc32 nfs lockd sunrpc af_packet