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The LEAF "Bering" distribution is derived from Charles Steinkuehler's Dachstein (rc2). It differs from it on two key elements:
The main objectives are:
To benefit from the netfilter/iptables facilities
To have access to the latest kernel device drivers & filesystems
To keep everything available on a single floppy for the largest possible user's base (including serial modem, cable modem or ADSL PPP/PPPOE users)
To keep the simplicity provided by Dachstein
To stick to a standard linux kernel as much as possible. This allows LEAF "Bering" usage and developement in a virtual environment
To stick as much as possible to the Debian distribution structure
This work was made possible after having proposed a solution to get
rid of the original kernel LRP patches which do not pass the change
introduced in initrd in the 2.4.10 kernel. The
interested reader can refer to the leaf-devel mailing list archives.