diff --git a/crypt-dev.rand.key b/crypt-dev.rand.key
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0a1d97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypt-dev.rand.key
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# cLinux
+# Nico Schottelius (nico-linux@schottelius.org)
+# 2004-12
+# 
+dd if=/dev/urandom bs=512 count=2 | cryptsetup create swap "$1"
+#dd if=/dev/urandom bs=512 count=2 | cryptsetup create swap /dev/hda6 
diff --git a/install-packages b/install-packages
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9f8c3f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-packages
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# cLinux
+# Nico Schottelius (nico-linux@schottelius.org)
+# 2004-12
+# 
+
+PACKAGES=$@
+
+
+ALL_PACKAGES=`
diff --git a/link-subdir b/link-subdir
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c0cc5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link-subdir
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux //@// schottelius.org>
+# Date: 13-Mär-2007
+# Last Modified: -
+# Description: Links files from /usr/packages/$pkg/$dir/* to /usr/local/$dir
+#
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+   echo "$0: package (below /usr/packages/) subdir (like bin, lib or include)"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+basedir="$1"
+subdir="$2"
+destination=/usr/local
+ddir="${destination}/${subdir}"
+
+# test for existence, abort if conflicts are there
+do_exit=0
+for file in "${basedir}/${subdir}"/*; do
+   basename=$(basename "$file")
+   dest="${ddir}/${basename}"
+
+   if [ -e "${dest}" ]; then
+      echo "${dest} already exists, abort"
+      do_exit=1
+   fi
+done
+
+if [ "$do_exit" = 1 ]; then
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# link!
+for file in "${basedir}/${subdir}"/*; do
+   ln -s "$file" "$ddir"
+done
+
+
diff --git a/link-subdir-hard b/link-subdir-hard
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50fc524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link-subdir-hard
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux //@// schottelius.org>
+# Date: 13-Mär-2007
+# Last Modified: -
+# Description: Links files from /usr/packages/$pkg/$dir/* to /usr/local/$dir
+#
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+   echo "$0: package (below /usr/packages/) subdir (like bin, lib or include)"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+basedir="$1"
+subdir="$2"
+destination=/usr/local
+ddir="${destination}/${subdir}"
+
+# link!
+for file in "${basedir}/${subdir}"/*; do
+   if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+      ln "$file" "$ddir"
+   else
+      # directory
+      ln -s "$file" "$ddir"
+   fi
+done
+
+
diff --git a/mkcrypt.swap b/mkcrypt.swap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cac76cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkcrypt.swap
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# cLinux
+# Nico Schottelius (nico-linux@schottelius.org)
+# 2004-12-29
+# create swap devices from $argv
+
+i=0
+for i in devices ...
+   crypt-dev.rand.key "$1" 
+###dd if=/dev/urandom bs=512 count=2 | cryptsetup create swap "$1"
+####dd if=/dev/urandom bs=512 count=2 | cryptsetup create swap /dev/hda6 
diff --git a/permissions.group-work b/permissions.group-work
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e14ec7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/permissions.group-work
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux@schottelius.org>
+# Date: 09-Nov-2005
+# Last Modified: -
+#
+
+find "$1" -type d -exec chmod 0770 {} \;
+find "$1" -type f -exec chmod u+rw,g+rw,o-rwx {} \;
diff --git a/permissions.private b/permissions.private
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8553535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/permissions.private
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux@schottelius.org>
+# Date: 09-Nov-2005
+# Last Modified: -
+#
+
+find "$1" -exec chmod og-rwx {} \;
diff --git a/permissions.public b/permissions.public
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d9c1f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/permissions.public
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux@schottelius.org>
+# Date: 09-Nov-2005
+# Last Modified: -
+#
+
+find "$1" -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
+find "$1" -type f -exec chmod a+r {} \;
diff --git a/reread-partition b/reread-partition
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ed9fb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reread-partition
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# cLinux
+# Nico Schottelius (nico-linux@schottelius.org)
+# 2004-12
+# 
+
+hdparm -z $1
diff --git a/tune-ide-hd b/tune-ide-hd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b202c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tune-ide-hd
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Nico Schottelius (nico-linux@schottelius.org)
+# 2004-12
+# 
+
+hdparm -d1 -c1 $1