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Linux optimus.applianceware.com 2.4.3 #2 SMP Wed Apr 18 06:00:29 PDT 2001 i686 unknown
 
Gnu C                  2.96
Gnu make               3.79.1
binutils               2.10.91.0.2
util-linux             2.10r
modutils               2.4.2
e2fsprogs              1.19
reiserfsprogs          3.x.0b
Linux C Library        2.2.2
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.2
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.57
Console-tools          0.3.3
Sh-utils               2.0
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