diff --git a/fbsize/Makefile b/fbsize/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c98ce96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fbsize/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# 
+# kyak@freenode/#qi-hardware
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=fbsize
+PKG_VERSION:=0.0.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/fbsize
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=fbsize shows current terminal size
+  SUBMENU:=Terminal
+endef
+
+define Package/fbsize/description
+  fbsize, a small utility to show current terminal size (might be handy)
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(TARGET_CC) -o $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/fbsize ./files/fbsize.c
+endef
+
+define Package/fbsize/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) \
+		$(1)/usr/bin
+
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
+		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/fbsize \
+		$(1)/usr/bin/fbsize
+
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,fbsize))
diff --git a/fbsize/files/fbsize.c b/fbsize/files/fbsize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..556dfa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fbsize/files/fbsize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <sys/ioctl.h> 
+#include <string.h> 
+#include <errno.h> 
+#include <stdlib.h> 
+#include <stdio.h> 
+
+int 
+main(int argc,char **argv) 
+{ 
+struct winsize ws; 
+
+if (ioctl(0,TIOCGWINSZ,&ws)!=0) { 
+fprintf(stderr,"TIOCGWINSZ:%s\n",strerror(errno)); 
+exit(1); 
+} 
+printf("row=%d, col=%d, xpixel=%d, ypixel=%d\n", 
+ws.ws_row,ws.ws_col,ws.ws_xpixel,ws.ws_ypixel); 
+return 0; 
+}
diff --git a/snownews/Makefile b/snownews/Makefile
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index 0000000..0d990b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snownews/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=snownews
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.12
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://kiza.kcore.de/media/software/snownews/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=80da8943fc5aa96571924aec0087d4c0
+
+#
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/snownews
+	SECTION:=utils
+	CATEGORY:=Utilities
+	DEPENDS:=+libncurses +libxml2 +libopenssl +zlib
+	TITLE:=SnowNews
+	URL:=http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/
+endef
+
+define Package/snownews/description
+	RSS feed reader
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+	$(call Build/Compile/Default,\
+	EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libintl/include -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libiconv/include -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include"\
+	EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/ -L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libintl/lib -L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libiconv/lib -liconv -lcharset -lintl -lm -lz "\
+		)
+endef
+
+define Package/snownews/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/snownews $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(STRIP) $(1)/usr/bin/snownews
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,snownews))
diff --git a/snownews/patches/Makefile.patch b/snownews/patches/Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f15359f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snownews/patches/Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- snownews-1.5.12/Makefile	2009-09-17 08:44:27.000000000 +0200
++++ snownews-1.5.12m/Makefile	2010-07-28 12:14:11.000000000 +0200
+@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
+ 
+ ### Compiler/linker flags   ###
+ ### Generated via configure ###
+-include platform_settings
++PREFIX=  /usr
++CFLAGS=  -Wall -Wno-format-y2k -O2 -DLOCALEPATH="\"$(LOCALEPATH)\"" -DOS=\"Linux\" -I/usr/include/libxml2 $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) 
++LDFLAGS= -lncurses -lcrypto -lxml2 $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) 
+ 
+ ### Object files ###
+ OBJFILES= main.o netio.o interface.o xmlparse.o updatecheck.o conversions.o dialog.o ui-support.o categories.o about.o cookies.o setup.o net-support.o digcalc.o filters.o io-internal.o os-support.o zlib_interface.o support.o