diff --git a/mk/linux/makerelease.sh b/mk/linux/makerelease.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/mk/linux/makerelease.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION=`autoconf -t AC_INIT | sed -e 's/[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:\([^:]*\):.*/\1/g'`
+RELEASENAME=megaglest-source
+RELEASEDIR="`pwd`/release/$RELEASENAME-$VERSION"
+
+echo "Creating source package in $RELEASEDIR"
+
+rm -rf $RELEASEDIR
+mkdir -p $RELEASEDIR
+# copy sources
+pushd "`pwd`/../../source"
+find glest_game/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
+find shared_lib/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
+find glest_map_editor/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
+find g3d_viewer/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
+find configurator/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
+popd
+AUTOCONFSTUFF="configure.ac autogen.sh Jamrules Jamfile `find mk/jam -name "*.jam"` `find mk/autoconf -name "*.m4" -o -name "config.*" -o -name "*sh"`"
+
+cp -p --parents $AUTOCONFSTUFF $RELEASEDIR
+cp -p ../../docs/readme*.txt ../../docs/*license*.txt $RELEASEDIR
+cp -p glest.ini $RELEASEDIR
+
+pushd $RELEASEDIR
+./autogen.sh
+popd
+
+pushd release
+PACKAGE="$RELEASENAME-$VERSION.tar.bz2"
+echo "creating $PACKAGE"
+tar -c --bzip2 -f "$PACKAGE" "$RELEASENAME-$VERSION"
+popd
diff --git a/mk/linux/start_configuration b/mk/linux/start_configuration
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index 000000000..36faa9514
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+++ b/mk/linux/start_configuration
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Library directory
+LIBDIR="lib"
+
+# If we are launching from a symlink, such as /usr/local/bin/runglest.sh, we need to get where
+# the symlink points to
+pth="`readlink $0`"
+
+# $pth will be empty if our start path wasnt a symlink
+if [ $pth ]; then
+	GAMEDIR="`dirname $pth`"
+else
+	GAMEDIR="`dirname $0`"
+fi
+
+# Change to the game dir, and go!
+cd $GAMEDIR
+# export game library directory
+test -n "${LIBDIR}" && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GAMEDIR}/${LIBDIR}"
+
+./glest_configurator
+# ./glest > /tmp/`date +"%F_%k-%M-%S"`.glest.log 2>&1
+
diff --git a/mk/linux/start_editor b/mk/linux/start_editor
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index 000000000..012922630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mk/linux/start_editor
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Library directory
+LIBDIR="lib"
+
+# If we are launching from a symlink, such as /usr/local/bin/runglest.sh, we need to get where
+# the symlink points to
+pth="`readlink $0`"
+
+# $pth will be empty if our start path wasnt a symlink
+if [ $pth ]; then
+	GAMEDIR="`dirname $pth`"
+else
+	GAMEDIR="`dirname $0`"
+fi
+
+# Change to the game dir, and go!
+cd $GAMEDIR
+# export game library directory
+test -n "${LIBDIR}" && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GAMEDIR}/${LIBDIR}"
+
+./glest_editor
+# ./glest > /tmp/`date +"%F_%k-%M-%S"`.glest.log 2>&1
+