diff --git a/processing/build/linux/.cvsignore b/processing/build/linux/.cvsignore
index 775565e7a..8d4921dba 100644
--- a/processing/build/linux/.cvsignore
+++ b/processing/build/linux/.cvsignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 work
+processing-*.tgz
+
 
diff --git a/processing/build/linux/dist.sh b/processing/build/linux/dist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8099f5ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processing/build/linux/dist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+REVISION=`head -c 4 ../../../todo.txt`
+
+./make.sh
+
+echo Creating linux distribution for revision $REVISION...
+
+# remove any old boogers
+rm -rf processing
+rm -f processing-*.tgz
+
+# use 'shared' files as starting point
+cp -r ../shared processing
+# something like the following might be better:
+# find / -name "*.mp3" -exec rm -f {}\;
+# and same for cvsignore
+rm -rf processing/CVS
+rm -rf processing/lib/CVS
+rm -rf processing/fonts/CVS
+rm -rf processing/reference/CVS
+rm -rf processing/reference/images/CVS
+rm -rf processing/sketchbook/CVS
+rm -rf processing/sketchbook/default/CVS
+rm -f processing/sketchbook/default/.cvsignore
+# will need to add a zillion of these for the reference..
+
+# add java (jre) files
+#tar --extract --verbose --file=jre.tgz --ungzip --directory=processing
+tar --extract --file=jre.tgz --ungzip --directory=processing
+
+# directories used by the app
+mkdir processing/lib/build
+
+# grab pde.jar and export from the working dir
+cp work/lib/pde.jar processing/lib/
+cp -r work/lib/export processing/lib/
+rm -rf processing/lib/export/CVS
+
+# get platform-specific goodies from the dist dir
+#cp dist/run.bat processing/
+#cp dist/run95.bat processing/
+cp dist/Proce55ing processing/
+cp dist/lib/pde.properties_linux processing/lib/
+
+# make sure notes.txt is unix LFs
+# the 2> is because the app is a little chatty
+dos2unix processing/notes.txt 2> /dev/null
+dos2unix processing/lib/pde.properties 2> /dev/null
+dos2unix processing/lib/pde.properties_windows 2> /dev/null
+
+# zip it all up for release
+echo Creating tarball and finishing...
+P5=processing-$REVISION
+mv processing $P5
+tar cfz $P5.tgz $P5
+#zip -rq $P5.zip $P5
+# nah, keep the new directory around
+#rm -rf $P5
+
+echo Done.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/processing/build/linux/dist/Proce55ing b/processing/build/linux/dist/Proce55ing
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..085f70103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processing/build/linux/dist/Proce55ing
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+./java/bin/java -cp lib:lib/build:lib/pde.jar:lib/kjc.jar:lib/oro.jar PdeBase
diff --git a/processing/build/linux/make.sh b/processing/build/linux/make.sh
index c131f7bb5..c01345971 100755
--- a/processing/build/linux/make.sh
+++ b/processing/build/linux/make.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if test -d work
 then
 
 else
-  echo Setting up directories to build P5...
+  echo Setting up directories to build for linux...
   mkdir work
   tar --extract --verbose --file=jre.tgz --ungzip --directory=work
   cp -r ../shared/lib work/
diff --git a/processing/build/windows/dist.sh b/processing/build/windows/dist.sh
index e2d22f366..36f7b0030 100755
--- a/processing/build/windows/dist.sh
+++ b/processing/build/windows/dist.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-REVISION=`head -c 4 ../shared/../../../todo.txt`
-
-#if ($1 == '') then
-#  echo usage: ./make.sh NNNN, with version number as NNNN
-#  exit
-#fi
+REVISION=`head -c 4 ../../../todo.txt`
 
 ./make.sh
 
@@ -42,8 +37,9 @@ cp -r work/lib/export processing/lib/
 rm -rf processing/lib/export/CVS
 
 # get platform-specific goodies from the dist dir
-cp dist/run.bat processing/
-cp dist/run95.bat processing/
+cp dist/Proce55ing.bat processing/
+#cp dist/run.bat processing/
+#cp dist/run95.bat processing/
 cp dist/lib/pde.properties_windows processing/lib/
 
 # convert notes.txt to windows LFs
diff --git a/processing/build/windows/dist/run.bat b/processing/build/windows/dist/Proce55ing.bat
similarity index 97%
rename from processing/build/windows/dist/run.bat
rename to processing/build/windows/dist/Proce55ing.bat
index c19da23e3..ae0a7483b 100755
--- a/processing/build/windows/dist/run.bat
+++ b/processing/build/windows/dist/Proce55ing.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-@echo off
-.\java\bin\java -cp lib;lib\build;lib\pde.jar;lib\kjc.jar;lib\oro.jar PdeBase
+@echo off
+.\java\bin\java -cp lib;lib\build;lib\pde.jar;lib\kjc.jar;lib\oro.jar PdeBase