Got rid of ANSI in the Makefile - not all shells+terminals provide that.

Makefile

@@ -45,25 +45,25 @@ default: help
 .PHONY: help
 help:
 	@echo
-	@echo -e "\e[1mAvailable targets are:\e[0m"
+	@echo "Available targets are:"
 	@echo
-	@echo -e "  \e[1mkernel\e[0m     Build a Netkit kernel. The current directory must contain"
+	@echo "  kernel     Build a Netkit kernel. The current directory must contain"
 	@echo "             the source $(KERNEL_SUFFIX) package for vanilla kernel $(KERNEL_RELEASE)."
 	@echo "             If no such package is available, the makefile will attempt"
 	@echo "             to automatically download one. Other files required for the"
 	@echo "             build will be automatically downloaded too."
 	@echo
-	@echo -e "  \e[1mpackage\e[0m    Create a distributable tarball of the Netkit kernel."
+	@echo "  package    Create a distributable tarball of the Netkit kernel."
 	@echo
-	@echo -e "  \e[1mclean\e[0m      Remove files from previous builds."
+	@echo "  clean      Remove files from previous builds."
 	@echo
-	@echo -e "\e[1mAvailable variables are:\e[0m"
+	@echo "Available variables are:"
 	@echo
-	@echo -e "   \e[1mSUBARCH\e[0m   Specifies the target architecture on which the kernel is"
+	@echo "   SUBARCH   Specifies the target architecture on which the kernel is"
 	@echo "             supposed to run. Possible values are: i386, ia64, ppc, and"
 	@echo "             x86_64 (default: $(SUBARCH))."
 	@echo
-	@echo -e "   \e[1mKERNEL_RELEASE\e[0m Specifies the version of the kernel to be compiled"
+	@echo "   KERNEL_RELEASE Specifies the version of the kernel to be compiled"
 	@echo "             (default: $(KERNEL_RELEASE))."
 	@echo
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ kernel: netkit-kernel
 
 .SILENT: netkit-kernel
 netkit-kernel: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.config
-	echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32m========= Compiling the kernel... ========\e[0m"
+	echo "\n========= Compiling the kernel... ========"
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PACKAGE_DIR)/netkit/kernel
 	+$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/ all ARCH=um SUBARCH=$(SUBARCH) INSTALL_MOD_PATH="../../$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PACKAGE_DIR)/netkit/kernel/$(MODULES_DIR)"
 	+$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/ modules ARCH=um SUBARCH=$(SUBARCH) INSTALL_MOD_PATH="../../$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PACKAGE_DIR)/netkit/kernel/$(MODULES_DIR)"
@@ -83,28 +83,28 @@ netkit-kernel: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.config
 
 .SILENT: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.patched
 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.patched: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.unpacked
-	echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32m==========  Applying patches... ==========\e[0m"
+	echo "\n==========  Applying patches... =========="
 	cd $(CURDIR)/$(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR) && find "$(CURDIR)/$(PATCHES_DIR)" -name "*.diff" -type f -print0 | xargs -I '{}' -0 -n 1 /bin/sh -c "patch -p1 < '{}'"
 	: > $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.patched
 
 .SILENT: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.config
 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.config: netkit-kernel-config-$(SUBARCH) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.patched
-	echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32m======= Configuring the kernel... ========\e[0m"
+	echo "\n======= Configuring the kernel... ========"
 	ln -fs netkit-kernel-config-$(SUBARCH) netkit-kernel-config-$(SUBARCH)-$(KERNEL_RELEASE)-$(NK_KERNEL_RELEASE)
 	sed 's/CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=.*/CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-netkit-$(NK_KERNEL_RELEASE)"/' netkit-kernel-config-$(SUBARCH) > $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.config
 	+$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/ silentoldconfig ARCH=um SUBARCH=$(SUBARCH)
 
 .SILENT: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.unpacked
 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.unpacked: $(KERNEL_PACKAGE)
-	echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32m======== Unpacking the kernel... =========\e[0m"
+	echo "\n======== Unpacking the kernel... ========="
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 	unxz < $(KERNEL_PACKAGE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) -xf -
 	: > $(BUILD_DIR)/$(KERNEL_DIR)/.unpacked
 
 pull: $(KERNEL_PACKAGE)
 
 $(KERNEL_PACKAGE):
-	echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[33m====== Retrieving kernel tarball... ======\e[0m"
+	echo "\n====== Retrieving kernel tarball... ======"
 	wget $(KERNEL_URL)
 
 .PHONY: package