Partition programs • cfdisk — curses-based disk partition table manipulator • fdisk — partition table manipulator • fixparts — designed to correct common problems with computer partition tables • gdisk — text-mode partitioning tool that works on GPT disks • gpart — guess PC-type hard disk partitions • GParted — partition editor that uses libparted • parted — partition manipulation program • sfdisk — partition table manipulator
File System Programs • btrfs — btrfs is a new copy on write file system for Linux • Bonnie + + — benchmark suite aimed at performing a number of simple tests • curlftpfs — file system for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl • dbench — file system benchmark programs • diskdev_cmds — OSX-ported, HFS + programs supplying mkfs and fsck • dosfstools — programs to create and check MS-DOS FAT file systems • e2fsprogs — ext2 file system programs and libraries • EncFS — provides an encrypted file system in user space • fsarchiver — save contents of a file system to a compressed archive file • FUSE — file system in userspace • hfsplus — set of tools to access HFS + file systems • IOzone — file system benchmark tool • ntfs-3g/ntfsprogs — third generation NTFS driver and tools for doing neat things with NTFS • ObexFS — FUSE based filesystem using ObexFTP • reiserfsprogs — user-level tools for ReiserFS file systems • sshfs — file system client based on SSH • vmfs-tools — access VMFS through standard Linux VFS via FUSE • xfsprogs — programs for managing XFS file systems • zfs-fuse — a port of the ZFS file system from Sun
Booting Loader Programs • grub — GRand Unified Bootloader • HDT (Hardware Detection Tool) — Syslinux com32 hardware analyzer module • install-mbr — installs and configures a Master Boot Record manager • lilo — LInux LOader • Memtest86 + — advanced memory diagnostic tool • ms-sys — used to create Microsoft-compatible boot records • syslinux — bootloaders for FAT12/16/32, bootable «El Torito» (iso9660), ext2/? and brtfs file systems
X Programs • Audacious — Audacious is an open source audio player • Asunder — Asunder is a graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder • arandr — designed to provide a simple visual front end for XRandR • Blueman Device Manager — Blueman is a GTK + Bluetooth Manager • ClamTk Virus Scanner — A GUI front-end for ClamAV • Conky — lightweight system monitor • CUPS — CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system • ddrescue-gui — A python script to make it easier to use ddrescue • Evince Document Viewer — Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats • feh — an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users • File Roller — archive manager • Firefox — open source web browser • galculator — GTK + scientific calculator • GEncFS — GUI to EncFS, for encrypted directory mounting • gtkdialog — small utility for fast and easy GUI building • gtk-lshw — GTK + front-end for lshw • GSmartControl — HDD health inspection tool (GUI for smartctl) • GSSHFS — GUI to SSHFS, for distant directory over SSH mounting • hardinfo — system profiler and benchmark • ISO Master — GUI CD image editor • Leafpad — GTK + based simple text editor • lilosetup — a GUI utility to configure LILO bootloader • Mirage Image Viewer — Mirage is a fast and simple GTK + image viewer • netwag — a graphical front-end to netwox • NetworkManager — Great Networking powered by DBUS • Parcellite — Parcellite is a lightweight GTK + clipboard manager • pyneighborhood — an OpenSource GTK + based SMB / CIFS Browsing utility • ROX-Filer — a simple and easy to use graphical file manager for X11 • ROXTerm — ROXTerm is a terminal emulator intended to provide similar features to gnome-terminal, based on the same VTE library • SciTE — A free source code editor for Win32 and X • spacefm — a file manager with built-in VFS, udev-based device manager, customizable menu system, and bash integration • systester — Test your system’s stability and performance by calculating millions of digits of Pi • TigerVNC Viewer — a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC • TrueCrypt — software system for on-the-fly-encrypted volumes • UNetbootin — create bootable, Live USB drives for Linux distros without burning a CD • WICD — A network connection manager that aims to simplify wired and wireless networking in Linux • XChat — IRC chat program • xclamscan — GUI for the ClamAV anti-virus • Xdialog — designed to be a drop in replacement for the «dialog» or «cdialog» programs • xfburn — Xfburn is a simple CD / DVD burning tool based on libburnia libraries • Yad — (yet another dialog) is a fork of Zenity with many improvements • Zenity — allows you to display GTK dialog boxes in commandline and shell scripts
Console Programs • AlsaMixer — soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface • arpwatch — a tool for monitoring Address Resolution Protocol traffic on a computer network • bar — a simple tool to copy a stream of data and print a display for the user • BlueZ — official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack • bzip2recover — recover data from damaged bz2 files • cdrtools — allows recording to CD / DVD / BluRay media • chntpw — utility to (re) set passwords of local accounts on Windows systems • ClamAV — open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX • Clonezilla — OpenSource clone system • cmospwd — decrypts passwords stored in CMOS used to access BIOS setup • consoleKit — ConsoleKit is a framework for defining and tracking users, login sessions, and seats • cURL — tool for transferring files with URL syntax • dcfldd — enhanced version of GNU dd • dc3dd — patched version of GNU dd • GNU dd — convert and copy a file • ddrescue — does not abort on errors on the input file • device-mapper — kernel component that supports LVM • di (Disk Information Utility) — disk information programs • diff — compares two files, showing differences line by line • disktype — detect content format of disk or disk image • dislocker — designed to read BitLocker encrypted partitions under Linux and Mac OSX systems • dmidecode — reports information about your system’s hardware • dmraid — discover and activate software (ATA) RAID • DRBL — Diskless Remote Boot in Linux • dvd + rw-tools — makes it possible to burn DVD images • ELinks — text mode web browser • ethtool — standard Linux utility for controlling network drivers and hardware • ext3grep — recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 file systems • extundelete — tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 file systems • file — determine file type • flashrom — identify, read, write, verify, erase flash chips • gptsync — GPT partition table to MBR partition table synchronisation • hdparm — get / set ATA / SATA drive parameters • hexedit — view and edit files in hexadecimal • hfsprescue — scans a damaged image file or partition that is formatted with HFS + • iptables — administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT • lftp — command-line file transfer program • lm-sensors — Linux hardware monitoring • lshw — Hardware Lister • lsof — (LiSt Open Files) displays information about files open to processes • lspci — lists PCI buses and devices in the system • lsscsi — lists information about SCSI devices • lsusb — lists USB devices • lzip — gzip-like command line tool which uses LZMA compression • md5deep — a set of programs to compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, Tiger, or Whirlpool message digests on an arbitrary number of files • mdadm — manage MD devices, aka Linux Software Raid • Midnight Commander — file manager • modem-manager — D-Bus service for managing modems • multipath-tools — used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver • nano — editor aimed to replace Pico • nbd — network block device, client and server. • nmap — programs for network discovery and security auditing • ntp — Network Time Protocol • Nwipe — run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN • Open-iSCSI — Open-iSCSI project is a high performance, transport independent, multi-platform implementation of RFC3720 • openSSH — encrypt sessions using the SSH protocol • openSSL — open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols • partclone — a project similar to the well-known backup utility • partclone-utils — partclone-utils contains a utility for use with partclone generated images • partimage — utility which saves partitions to an image file • perl — a highly capable, feature-rich programming language • PhotoRec — digital photo recovery • pigz — parallel implementation of gzip that exploits multiple processors & cores • plzip — parallel lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm • polkit — a toolkit for handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes • pv (pipe viewer) — monitors the progress of data through a pipeline • pxz — a compression utility that runs LZMA compression of different parts of an input file on multiple processors simultaneously • rdiff-backup — rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network • reglookup — direct analysis of Windows NT-based registry files • RP-PPPoE — PPPoE client for Linux to connect to PPPoE service providers • rsync — fast incremental file transfer • rTorrent — text-based ncurses BitTorrent client • safecopy — data recovery tool • samba — the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix • Scrounge NTFS — data recovery program for NTFS • sdparm — outputs and modifies SCSI device parameters • shorewall — a gateway / firewall configuration tool for GNU / Linux • shred — securely delete a file • smartctl — control and monitor utility for SMART disks • stress — simple workload generator • sudo — execute a command as another user • TestDisk — partition scanner and disk recovery tool • udevil — a program that mounts and unmounts devices without a password, shows device info, and monitors device changes • udisks — a daemon that serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus • UDPcast — transfer tool that can multicast data on a LAN • unarj — program used to uncompress. arj format archives • wpa_supplicant — implementation of an IEEE 802.11i supplicant • wipe — secure, file wiping utility • zenmap — the official Nmap Security Scanner GUI • zerofree — Zerofree finds the unallocated, non-zeroed blocks in an ext2 or ext3 file-system and fills