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), ext2/3/4 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
