| Partition programs: |
| | cfdisk | curses-based disk partition table manipulator |
| | fdisk | partition table manipulator
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| | gpart | guess PC-type hard disk partitions
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| | GParted | partition editor that uses libparted |
| | parted | partition manipulation program |
| | sfdisk | partition table manipulator |
| Filesystem Tools: |
| | btrfs | btrfs is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux |
| | curlftpfs | filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl |
| | diskdev_cmds | OSX-ported, HFS+ utilities supplying mkfs and fsck |
| | dosfstools | utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems |
| | e2fsprogs | ext2 filesystem utilities and libraries |
| | fsarchiver | save contents of a file-system to a compressed archive file |
| | FUSE | filesystem in userspace |
| | hfsplus | set of tools to access HFS+ filesystems |
| | ntfs-3g | third generation NTFS driver |
| | ntfsprogs | tools for doing neat things with NTFS |
| | reiser4progs | administration utilities for Reiser4 filesystems |
| | reiserfsprogs | user-level tools for ReiserFS filesystems |
| | sshfs | filesystem client based on ssh |
| | xfsprogs
| utilities for managing XFS filesystems
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| Booting Loader Tools: |
| | grub | GRand Unified Bootloader |
| | install-mbr | installs and configures a Master Boot Record manager |
| | lilo | LInux LOader |
| | ms-sys | used to create Microsoft compatible boot records |
| | syslinux | bootloaders for FAT, bootable "El Torito", and ext{2,3} filesystems |
| | hdt | (Hardware Detection Tool, Syslinux com32 hardware analyzer module) |
| X Utilities: |
| | Conky | lightweight system monitor |
| | Firefox | webrowser |
| | FireFTP | secure, cross-platform FTP client for Firefox |
| | galculator | GTK+ scientific calculator |
| | GPicView | GTK+ image viewer |
| | gtk-lshw | GTK+ front-end for lshw |
| | ISO Master | GUI CD image editor
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| | hardinfo | system profiler and benchmark
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| | Mount-gtk
| front end for pmount |
| | Leafpad | GTK+ based simple text editor |
| | PCMan | file manager |
| | ROXTerm | terminal emulator with tabs and multiple windows |
| | TrueCrypt | software system for on-the-fly-encrypted volumes |
| | XChat | IRC chat program |
| | Xarchiver | GTK+2 only frontend to various command line archivers |
| | Xfburn | CD burning GUI |
| Console Utilities: |
| | bzip2 | (replaced by pigz)
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| | bzip2recover | recover data from damaged bz2 files |
| | clonezilla
| partitioning and disk cloning utility similar to Symantec Ghost |
| | cURL | tool for transferring files with URL syntax |
| | dcfldd | enhanced version of GNU dd |
| | dc3dd | patched version of GNU dd |
| | 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 |
| | diff | compares two files, showing differences line by line |
| | disktype | detect content format of disk or disk image |
| | dmidecode | reports information about your system's hardware |
| | dmraid | discover and activate software (ATA)RAID
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| | DRBL | Diskless Remote Boot in Linux |
| | ext3grep | tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 file systems
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| | file | determine file type |
| | GSmartControl | HDD health inspection tool (GUI for smartctl) |
| | gzip | (replaced by pigz)
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| | hdparm | get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters |
| | hexedit | view and edit files in hexadecimal |
| | lftp | command-line file transfer program |
| | lshw | Hardware Lister |
| | lspci | lists PCI buses and devices in the system |
| | lsscsi | lists information about SCSI devices |
| | lsusb | lists USB devices |
| | mdadm | manage MD devices, aka Linux Software Raid |
| | Midnight Commander | file manager |
| | multipath-tools | used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver |
| | myrescue | rescue still-readable data from a damaged harddisk |
| | nano | editor aimed to replace Pico |
| | 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 |
| | partimage | utility which saves partitions to an image file |
| | PhotoRec | digital photo recovery |
| | pigz
| parallel implementation of gzip that exploits multiple processors & cores |
| | pmount | permits removable device mounting without matching /etc/fstab entry |
| | pv | monitors the progress of data through a pipeline |
| | rsync | fast incremental file transfer |
| | safecopy | data recovery tool |
| | sdparm | outputs and modifies SCSI device parameters |
| | shred | securely delete a file |
| | smartctl | control and monitor utility for SMART disks |
| | TestDisk | partition scanner and disk recovery tool |
| | TightVNC-viewer
| remote control software package for connecting to a vnc server
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| | 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 |
