| Partition programs: |
|
cfdisk
|
curses-based disk partition table manipulator |
|
fdisk
|
partition table manipulator
|
|
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 |
| Filesystem Tools: |
|
btrfs
|
btrfs is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux |
|
Bonnie++
|
benchmark suite aimed at performing a number of simple tests |
|
curlftpfs
|
filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl |
|
dbench
|
filesystem benchmark |
|
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 |
|
IOzone
|
filesystem benchmark tool |
|
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
|
| 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 |
|
ePDFView
|
lightweight PDF document viewer |
|
galculator
|
GTK+ scientific calculator |
|
Google-Chrome
|
web browser |
|
GPicView
|
GTK+ image viewer |
|
gtk-lshw
|
GTK+ front-end for lshw |
|
GSmartControl
|
HDD health inspection tool (GUI for smartctl) |
|
ISO Master
|
GUI CD image editor
|
|
hardinfo
|
system profiler and benchmark
|
|
Mount-gtk
|
front end for pmount |
|
Leafpad
|
GTK+ based simple text editor |
|
LXMusic
|
minimalist music player for LXDE |
|
LXTerminal
|
VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE |
|
PCman FM
|
file manager
|
|
SimpleBurn
|
CD burning GUI |
|
TrueCrypt
|
software system for on-the-fly-encrypted volumes |
|
XChat
|
IRC chat program |
|
Xarchiver
|
GTK+2 only frontend to various command line archivers |
| Console Utilities: |
|
BlueZ
|
official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack
|
|
bzip2
|
(replaced by pigz)
|
|
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 |
|
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
|
|
ext3grep
|
recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 partition
|
|
extundelete
|
tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 file systems
|
|
file
|
determine file type |
|
gzip
|
(replaced by pigz)
|
|
hdparm
|
get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters |
|
hexedit
|
view and edit files in hexadecimal |
|
lftp
|
command-line file transfer program |
|
lshw
|
Hardware Lister |
|
lsof
|
list open files |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Scrounge NTFS
|
data recovery program for NTFS |
|
sdparm
|
outputs and modifies SCSI device parameters |
|
shred
|
securely delete a file |
|
smartctl
|
control and monitor utility for SMART disks |
|
stress
|
simple workload generator |
|
TestDisk
|
partition scanner and disk recovery tool |
|
TightVNC-viewer
|
remote control software package for connecting to a vnc server
|
|
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 |
