| name | rating | class | comments |
| === PROC TOOLZ === | |||
| Htop | ? | process viewer | |
| Top | ? | process viewer | |
| Bootchart | reports bootcharts | ||
| grubed | Visual Grub Editor | ||
| KCron | application that schedules programs to be run | Qt | |
| Ksysguard | KDE task manager and performance monitor. | Qt | |
| === HARDWARE TOOLZ === | |||
| hardinfo | ? | system information and test | |
| lside | displays info on IDE devices | ||
| xdiskusage | ? | Disk/File Usage Monitoring tool | |
| baobab | 6* | Disk/File Usage Monitoring tool | get lastest version |
| NTFS Configuration Tool | access ntfs partitions on harddisk | ||
| LinHDD | 3* | GTK frontend for cfdisk/df/hdparm/mkfs | doesnt find SATA... |
| PyFloppy | interface for fdformat, mke2fs, mkdosfs. | ||
| CamStream | Webcam toolkit | ||
| Cheese | Webcam toolkit | ||
| EnvyNG | Allows to install lastest ATI and nVidia drivers with GUI. | Ubuntu and Debian only | |
| Bluetooth utilities for GNOME, Bluez | Allows bluetooth detection and configuration. | ||
| PhotoPrint | color printing software | ||
| Xsane | Scanner GUI | ||
| === SECURITY === | |||
| Bastille Linux | security script | ||
| PolicyKit | Sudo GUI, but in contrast does not grant root permission to an entire process, but rather allows a finer level of control centralized system policy. | ||
| AppArmor | MAC: works with file paths, what they are allowed to do. | ||
| SELinux | MAC: applies labels to files, what they are allowed to do. | ||
| pdfcrack | 6* | Bruteforces PDF files. GPL. | Command-line. |
| === PACKAGE TOOLZ & SYSTEM WIDE === | |||
| alien | package converter | ||
| deborphan | 6* | remove unneeded DEBs | |
| gtkorphan | 6* | remove unneeded DEBs, UI 4 deborphan | |
| apt-get autoclean | remove unneeded DEBs | CommandLine | |
| Adept-installer | 5* | DEB package system/UBUNTU like | qt |
| GDebI | 6* | The Debian Package installer, dpkg frontend | |
| aptitude | 6* | TextUI Package manager. Powerfull. APT/DEB | |
| synaptic | 6* | Online Package manager.APT/DEB | |
| packagesearch |
GUI for searching packages and viewing package information | qt | |
| update-manager | GNOME application that manages software updates | ||
| localepurge | Remove unneded languages | ||
| name | rating | class | comments |
| ubuntu tweak | 5* | Ubuntu tweaker | |
| Reconstructor | Ubuntu GNU/Linux CD Creator. | ||
| ? |
| name | rating | class | comments |
| === TOOLSBARS & GADGETS === | |||
| pizza_party | 6* | text-based client for ordering pizza | command-line |
| Specto | 6* | desktop application that will watch configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then trigger notifications. | Gtk |
| gdesklets.org | ? | Widget Engine |
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| Wbar | ? | Lightweight toolbar | |
| Katapult | ? | startbutton managers | qt |
| Gnome Do | ? | startbutton managers | gtk |
| Vista Start Menu for Gnome Panel | 5* | startbutton | Metacity only(?) |
| Aurora Project | 5-6* | startbutton like w1nDoZe Xp | |
| Wbar | 5* | desktop bar, launcher. Low resource usage. | |
| SimDock | 5* | desktop bar, launcher. Low resource usage. | |
| Ksmoothdock | 5* | desktop bar, launcher | Qt |
| Kiba Dock | 5* | desktop bar, launcher | |
| Engage | 5* | desktop bar, launcher | enlightment. dependant?? |
| Avant-Window-Navigator, awn | 6* | desktop bar, launcher. Powerful. | |
| Cairo Dock | 6* | desktop bar, launcher. Powerful. | |
| Raptor, Raptor-menu | 6* | Improved menu system for KDE 4 | Qt |
| Conky | ? | System Status Display | |
| gkrellm | ? | System Status Display | gtk plugin |
| Gnome System Monitor | ? | System Status Display(win CtAlDl like) | gtk |
| gnome-dictionary | ? | program which can look up the definition of words over the internet | gtk |
| gnome-search-tool | ? | perform search. | gtk |
| gnome-system-log | ? | view syslogs | gtk |
| gnome-screenshot | ? | make screenshot | gtk |
| deskbar-applet | browser-like keyword-driven url bar | Consumes 25Mb RAM! | |
| gfloppy | ? | format floppy disks | gtk |
| === FONTS === | |||
| Fontmatrix | font manager | ||
| Fonty Python | font manager | ||
| deforma | font manager | ||
| === DESKTOP ENVIRs & WMs === | |||
| Compiz Fusion | 6* | composite and effect manager(Beryl) | requires AIGLX hardware support |
| -- Compiz Config Settings Manager (CCSM) | 6* | manages configuration for compiz | |
| -- compiz-icon | 5* | sits in tray, allows WM control | |
| ROX | 5* | RISC OS Desktop IDE. | |
| OpenBox | 5* | Minimalistic WM | |
| GNOME | 6* | DE that is macos oriented.Functional. | Eats much ram. |
| -- Alacarte | 6* | menu editor for GNOME,works with the freedesktop.org menu spec | |
| -- Gnome-Art | Gnome view changer | ||
| -- Gnome-splashscreen-manager | Gnome splash changer | ||
| XFCE | 6* | Cholesterol free GNOME. Less functional. | Eats 1/4 of GNOME. |
| KDE | 5* | DE that is M$ oriented. Functional. | Eats much ram. |
| === BEST THEMES === | |||
| Ubuntu Studio Theme | Dark and nice. | GNOME. | |
| Sickness | Dark and geeky. | GNOME. | |
| brightside | ? | MouseBased Desktop Switcher | gtk |
| kneur | ? |
switches keyblayouts automatically | |
| UNSORTED YET | |||
| menu-xdg |
allows to install universal freedesktop compatible menu | ||
| beagle | ? | DesktopSearch tool | |
| darkstat | net stat daemon | ||
| mint menu | Vista-like menu for GNOME. | ||
| name | rating | class | comments |
| === CORE TOOLZ === | |||
| Vinagre | ***** | Remote Desktop(UIed) | |
| WebAdmin | web administration | ||
| Likewise Open | ? | ActiveDirectory access for *nix machines | |
| Network Manager | ? | GNOME: Adds network cofiguration GUI | |
| EtherApe | ? |
Network VIsualizator | |
| Wireshark |
6* | Network Analysator. Old name-ethereal. | |
| GWho | 5* | Graphical interface for the *NIX command "who". See in real time who logged into your machine | |
| AirSnort | 6* | Allows WIFI traffic inspection and key hijacking. | |
| Firestarter | 6* | Firewall GUI (iptables/ipchains) | |
| kmyfirewall | ? | Firewall GUI (iptables/ipchains) | qt |
| ufwgui | 4* | Firewall GUI (iptables/ipchains) | requires ufw.Can be replaced with Firestarter. |
| === REMOTE CONTROL === | |||
| Vinagre | 6* | Remote Desktop(UIed) | |
| rsync | 6* | (Remote) Sync Tool. Backups,archiving,etc. | "rsync -aHAShh --del --progress /mnt/source/ /mnt/backup" will do 1:1 copy. |
| grsync | 5* | GUI for rsync, local only | supports only a limited set of rsync features, but can be effectively used to synchronize local directories. |
| backupmon | 6* | RSYNC Backup front-end with Web Interface, email reports with attached summary. Simple to use; back up servers with a single line, or your entire server farm from a single machine. Custom email tags sort responses in your MUA. Supports authentication. | |
| Qsync | 6* | Qt-based frontend to the rsync file transfer utility, with an emphasis on initial ease-of-use, but also with the ability to be just as powerful as rsync itself. It will eventually support many, if not all, of rsync's many options. | Qt |
| Zynk | 4* | GUI for rsync | GTK, buggy |
| rsyncbackup | ? | script for scheduled backups using rsync. rsyncbackup lets you easily setup multiple source folders and destinations, both locally, on your iPod or external firewire disk, or at a remote destination using ssh. rsyncbackup has no GUI, but is based on editing configuration files. The script is meant to be run in a crontab, so user interaction is not neccesary. Basic terminal skills are required to use the program. | |
| TKsync | ? | TKsync is for syncing files and directories over encrypted SSH tunnels with rsync. It was created with the intention to give a WinSCP like user interface to rsync | CommandLine? |
| === FILESHARING === | |||
| amule | ? | Donkey P2P | |
| MLDonkey | ? | Donkey P2P | |
| Deluge | 6* | Torrent with encryption and blocklist support | best of the best |
| Ktorrent | 6* | Torrent with encryption support | qt |
| === BROWSING AND INFO-SEARCH === | |||
| Firefox | 5* | Web browser, GPLed and extensitive. | |
| Iceweasel | 6* | Firefox, without mozilla shit. Same features. | |
| Swiftweasel | 6* | Firefox, with highest optimization. Linux only. | |
| --plugin-Adblock | 6* | FF,IW plugin: filters Ads. | |
| --plugin-NoScript | 6* | FF,IW plugin: blocks Javascript+ for suspicious sites. | |
| --plugin-DownloadHelper | 6* | FF,IW plugin: allows FLV or SWF download | |
| --plugin-DownloadStatusBar | 6* | FF,IW plugin: shows download progress | |
| --plugin-DownThemAll | 6* | FF,IW plugin: download manager | |
| --plugin-CHMReader | 6* | FF,IW plugin: adds CHM-reader support | |
| === COMMUNICATION === | |||
| Pidgin | 6* | Multiprotocol(18) msger+encryption(OCR) | No micro or webcam support yet. |
| Coccinella | 5* | Jabber client with webcam,micro and draw support | Tk/Tl;Looks ugly.. |
| Ekiga | 6* | H263 SIP Telephone | |
| Twinkle | ? | H263 SIP Telephone | |
| Skype | -1 | Not opensource. Closed p2p spamming core. | |
| name | rating | class | comments |
| Evolution | ? | groupware suite: mail, calendar, address book, to-do list and memo tools | |
| ? |
| name | rating | class | comments |
| === TEXT EDITORS === |
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| EMACS |
6* | Markup and creation system. Integrated LISP. Integrated hexedit and more. Powerful. Big. |
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| XEMACS |
- | X extended emacs. Outdated. EMACS has GTK support now. |
|
| GVIM |
6* |
Specialized text editor with special commands. Powerful, but not so extensible as emacs. |
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| Mousepad/Leafpad | 5* | Easy editor. | |
| Gedit | 5* | Easy editor. Supports encodings, but heavier then Mousepad. | GTK |
| TEA | 5* | Little powerful text editor | |
| Geany | 6* | Texteditor and IDE with highlight support. | |
| Codeblocks | 6* | IDE, supporting multiple compilers and targets. | |
| Evince | 6* | It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. | GTK |
| ? | |||
| === HEX EDIT // DEBUGGERS === | |||
| Bless | 6* | Very powerful GTK hex editor. Looks simular to GHex. | Needs MONO |
| GHex | 3* | Weak and slow developing hex editor. | |
| Linice | 6* | Linux Kernel Debugger | |
| === PROGRAMMING TOOLZ === | |||
| name | rating | class | comments |
| === IMAGE === | |||
| Krita | ? | Image Editor | |
| Cinepaint | ? | Image Editor | |
| MyPaint | ? | Image Editor | |
| GiMP | 6* | Photoshop 7 level image editor | |
| Gimpshop | Gimp in photoshop look | ||
| Inkscape | 6* | vector drawing | |
| sK1+ | vector drawing | ||
| UniConvertor | vector drawing | ||
| xara | vector drawing | ||
| scribus NG | publishing system | ||
| gthumb | 6* | Image Viewer | supports GIF animations. |
| mirage | ? | Image Viewer | |
| nip2 | ? | Image Viewer | |
| ImageMagick | 5* |
Image Viewer//Convertor | X ui. More convertor, than viewer. |
| GPicView | ? | Image Viewer | |
| KuickShow | ? | Image Viewer | qt |
| Geeqie | ? | Image Viewer | |
| EyeOfGnome | Image Viewer | GTK | |
| GQview | *** | Image Viewer | doesnt support animation |
| gphoto/gtkam | 6* | Image Viewer/non USB Camera support - MTP,PTP. | command line, use gtkam for GUI |
| - gtkam-gimp | 6* | gtkam gimp plugin | |
| - gphotofs | 6* | Frontend to libgphoto2 that allows mount cameras with nonstandart filesystems. | |
| kamera | io_slave for KDE which uses gphoto2 and libgpioto allow access to your camera's pictures with the URL camera | ||
| dcraw | 6* | decode raw digital camera images | |
| F-Spot | Image suit | ||
| Phatch |
Packet image processor | ||
| hugin | make panarama | ||
| Manslide | Slideshow | ||
| === 3D === | |||
| blender | 3d editor | ||
| makehuman | blender plugin, makes humanoids | ||
| K-3D | 3dmodeller | ||
| === VIDEO === | |||
| LiVES |
Video Editor | ||
| Kino | 6* | Video Editor | |
| Avidemux | 6* | Video Editor(Vdub like) | really powerful. Binary name must be"avidemux". |
| digiKam | ? |
Image Viewer// Camera | qt |
| XVidCap | Screen recorder | ||
| HandBrake | MPG2 to MPG4AVC | ||
| WinFF | mpeg converter | ||
| DivFix++ | AVI fixer | ||
| ffmpeg2theora | A simple converter to create Ogg Theora files. | ||
| vorbis-tools |
Vorbis Tools | ||
| lame | MP3 encoder | ||
| avifile | AVI/DIVX encoder and decoder | ||
| icecast | server software for streaming multimedia. | ||
| MuSE | tool for network audio streaming | ||
| mjpegtools | |||
| dvdauthor | |||
| 'Q' dvdauthor | |||
| growisofs | |||
| mencoder | Part of Mplayer. Encoder. | ||
| mythTV | personal video recorder/TV | ||
| xdTV | TV capture | ||
| PyTube | youtube manager | ||
| SMPlayer | MPlayer GUI | qt | |
| Mplayer | ***** | Linux Movie Player,no repeat.. | has coder-mencoder |
| === AUDIO === | |||
| Audacity | 5/6* | Audio editor | tested old stable:bag gfx,no stream rec support.. |
| Jokosher | 6* | Audio and Multitrack editor | |
| mhWaveEdit | 6* | Audio editor | Wavelab interface, simpler than Audacity, but supports stream, online rec and more. |
| sweep | Audio editor | ||
| PACPL | audio converter | ||
| Аudiokonverter | 6* | audio converter | qt |
| EasyTAG | show modify audio Tags | ||
| sox | the swiss army knife of sound processing programs. | ||
| LMMS | Music Composition Studio | ||
| wired | Music Composition Studio | ||
| ardour | Arrangement and Sound Studio | ||
| mixxx | music mixing soft | ||
| TerminatorX | sound synthesizer | ||
| Rosegarden | MIDI/note sequencer | ||
| TuxGuitar | MIDI/note sequencer | ||
| KGuiTune | guitar calibration prog | ||
| Extreme Guitar Processor | guitar calibration prog | ||
| Hydrogen | Drum Sequencer | ||
| serpentine | Music CD burner | ||
| XMMS 2 | 6* | Multiformat Audio Player | |
| Audacious | 6* | Multiformat Audio Player. XMMS fork. | Winamp like. |
| Aqualung | ? | Multiformat Audio Player | SeeAPSearch.txt 4 details. BEST. |
| Exaile | Multiformat Audio Player | ||
| XMedia | **** | XFCE lighweight player(Xine based, can use Mplayer codecs) | |
| Miro | player/iTV viewer | ||
| Evince | Multiformat text viewer | ||
| name | rating | class | comments |
| srm | 6* | shell command: secure version of rm. | overites data with zeroes. Not needed on journaling systems? |
| krename | ? | Renamer | Qt |
| ? | |||
| nemo | ? |
Panel Filemanager, tag/date based | GTK,written in C#(mono?),alpha stage |
| krusade | ? | Panel Filemanager | |
| PCMan | ? | Panel Filemanager | |
| thunar | ? |
Panel Filemanager | xfce |
| midnightCommander | 6* | Panel Filemanager | terminal window |
| Tux Commander | ? | Panel Filemanager | |
| GNOME Commander | 6* | Panel Filemanager | gtk |
| muCommander | Panel Filemanager | ||
| emelFM2 | 4* | Panel Filemanager | |
| XFE-X File Explorer | Panel Filemanager | ||
| ROX-Filer | Panel Filemanager | rox desktop | |
| BeeSoft Commander | Panel Filemanager | ||
| FSlint+FSlint/GUI | clone spy, shit file finder | ||
| Xarchiver | 5* | Archieve GUI | |
| FileRoller | 4* | Archieve GUI | |
| PeaZip | 6* | Archive GUI | |
| Keep | ? | ui for rdiff-backup. Supports incrementals. | Qt |
| Ukop | USB Backups | ||
| Tellico |
Media Catalogization | qt | |
| GCStar | Media Catalogization | ||
| Griffith | Media Catalogization | ||
| Bumblebee | Media Catalogization | ||
| name | rating | class | comments |
| Acetoneiso | 6* | ISO Mounter.ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF, NRG. | qt |
| Gmount-iso | ? | ISO Mounter. | gtk |
| Cdemu | ? |
Multiformat mounter. |
|
| Furious ISO Mount | 5* | mount image files.ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF, NRG. can mount using the loop device or using FUSE ISO mount module.Mounts multiple images.Burn ISO and IMG Files to optical disk.Generate Md5 and SHA1 checksums. | needs MONO |
| py furius iso mount | 6* | Total rewrite of Furious ISO Mount using python. Quicker. | |
| Kiso | ISO Editor | qt? | |
| ISOMaster | ISO Editor | ||
| iat | 6 * | To ISO converter *multi*(BIN,MDF,PDI,CDI,NRG,B5I) | commandline |
| nrg2iso | To ISO converter .nrg | commandline | |
| bchunk | To ISO converter .cue/bin | commandline | |
| mdf2iso(depricated by iat) | To ISO converter .mdf | commandline | |
| ccd2iso | To ISO converter .ccd/img/sub | commandline | |
| b5i2iso(depricated by iat) | To ISO converter .b5i | commandline | |
| cdi2iso(depricated by iat) | To ISO converter .cdi | commandline | |
| pdi2iso(depricated by iat) | To ISO converter .pdi | commandline | |
| extract-xiso | To ISO converter .xbx | commandline | |
| dmg2iso | To ISO converter .dmg | commandline | |
| dvd::rip | ? | dvd ripper |
|
| ManDVD | ? | dvd mastering | |
| Q Dvd-author | dvd mastering | ||
| grip | ? | cd music ripper | |
| RipperX | CDRipper,converter | ||
| Rubyripper | CDRipper,converter | ||
| sound-juicer | ***** |
cd music ripper | |
| Asunder | ? | cd music ripper | |
| QPxTool | 6* | cd/dvd quality analyser | Only source 0.61 has SATA support |
| name | rating | class | comments |
| psxemu | ? | PSOne emulator | |
| VirtualBox | ? | VM,GPL | |
| KVM,libvirt, virt-manager | ? | VM,GPL | Virt-Install command line
tool Virt-Clone tool for cloning existing inactive guests Virt-Image tool for installing guest os on pre-defined master image Virt-viewer lightweight interface for interacting with the graphical display of virtualized guest OS |
| dosbox | 6* | Dos16/32emu | Dos subsystem emulation. Medium/fast. |
| Wine | 6* |
Win32 | Win32 subsystem. Supports DirectX9. Fast. |
| PlayOnLinux | 6* | WineExtension | Helps installing with scripts. Provides virtual spaces. |
| Cedega(old WineX) | * |
Wine Based | Bullshit. |
| Yabause | ? | Sega Emu | |
| Spectemu | ? | Spectrum | |
| Stella | ? | Atari | |
| Hatari | Atari | ||
| Uae | Amiga | ||
| Dgen | Genesis/Megadrive | ||
| Vice | Comodore | ||
| Gngeo | 6* | NeoGeo | Use xgngeo GUI frontend. |
| Xmess | Arcade | ||
| ePSXe | PSX | ||
| Pcsx2 | PSX2 | ||
| Gcube | Game Cube | ||
| Swirly | DreamCast | ||
| Ideas | Nintendo DS | ||
| Zsnes | SuperNintendo | ||
| Fceu | Nintendo | ||
| VisualBoyAdvance | GBA | ||
| Mupen64 | Nintendo 64 | ||
| name | rating | class | comments |
| amor | ? | funstuff | ??? |
| Wammu |
*** |
Cell Phone Syncer |
|
| BluePad |
Bluetooth Mobile PC Remote Controller | ||
| Вlueman |
bluetooth management utility | ||
| timer-applet/teatime |
? | timer | gtk |
| kalarm/kteatime | ? | timer | qt |
| TeXmacs | Scientific Editor | ||
| ananas | budget | ||
| GnuCash | budget | ||
| gAcc | budget | ||
| Gpredict | ? |
Satellite tracker | |
| Earth3D | ? | Satellite viewer |
|
| ? | |||
| ? |
| name | rating | class | comments |
| === FPS === | |||
| OpenArena |
6* | 3D FPS |
|
| --Bid For Power | OA Mod: DragonBall3d | ||
| --Navy Seals | OA Mod: CS | ||
| --True Combat | OA Mod: CS, realistic | ||
| --UrbanTerror(StandAlone) |
6* | 3D FPS CStrike, as OA Mod too. |
|
| --Western Quake |
? |
OA Mod: Western shooter |
|
| WarSow | 6* | FPS 3D. Networked shooter. |
|
| Alien Arena |
6* | Alien-like shooter. |
|
| Legends |
? |
UT like network shooter. | |
| NoGravity | ? | 3d space shooter | |
| Paintball | ? | 3d PG13 shooter for childern | |
| Trepidation | ? | multiplayer shooter | |
| D2X-XL | ? | Descent2 GL port,3d space shooter | |
| Epiar | ? | space shooter | |
| Beyond the Red Line | 3d space shooter | ||
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