FREE SOFTWARE DIRECTORY

Configuration

Projects within Configuration

• AFD

  - Automatically distribute files

• Alist

  - Collects and stores information about systems

• AutoCodeGenerator

  - Generates programs that maintain database records

• AutoUpdate

  - Automatically downloads and upgrades RPMs from different FTP sites

• Autodist

  - Distribution creation system

• Batchput

  - Matches and transfers files from a local directory to an FTP server

• Bootstrapper

  - Creates a customized bootstrapping script

• Bras

  - Command execution tool

• Caspar

  - Makefile snippets for common tasks

• Cfengine

  - Maintains configuration of a heterogenous UNIX network

• Change Suffix

  - Changes the suffix of file and/or directory names

• CheckInstall

  - Tracks installed files and creates distro-specific packages from them

• ClusterIt

  - Software to facilitate cluster maintenance

• Coas

  - GNU/Linux administration system

• Comfigure

  - Wrapper to run configuration scripts

• Config::General

  - Accesses the parsed contents of config files from a hash structure

• Createusers

  - Adds or removes users in bulk

• Current

  - Server implementation of RedHat's up2date tools

• DMD

  - Service manager that's a replacement for SysV-init

• DebSync

  - Synchronizes the packages installed on Debian machines

• Depot

  - Software management tool

• DirList

  - User directory system that runs as a CGI

• Disktype

  - Detects the content format of a disk or disk image

• Distribulator

  - Command execution and file transfer utility

• DupeFinder

  - Finds, moves, renames, and deletes duplicate files

• Dupseek

  - Finds and removes duplicate files

• EPM

  - Generates software and patch distributions

• Epkg

  - Package manager for the Encap package management system

• Extended Operating System Loader

  - Graphical boot loader

• FAI

  - Automatically installes Debian onto a PC cluster

• FAUS

  - Perl CGI script that user administer through a Web interface

• FileRepair

  - Compares and modifies files across a network

• Flc

  - Shows the FILE_ID.DIZ and ID3 tag of every file

• For Each File

  - Bash script wrapper for recursive file-system procedures

• Fslint

  - Finds redundant disk usage

• Ftpcopy

  - Copies files or directory trees

• GAG

  - Graphical boot manager

• GCronTime

  - Manages 'cron' function

• GNU GRUB

  - GNU GRand Unified Bootloader

• GNU fdisk

  - Is a libparted-based partitioning tool

• GnoRPM

  - Front end for the Redhat package management system

• Graft

  - Package management utility

• Gromit

  - System configuration tool

• Grubconfig

  - Helps install the GRUB bootlaoder

• Gujin

  - Graphic bootloader, kernel loader, floppy simulator on HD, FD, and CDROM

• InstallKernel

  - Installs the Linux kernel and automatically sets up LILO or GRUB

• KSlackCheck

  - Syncs, monitors, and displays changelogs and updates

• Kernin

  - Script for kernel install

• Ketchup

  - A tool for updating or switching between versions of the Linux kernel source.

• Kickstart tools

  - Scripts for building your own distribution

• Konstruct

  - KDE build and install system

• LCD4Linux

  - Displays information on an external LCD

• LUCAS

  - LDAP monitoring framework

• Launch.app

  - Executes applications

• Libcisco

  - Automates configuration management for Cisco network equipment

• Make_uninstall

  - Monitors and records installations

• Memtest86

  - Memory test for x86 computers

• Modutils

  - Kernel utilities

• PAUD

  - Utility bootdisk

• PCI Utilities

  - Utilities dealing with the PCI bus

• POPular

  - Programs for setting up a large distributed mail cluster

• Pancho

  - Makes configuration changes through SNMP and TFTP

• Pkgutils

  - Utilities for manipulating software packages

• Pwdutils

  - Utilities for managing the passwd and shadow user information

• Quilt

  - Patch management tool

• Reflect

  - Symlink-style package management tool

• Rh-errata

  - Maintains a Red Hat system

• Rhup

  - Checks Red Hat system configuration against an update mirror

• Rpmrebuild

  - Builds RPM files

• Rpmstatus

  - Shows which RPM packages are installed on machines

• Ruby update

  - Helps keep packages up to date

• SCPM

  - Manages different configuration profiles

• ScsiaddGui

  - GUI for the 'Scsiadd' utility

• Sencap

  - Encapping software

• Serel

  - Improves boot time

• SplitVT

  - Splits a terminal window into two shell windows

• Swpkg

  - Software packaging tools

• SystemImager

  - Automates an installation to multiple machines

• T2

  - Distributed Build Tool

• Tardy

  - Tar post-processor

• Termutils

  - Programs for controlling terminals

• TestDisk

  - Check and undeletes partitions

• Thirdphase

  - Automatically downloads, installs, backs up, and runs software

• Tiny Login

  - Suite of small Unix utilities

• Toast

  - *nix package manager

• Unison

  - File synchronizer

• Userneu

  - Account management and creation tool

• Vertoo

  - Simple version support tool

• WPKG

  - Samba add-on that fshelp distribute software to many clients

• Wdm

  - Graphically handles login and authentication

• Wheretero

  - A tool to detect country from network information.

• Which

  - Prints out full path of execuatbles

• Xen

  - Virtual machine monitor for x86

• Yum Repo Sync

  - A script for creating a local repository for yum.

• adtool

  - Utility for Active Directory administration

• alien

  - Converts between different free software packaging formats

• apt-torrent

  - 'apt' backend to fetch packages via the bittorrent protocol

• apvsys

  - System for managing different versions of various applications

• busynode

  - Host reservation system designed for clusters

• cleanlinks

  - Removes dangling symbolic links and empty directories

• confstore

  - Configuration backup utility

• convmv

  - Converts filenames, directories, and filesystems to a different encoding

• cpuid

  - CPU identification utility

• d

  - Alternative to 'ls' and its long format output

• daemon

  - Turns other processes into daemons

• dbtoy

  - A FUSE-based GNU/Linux filesystem for mapping a relational database with XML files.

• debfoster

  - Cleans up Debian packages

• detect

  - Hardware detection library

• detox

  - Clean up filenames, especially those from non-GNU/Linux OSes

• devlabel

  - Creates symbolic links to disk or partition names

• diradm

  - Manages POSIX users and groups

• dupmerge

  - Reclaims disk space from redundant files

• e2fsprogs

  - ext2 filesystem utilities

• fdutils

  - Utilities for managing a floppy driver

• feta

  - Frontend to 'dpkg'

• g4u

  - Lets users clone hard disks by using FTP

• gems

  - Shows a single console session in different computers or terminals

• gnuit

  - Tools for simple, daily file and system management tasks

• gslapt-get

  - GTK version of slapt-get

• hdparm

  - Utility for manipulating hard drive parameters

• injector

  - Lets users install software without needing root privileges

• installdb

  - Records and stores info about installs on a system

• inventory

  - Script for gathering hardware information

• lcdtest

  - A monitor test pattern utility.

• libzip

  - Library for manipulating zip archives

• litetrash

  - Light-weight, portable trash can

• ln_local

  - Managing the installation of software packages

• lndir

  - Creates a shadow directory of symbolic links to another directory tree

• minit

  - A smaller version of 'init'

• muddleftpd

  - FTP server

• mwcollect

  - Collects worm-like malware in a non-native environment

• ndir

  - Display the contents of directories

• netprofiler

  - Writes network settings into config files

• newrpms

  - Checks for newer versions than those currently installed

• parted

  - Manipulates disk partitions

• pd

  - Replacement for 'ls'

• pdbv

  - Generates an HTML view of an RPM or a dpkg database

• rdate

  - Retrieves the date and time from other machines

• remerge

  - Browser-based multi-distro package management frontend.

• renameutils

  - Programs to make renaming of files easier

• rfind

  - Indexes the filenames of a given directory

• rpm-get

  - RPM management application

• runit

  - Replacement for SysV-init and other init schemes

• runmaint

  - Shell script for invoking regular jobs

• scsiadd

  - Lets you insert or remove SCSI devices on the fly

• segatex

  - tool to configure SELinux policy with the help of a GUI

• slapt-get

  - APT like system for Slackware package management

• sourceinstaller

  - Graphical tool for source package configuration, installation, tracking and removal

• squidrunner

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• stow

  - Manages installation process

• sudo

  - Gives limited root privileges

• tree

  - Recursive directory listing program

• uControl

  - Tool for remapping keys

• udpcast

  - Install software via UDP multicast.

• upgrade.php

  - Provides PHP backward capability

• viewglob

  - Provides additional shell information in graphical environments