915resolution

Utility to patch VBIOS of Intel 855 / 865 / 915 chipsets

acl

Access control list utilities, libraries and headers

adjtime

A perl script to adjust the clock tick of the hardware clock on the system board (should work on most platforms).

apmd

Advanced Power Management Daemon

arrayprobe

CLI utility that reports the status of a HP (Compaq) array controller (both IDA & CCISS supported).

attr

Extended attributes tools

bar

Console Progress Bar

baselayout

Filesystem baselayout and init scripts

baselayout-vserver

Filesystem baselayout and init scripts for Linux-VServer

biosdisk

A script that creates floppy boot images to flash Dell BIOSes

blktool

query and/or change settings of a block device

busybox

Utilities for rescue and embedded systems

byld

build a Linux distribution on a single floppy

cciss_vol_status

Shows status of logical drives attached to HP SmartArray controllers.

checkpolicy

SELinux policy compiler

checkservice

Check the status of services running on local/remote machines

chname

Run a command with a new system hostname.

chpax

Manages various PaX related flags for ELF32, ELF64, and a.out binaries.

cinit

a fast, small and simple init with support for profiles

clrngd

Clock randomness gathering daemon

cobalt-panel-utils

LCD and LED panel utilities for the Sun Cobalts

coldplug

coldplug init.d program to load modules at bootime

collectl

light-weight performance monitoring tool capable of reporting interactively as well as logging to disk

compare

The fastest binary file comparison for UNIX

conspy

Remote control for virtual consoles

coreutils

Standard GNU file utilities (chmod, cp, dd, dir, ls...), text utilities (sort, tr, head, wc..), and shell utilities (whoami, who,...)

count

A fast and enhanced 'wc' replacement for UNIX

cpint

Linux/390 Interface to z/VM's Control Program

cracklib-words

large set of crack/cracklib dictionaries

dbus

A message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to each other

dcfldd

enhanced dd with features for forensics and security

dchroot

Utility for managing chroots for non-root users

ddcxinfo-knoppix

Program to automatically probe a monitor for information

debianutils

A selection of tools from Debian

diffutils

Tools to make diffs and compare files

dmapi

XFS data management API library

dmidecode

DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities

dnotify

Execute a command when the contents of a directory change

dog

Dog is better than cat

dstat

Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat and ifstat

dtc

Utility to pre-compile Open Firmware device-trees for otherwise device-tree-less devices such as the PS3

ed

Your basic line editor

edac-utils

Userspace helper for Linux kernel EDAC drivers

einit

An alternate /sbin/init implementation

einit-modules-scheme

Scheme modules for eINIT

einit-modules-xml

.xml modules for eINIT

eject

A command to eject a disc from the CD-ROM drive

ethtool

Utility for examining and tuning ethernet-based network interfaces

ezusb2131

This is a firmware uploader for EZ-USB devices

fakeroot

Run commands in an environment faking root privileges

fbset

A utility to set the framebuffer videomode

file

identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns

findutils

GNU utilities to find files

fwcrv

FireWire CSR Config ROM Viewer

fxload

USB firmware uploader

galago-daemon

Galago presence daemon

gawk

GNU awk pattern-matching language

gli

Gentoo Linux Installer

gluelog

Pipe and socket fittings for the system and kernel logs

gradm

Administrative interface for the grsecurity Role Based Access Control system

grep

GNU regular expression matcher

groff

Text formatter used for man pages

gscanbus

a little bus scanning, testing, and topology visualizing tool for the Linux IEEE1394 subsystem

hal

Hardware Abstraction Layer

hbaapi

The Host Bus Adapter API for managing Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

hdparm

Utility to change hard drive performance parameters

hdump

A hex \'od\' replacement for UNIX

help2man

GNU utility to convert program --help output to a man page

hexdump-esr

Eric Raymond's hex dumper

hotplug

USB and PCI hotplug scripts

hotplug-base

Base Hotplug framework

hprofile

Utility to manage hardware, network, power or other profiles

hwdata-gentoo

Data for the hwsetup program

hwdata-redhat

Hardware identification and configuration data

hwinfo

hwinfo is the hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux.

hwsetup

Hardware setup program from Knoppix - used only on LiveCD

i2c

I2C Bus kernel modules for linux-2.4.x

i2c-tools

I2C tools for bus probing, chip dumping, register-level access helpers, EEPROM decoding scripts, and more

ibm-powerpc-utils

This package provides utilities for the maintainance of the IBM and Apple powerpc platforms.

ibm-powerpc-utils-papr

This package provides the utilities which are intended for the maintenance of IBM powerpc platforms.

ifd-gempc

GemCore based PC/SC reader drivers for pcsc-lite

ifplugd

Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection

initng

A next generation init replacement

initng-ifiles

A next generation init replacement

inotail

tail replacement using inotify

input-utils

Small collection of linux input layer utils

inputd

inputd is a user-space daemon to emulate key presses trough other key combinations

ipmitool

Utility for controlling IPMI enabled devices.

ipmiutil

IPMI Management Utilities

iproute2

kernel routing and traffic control utilities

irqbalance

Distribute hardware interrupts across processors on a multiprocessor system

isapnptools

Tools for configuring ISA PnP devices

ivman

Daemon to mount/unmount devices, based on info from HAL

kbd

Keyboard and console utilities

kexec-tools

Load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel

keyutils

Linux Key Management Utilities

kudzu

Red Hat Hardware detection tools

kuroevtd

Monitors the Kurobox and LinkStation power and reset buttons.

lcdsplash

splash Gentoo boot information on LCD's

lcdtest

Displays test patterns to spot dead/hot pixels on LCD screens

lcdutils

Cobalt RaQ/Qube LCD Writing and Button reading utilities

less

Excellent text file viewer

lkcdutils

Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) Utilities

lkcp

Live Kernel Configuration Panel is an ncurses interface to the run-time Linux kernel configuration data (/proc)

lm_sensors

Hardware Monitoring user-space utilities

lm_sensors-modules

Hardware Monitoring kernel modules for linux-2.4.x

logwatch

Analyzes and Reports on system logs

lomoco

Lomoco can configure vendor-specific options on Logitech USB mice (or dual-personality mice plugged into the USB port). Visit the website for specific available options.

lsadb

Prints out information on all devices attached to the ADB bus

lsb-release

LSB version query program

lshw

Hardware Lister

lsparisc

Like lspci but for PARISC devices

lssbus

Small utility for Linux/SPARC that list devices on SBUS

makedev

program used for creating device files in /dev

man

Standard commands to read man pages

man-db

a man replacement that utilizes berkdb instead of flat files

man-pages

A somewhat comprehensive collection of Linux man pages

mawk

an (often faster than gawk) awk-interpreter

memtest86

A stand alone memory test for x86 computers

memtest86+

Memory tester based on memtest86

memtester

userspace utility for testing the memory subsystem for faults

microcode-ctl

Intel processor microcode update utility

microcode-data

Intel IA32 microcode update data

mindi

A program that creates emergency boot disks/CDs using your kernel, tools and modules

mindi-busybox

A special version of busybox used by mindi

minised

a smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation

minutils

additional tools for embedded systems

miscfiles

Miscellaneous files

mkinitrd

Tools for creating initrd images

mktemp

allow safe temporary file creation from shell scripts.

mlocate

Merging locate is an utility to index and quickly search for files

module-init-tools

Kernel module tools for the 2.6 kernel

modutils

Standard kernel module utilities for linux-2.4 and older

mondo

A System Health Monitor

more

Primitive text file viewer

most

a paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file.

mouseemu

Emulates scrollwheel, right- & left-click for one-button mice/touchpads

mtree

check the permissions of a file system against a spec file

nca

Network Console on Acid

net-tools

Standard Linux networking tools

netboot-base

Baselayout for netboot systems

netkit-base

Old-style inetd

netplug

Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection

nictools

nictools - diagnostic tools for a variety of ISA and PCI network cards

noexec

a package for preventing processes from using exec system calls

openrc

OpenRC manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host

paludis

paludis, the other package mangler

parted

Create, destroy, resize, check, copy partitions and file systems

paxctl

Manages various PaX related program header flags for Elf32, Elf64, binaries.

pcfclock

driver for the parallel port radio clock sold by Conrad Electronic

pciutils

Various utilities dealing with the PCI bus

pcmcia-cs

PCMCIA tools for Linux

pcmcia-cs-cis

PCMCIA CIS files for use with pcmciautils

pcmcia-cs-modules

PCMCIA modules for Linux 2.4.x

pcmcia-cs-pnptools

PCMCIA PNP tools for Linux

pcmciautils

PCMCIA userspace utilities for Linux kernel 2.6.13 and beyond

pcsc-lite

PC/SC Architecture smartcard middleware library

pcsc-slb-rf72-drv

Schlumberger Reflex 72 Serial Smartcard Reader

pkgcore

pkgcore package manager

pmount

Policy based mounter that gives the ability to mount removable devices as a user

policycoreutils

SELinux core utilities

portage

Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo

powerpc-utils

PowerPC utilities including nvsetenv, and additional OldWorld apps

ppc64-utils

Utilities for maintaining and servicing IBM PPC64 systems: accessing NVRAM, flashing firmware, start/stopping virtual IO servers, etc.

prctl

Tool to query and modify process behavior

pv

Pipe Viewer: a tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipe

qingy

a DirectFB getty replacement

qtparted

nice Qt partition tool for Linux

raidutils

Utilities to manage i2o/dtp RAID controllers.

readahead-list

Preloads files into the page cache to accelerate program loading.

realtime-lsm

Enable realtime capabilties via a security module.

ren

Renames multiple files

rename

tool for easily renaming files

renameutils

Use your favorite text editor to rename files

rescan-scsi-bus

Script to rescan the SCSI bus without rebooting

restartd

A daemon for checking your running and not running processes

rlocate

locate implementation that is always up-to-date

rng-tools

Daemon to use hardware random number generators.

rsbac-admin

Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) Admin Tools

s390-oco

Object-code only (OCO) modules for s390

s390-tools

A set of user space utilities that should be used together with the zSeries (s390) Linux kernel and device drivers

sandbox

sandbox'd LD_PRELOAD hack

sdd

A fast and enhanced 'dd' replacement for UNIX

sdparm

Utility to output and modify parameters on a SCSI device, like hdparm

sed

Super-useful stream editor

setarch

change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags

setserial

Configure your serial ports with it

sg3_utils

apps for querying the sg SCSI interface (contains rescan_scsi_bus.sh)

shadow

Utilities to deal with user accounts

slocate

Secure way to index and quickly search for files on your system (drop-in replacement for 'locate')

smartmontools

control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.)

sparc-utils

Various sparc utilities from Debian GNU/Linux

spu-tools

CELL spu ps and top alike utilities

stat

A command-line stat() wrapper

syscriptor

Program that displays information about your hardware

systrace

Interactive Policy Generation for System Calls

sysutils

A small program and library to access the sysfs interface in 2.5+ kernels.

sysvinit

/sbin/init - parent of all processes

tcp-wrappers

TCP Wrappers

texinfo

The GNU info program and utilities

tinylogin

worlds smallest login/passwd/getty/etc

turbotail

drop-in replacement for 'tail' which uses the kernel DNOTIFY-api

tuxonice-userui

User Interface for TuxOnIce

ucspi-proxy

A proxy program that passes data back and forth between two connections set up by a UCSPI server and a UCSPI client.

ucspi-ssl

Command-line tools for building SSL client-server applications.

ucspi-tcp

Collection of tools for managing UNIX services

ucspi-unix

A ucspi implementation for unix sockets

uhinv

Universal Hardware Inventory Tool, uhinv displays operating system and hardware info

usbd

USB Daemon

usbmon

Userland for USB monitoring framework

usbutils

USB enumeration utilities

usermode

Tools for certain user account management tasks

usermode-utilities

Tools for use with Usermode Linux virtual machines

utempter

App that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp (login) info

util-linux

Various useful Linux utilities

v86d

A daemon to run x86 code in an emulated environment.

vbetool

Run real-mode video BIOS code to alter hardware state (i.e. reinitialize video card)

watchdog

A software watchdog

which

Prints out location of specified executables that are in your path

x86info

Dave Jones' handy, informative x86 CPU diagnostic utility

xinetd

powerful replacement for inetd

xmbmon

Mother Board Monitor Program for X Window System

yum

Automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems

915resolution

hwsetup

pcfclock

acl

i2c

pciutils

adjtime

i2c-tools

pcmcia-cs

apmd

ibm-powerpc-utils

pcmcia-cs-cis

arrayprobe

ibm-powerpc-utils-papr

pcmcia-cs-modules

attr

ifd-gempc

pcmcia-cs-pnptools

bar

ifplugd

pcmciautils

baselayout

initng

pcsc-lite

baselayout-vserver

initng-ifiles

pcsc-slb-rf72-drv

biosdisk

inotail

pkgcore

blktool

input-utils

pmount

busybox

inputd

policycoreutils

byld

ipmitool

portage

cciss_vol_status

ipmiutil

powerpc-utils

checkpolicy

iproute2

ppc64-utils

checkservice

irqbalance

prctl

chname

isapnptools

pv

chpax

ivman

qingy

cinit

kbd

qtparted

clrngd

kexec-tools

raidutils

cobalt-panel-utils

keyutils

readahead-list

coldplug

kudzu

realtime-lsm

collectl

kuroevtd

ren

compare

lcdsplash

rename

conspy

lcdtest

renameutils

coreutils

lcdutils

rescan-scsi-bus

count

less

restartd

cpint

lkcdutils

rlocate

cracklib-words

lkcp

rng-tools

dbus

lm_sensors

rsbac-admin

dcfldd

lm_sensors-modules

s390-oco

dchroot

logwatch

s390-tools

ddcxinfo-knoppix

lomoco

sandbox

debianutils

lsadb

sdd

diffutils

lsb-release

sdparm

dmapi

lshw

sed

dmidecode

lsparisc

setarch

dnotify

lssbus

setserial

dog

makedev

sg3_utils

dstat

man

shadow

dtc

man-db

slocate

ed

man-pages

smartmontools

edac-utils

mawk

sparc-utils

einit

memtest86

spu-tools

einit-modules-scheme

memtest86+

stat

einit-modules-xml

memtester

syscriptor

eject

microcode-ctl

systrace

ethtool

microcode-data

sysutils

ezusb2131

mindi

sysvinit

fakeroot

mindi-busybox

tcp-wrappers

fbset

minised

texinfo

file

minutils

tinylogin

findutils

miscfiles

turbotail

fwcrv

mkinitrd

tuxonice-userui

fxload

mktemp

ucspi-proxy

galago-daemon

mlocate

ucspi-ssl

gawk

module-init-tools

ucspi-tcp

gli

modutils

ucspi-unix

gluelog

mondo

uhinv

gradm

more

usbd

grep

most

usbmon

groff

mouseemu

usbutils

gscanbus

mtree

usermode

hal

nca

usermode-utilities

hbaapi

net-tools

utempter

hdparm

netboot-base

util-linux

hdump

netkit-base

v86d

help2man

netplug

vbetool

hexdump-esr

nictools

watchdog

hotplug

noexec

which

hotplug-base

openrc

x86info

hprofile

paludis

xinetd

hwdata-gentoo

parted

xmbmon

hwdata-redhat

paxctl

yum

hwinfo