Software for Unix

BBSes that run under Unix

Calendar and Scheduler Software

• GNOME Calendar
• kalendar from the KDE project
• plan - calendar and day planner a motif program
• CAL
• Ical
• TimeMan
• KOrganizer
• X-apps FAQ has information on xcal, xkal, and calentool
• K-lendars
• XDiary
• qtremind an alarm scheduler
• The vCalendar calendar file format standard

The LHa for UNIX page (in japanese)

Database Software

• MySQL ... mirror
  • DevShed - Beginning MySQL Tutorial
• PostgreSQL
  • PostGres Info
• PostgreSQL mirror
• Mini SQL ( mSQL )
• Graphical interfaces for Database management
  • Supporting multiple database backends
    • dbMetrix
    • DBUI a GTK interface
    • Foxxess
    • gASQL a Gnome interface
    • The WDBI Home Page
  • xsqlmenu ... mirror an interface to minisql
  • Interfaces to MySQL
    • XmySQL
    • tkSQL
    • myGDE
    • gmysql
    • MySQL Contributed source
    • KMySql
  • Interfaces to PostgreSQL
    • GtkSQL
    • KPSQL
    • MPSQL
    • PgAccess

Metalab index of Modem communications software

Scribus a destop publishing program for Linux/Unix

DVD software

• LSDVD site index/links
• LinuxDVD Project
• LiViD Project

XEmacs

TeD a text editor

The Wine project

Wine Development HQ

The Wine (Windows Emulator) FAQ

Samba

• Download Using Samba

Ytree, an XTree clone

LoST a graphical version of du which will also find files which are not part of any package (i.e. RPM, DEB)

File Managers for X

• FileMan a file-manager for X
• FileRunner
• MFM
• Moxfm
• PFM
• Workplace
• X-Files - The File Organizer
• Xfm
• Xkhfm
• [fm] X Northern Captain
• Xplore
• X-Plorer
• XVFilmgr
• An index of File Managers at nll.interl.net
• Linuxberg index of X11 File Managers
• Chuck's Linux File Manager index

Linuxtree

Filesystem Tools

• fsck_msdos from NetBSD
  • A potential problem using it on computers that use Win95
• fsck_msdos from OpenBSD
• dosfstools 1.0-15 from Debian
• dosfstools 2.5-1 from Debian unstable
• Captive a project to get Microsoft's NTFS drivers to run under Linux

GnuCash! a personal finance program

Open Tax Solver

A section of the comp.windows.x FAQ that describes some font editor programs

Games

XV graphics viewer

Convert a command-line image conversion utility

Internet related software

• E-mail clients
• Newsreaders
• Sendmail-ish programs for Unix
• IMAP email programs
• Combined news and mail readers
• Web-related Software for Unix
  • Web Browsers
• Buddy Messaging software

Masqd software for Linux

Masqdialer Server

Libraries for Unix

fancylogin replaces the standard login prompt with something customizable

• Modplayers for Unix
• MP3 players
• xhippo
• Xmms Homepage
• YIFF Sound Server
• Synaesthesia a program that makes pulsating visual displays in sync with music
• Extace a program that makes visual displays in sync with music
• Linux Links index of mixer software
• Nomaedia a client for managing the Nomad Jukebox MP3 player

The Dotfile Generator

Software for Linux

• Coda: a distributed file system in development at Carnegie Mellon University
• Arla, a free AFS client
• InterMezzo File System Home
• Unison file synchronization software

Word Processing and Document Formatting tools

• Papyrus a word processor
• AbiWord a word processor
• LyX, the word-processor front-end for LaTeX
• The xtem_TeXMenu Project Another graphical interface for TeX
• Ted, an RTF (Rich Text Format) file editor
• NTeX
• dlh a latex-to-HTML converter
• KLyX - The KDE Document Processor
• AUC TeX a Emacs package for formatting TeX
• Ghostview A postscript view that uses Ghostscript to interpret the file. The last version of this program is from 1993
• gv a fancier version of Ghostview
• xpdf: a PDF viewer for X

Package Management Software

Programming Tools

Mtools

tkWorld Navigator an interface to Unix commands

OpenSSH

Shells

• Bash Reference Manual - Table of Contents
• nwsh: the new shell

  Sash the Stand-Alone Shell comes with a number of programs built-in, such as gzip and mount

Linux Spreadsheets

A mirror of the above page

Lire a logfile analysis software

Video

• VCR record video/audio with a video capture card

Web Browsers

Xwindows and other window systems

Tcl/Tk Core Download Page

General information pages

• Categorized indices
  • The software page at Linux Links
  • Freshmeat hierarchical index of software
  • tuxfinder.com
  • icewalker software map
  • icontoday software map
  • Linuxdownloads
  • Linuxbasis downloads
  • linuxberg (site is intended for authors to submit software)
  • Unmaintained Free Software
• Linux Software Map with a search engine
• Linux Ftp Watcher a searchable index of the major Linux FTP sites
• The RPM repository on rufus.w3.org shows the dependencies between RPMs as hypertext links
• The RPM repository on niteowl
• RPM repository on sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk
• Debian/GNU Linux - Software Packages
• An index of RPMs and Sunsite
• Mirrors of sunsite's Linux archive

Offix 2.1 Readme file Offix is a set of user-friendly utilities for Linux

angela! Homepage angela stands for Angela is a Natural Graph Editor with Layouting Algorithms

The Abacus Project Security software for Unix

TkInfo: a browser for info files

FMan a man page browser

Modem--A distributed communication package for modems

Minicom

NCURSES - New Curses

joy2key joystick support for games and other programs that weren't written for a joystick

The Andrew User Interface System

Linux System Administration Tools

XSysinfo

Xmcpustate A system load monitor

GKill a graphical interface to the kill command

Japhar-- a free Java Implementation

Xnetload

WMnet a network/PPP load monitor program

A graphical frontend to connect to Netware servers

TCX a compressed executable system

FaxMail software that sends faxes through the internet using the free TPC.INT gateway

Sunsite index of fax software

ext2resize - an ext2 filesystem resizer

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Package Management Software

• Pack a package management system for programs installed from tarballs
• pkgbuild RPM builder
• GnoRPM an interface to RPM
• SmartInst - An Install Wrapper program
• Glitter, a text interface to RPM package management
• Kpackage a graphical package manager. Handles many package formats including RPM, deb, and slackware formats.
• RPM Builder

Internet Software

Libraries

• XForms Home Page

Programming

• Insight home page

Security

• Nmap -- Stealth Port Scanner For Network Security Auditing, General Internet Exploration & Hacking