Linux Shell Tools

doit is a Python module that comes from the idea of bringing the power of build-tools to execute any kind of task. It will keep track of dependencies between "tasks" and execute them only when necessary. It was designed to be easy to use and "get out of your way". In doit, unlike most (all?)...

Unity Linux is a Mandriva-based Linux distribution with the Openbox window manager and Smart advanced package management tool. Unity Linux thus strives to provide a solid, well maintained foundation that developers can use as a starting point to build their own "remastered" distributions, or as...

Linux Unified Kernel package implements the basic mechanisms of Microsoft Windows including process/thread management, object management, virtual memory management and synchronization. With the support of Linux Unified Kernel 0.2.1, most of general Win32 applications (see APPLIST) can run...


Platforms: *nix

PC/OS is a Linux distribution aimed at the desktop user and the advanced use. It contains all the programming tools as well as multimedia codecs needed for media playback. Also available in a minimum CD install as well as a server system available from the website.


Platforms: *nix

Iron Bars SHell, or short ibsh is my first attempt to create a restricted working environment for Linux/Unix. I'm sure that many system administrators wish or have wished for a way to lock some/all users into a safe dungeon, where they can only do harm to their own files. Even more important is...


Platforms: *nix

The Password tools bundle is one application combining three tools - the Analyser (shows the "strength" of your password, the Generator (generates "strong" passwords) and the Manager (stores passwords securely using Rijndael).


Platforms: *nix

Flash Linux is a compact distribution designed exclusively to run off 256Mb USB keys or other bootable Flash based media. It includes hardware detection [including LAN and Modem], auto configuration, a Gnome desktop, and associated office tools.


Platforms: *nix

inotify-tools is a C library and a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple interface to inotify. These programs can be used to monitor and act upon filesystem events. A more detailed description of the programs is further down the page. The programs are written in C and have no...


Platforms: *nix

Shell MegaPack.Net 8.0 recreates the entire Windows Explorer shell browsing UI functionality in your app in just a couple of seconds. It provides a familiar yet powerful file/folder browsing UI right inside your own forms and dialogs and is a perfect replacement for the plain, inflexible, modal...


Platforms: Windows

Shell MegaPack ActiveX 8.0 recreates the entire Windows Explorer shell browsing UI functionality in your app in just a couple of seconds. It provides a familiar yet powerful file/folder browsing UI right inside your own forms and dialogs and is a perfect replacement for the plain, inflexible,...


Platforms: Windows

Bash Port Knocking is a set of scripts that use standard Linux tools to acheive a port knocking system. A Web page is used to open ports, and an email is sent every time the port knocking sequence is successfully made..


Platforms: *nix

ALT Linux project is a set of Linux distributions that are based on Sisyphus, an APT-enabled RPM package repository that aims to achieve feature completeness, usability, and security in a sensible and manageable mixture. Whats New in This Release: - This release starts the Server branch of...


Platforms: *nix

Linux-PAM project offers a flexible mechanism for authenticating users. For the uninitiated, we begin by considering an example. We take an application that grants some service to users; login is one such program. Login does two things, it first establishes that the requesting user is whom...


Platforms: *nix

dvd+rw-tools project makes it possible to burn DVD images created by "dvdauthor" or "mkisofs" to DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW disks, replacing "cdrecord-proDVD" in many cases. The package contains "growisofs" to burn DVD images or create a data DVD on the fly, "dvd+rw-format" to format a...


Platforms: *nix

Ark Linux Live is a Live CD edition of Ark Linux. Ark Linux is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution meant primarily for desktop use. The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the release of a first version of Ark Linux Live, a Live CD version of the Ark Linux operating system. Ark Linux...


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Ark Linux is a Linux distribution designed especially for desktop use, primarily for people without prior Linux experience. Ark Linuxs main goal is ease of use, and the inclusion of many tools end users will need. Ark Linux is fully Open Source and Free Software, meaning, basically, you can...


Platforms: *nix

Better Weather contains a couple of scripts using normal KDE and Linux tools to provide better display of weather info than KDEs weather applet. It downloads the information from the US national weather service and maps from weather.com. Two launchers on the main menubar bring up the window...


Platforms: *nix

Frankenwall is a bash shell script intended to create a highly secure IPTables based Linux firewall/router with QOS/traffic shaping/bandwidth management. Be certain you know exactly what your network needs before using it. The primary focus of this project is security through an intimate...


Platforms: *nix

The aim of this experimental Linux distribution is to provide to RKC students andto the student population at large an operating system which is easy to install and use and which provides an alternative to the traditional commercial operating systems ;) Why Slackware as a base? As they...


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Core is a minimal distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system designed to be the basis for a complete system constructed by the end user. A fresh installation of Core will boot into a console and provide the user with the tools needed to download, compile and install other applications. Core...


Platforms: *nix