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GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. A job is can be a single command or a small script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of URLs, or a list of... Platforms: Mac

Libwacctl is a control library for Wacom (R) tablet devices. This library implements similar functions to the commands in xsetwacom, as well as implementing a few more to make it easier to control tablet input settings. Platforms: *nix

XFinger is the X window version of the finger command for linux and other Unix-like systems. The application provides refresh: in this way you can keep users monitored. Compiling: Sorry: no Makefile yet. First of all you need to install the FLTK library from www.fltk.org, then you can compile... Platforms: *nix

Atlantis is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding word processing tasks with the greatest of ease. With its small size and memory footprint, Atlantis will easily launch from a floppy for maximum portability if necessary. A whole array of functions give you...

This utility lets you send a ping (the time it takes for a PC to call another and get an answer) to multiple Internet domains or IP addresses at the same time.Among your options you can add, edit and delete IP addresses, mark the interval between ping commands in miliseconds, use buttons to start... Platforms: Windows

Gridlock is a collection of 30 grid-based strategy board games for Linux, including Ataxx, Reversi, Checkers, Gomoku, Connect Four, and more. They are individually described in the "Games" section. After launching the application, the game window will appear. Select the game you want to play... 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

StoryTestIQ is a tool for creating "Executable Requirements" which have also been known as acceptance tests or functional tests. STIQ was developed based on two other open source acceptance testing tools, Selenium and FitNesse. This combination allowed StoryTestIQ to capture the web browser... Platforms: *nix

RogueScanner project is an open-source vulnerability management tool that is used to gain greater network visibility to enable you to quickly identify and remove rogue wireless devices that may provide a back door to access your critical data and infrastructure. Considering that rogue access... Platforms: *nix

QuFTP is a command line ftp client for Linux. It supports the selection of multiple files for upload and download, which are transfered with one command. I wrote this client out of because i didnt saw any reasonable FTP client for linux. I can almost guarantee that there are bugs in this thing,... Platforms: *nix

The KLogo-Turtle is an interpreter of the LOGO language for KDE desktops. The KLogo-Turtle is a useful tool for teaching geometry and the basic principles of the programming of computer. Children can study the mathematics of geometry in an interactive and constructive way. KLogo-Turtle has... Platforms: *nix

Getopt::Function is a Perl module to provide mixed options with help information. SYNOPSIS use Getopt::Function qw(maketrue makevalue); $::opthandler = new Getopt::Function [ ], { => [ , , ] } $result = GetOptions (...option-descriptions...); $::opthandler->std_opts;... Platforms: *nix

JCCad is a project to develop a Free 2D/3D CAD program that can be used to create technical drawings. One of the main goals of this project is to include a plugin system to allow usuaries to make new commands. In this way it will be easy to use the program for any particular task. JCCad... Platforms: *nix

Language::Logo Perl module is an implementation of the Logo programming language. SYNOPSIS use Language::Logo; my $lo = new Logo(update => 20); $lo->command("setxy 250 256"); $lo->command("color yellow"); $lo->command("pendown"); # Draw a circle for (my $i = 0; $i < 360; $i += 10) {... Platforms: *nix

AutoRPM is a Perl program that automates RPM installation. AutoRPM project is designed to be run from cron nightly and run interactively as necessary. By default, every night, it will check for official Red Hat updates for your system. However, you can modify the configuration file to do much... Platforms: *nix

XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for plain text files using UNIX grep, sed, awk, diff, patch, join, etc commands. The XMLStarlet set... Platforms: *nix, C/C++, BSD

GNU make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the programs source files. Make gets its knowledge of how to build your program from a file called the makefile, which lists each of the non-source files and how to compute it from other... Platforms: *nix

CMIX is a computer music "language" designed to create and manipulate soundfiles, or files containing raw binary data which can be converted into sound on a computer equipped with an appropriate digital-to-analog convertor. It is somewhat similar to CSOUND and CMUSIC (two other popular software... Platforms: *nix

The_RTF_Cookbook is a RTF overview and quick reference. SYNOPSIS # Time-stamp: "2003-09-23 21:27:56 ADT" # This document is in Perl POD format, but you can read it # with just an ASCII text viewer, if you want. RTF is a nearly ubiquitous text formatting language devised by Microsoft.... Platforms: *nix

Ch ImageMagick is a Ch binding to the ImageMagick C library. With the Ch ImageMagick package, all C (or C++) programs using functions from the ImageMagick C library can readily run in Ch interpretively without compilation. Command line programs in mageMagick can also be readily used as shell... Platforms: *nix