Linux Packages
If you are tired of the rather problematic gFTP that comes as a pre-installed in Linux distros like Ubuntu, like I am, then get Filezilla 3.0. Filezilla is a popular open source, FTP file transfer client and now cross-platform. Windows users know it well, Linux users have the chance to appreciate its capabilites with the first version for Linux. It is simple to use, with an intuitive interface. If you’ve used it on Windows then you would’nt have any problems even though some options have been moved More»
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VMware a leading company when it comes to virtual platforms released lately the beta of it’s next server platform. This servers gives the possibility to run an operating system on another- (some sought of WINE but in a bigger way). You could run Windows on Ubuntu. Better still Ubuntu on Windows . The above mentioned is possible because the ultimate beta 2.0 version of VMware Server comes with support for Windows Vista business, Ubuntu 7.10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The release notes also say that it has greater scalability with respect to the past versions, a new Web-based user interface that provides a simple, flexible, intuitive and productive way for you to manage your virtual machines and support for USB 2.0 devices. Get your Linux version and get into virtualisation. The Vmware Server is free but not Open Source, so you’ll have to use it as it.
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KeePassX is a cross platform password application that saves your various passwords in a single local database (on your PC), using a single master password and/or a key-file.
– It’s a multi-platform ported version of KeePass, an open source password manager for Microsoft Windows. KeePass is also portable and has versions for Blackberry, PocketPC, BlackBerry, and PalmOS. More»
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MyPasswordSafe is free security software that serves as a sought of a single protecting gate-way to all your desktop and web applications. It offers a single file to store usernames and passwords, and encrypts this file using the Blowfish algorithm unto your computer, and passes them into your clipboard (the clipboard is a tool that is used for short-term storage of data as it is transferred between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations) without displaying them. MyPasswordSafe also generates random passwords and can be used on dual boot systems. More»
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LinHDD is a simple front-end utility that offers a graphical interface to several basic Linux Hard Disk tools like hdparm, cfdisk, df, and mkfs.
hdparm is a command line utility to set and view IDE hard disk hardware parameters, like the IDE read/write performance .
df (disk free) is used to display the amount of available disk space for filesystems
The mkfs command makes a new file system on a specified device while
cfdisk is a partition editor, used to view, add, delete, and alter hard-disk partitions.
With the help of the graphical interface that LinHDD offers you can obtain information, partition your hard disks and more without using the command-line and all its parameters and flags. More»
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