What's New in the Linux Applications and Utilities Page

NOTE: This What's New list contains only a few of the programs in my backlog. There are many more which will be added shortly. If you sent me a link since the last list update, please don't resend it, as I have it on file, and will be adding additional programs as time permits. Thanks for your patience.

System Administration

Avatar job processing application suite, with a highly sophisticated built-in scheduler
cfengine very powerfull and easy-to-use network config and admin tool
ComBase Web-based SysAdmin Tools add/modify/delete user accounts
grub Grand Unified Bootloader boots multiple OS's on PC's
Nessus a SATAN-like sysadmin tool for security auditing
Queue load-balancing system that lets users control their remote jobs
SUDO superuser do utility to allow restricted root access
sysdaemon a system monitor written in generic perl5
WOTS log file monitoring program with extensible and configurable actions

Networking Tools

Mon general-purpose network resource monitoring system
MRTG multi-routing traffic grapher monitors network traffic load
MTR (Matt's Trace Route) combines the functionality of ping and traceroute into one app
ntop tool that shows network usage, similar to top
ZanNet combo Win95 client/Unix server provides a Win95 network drive to access server files

Daemons and System Servers

File Systems and Tools

Fat32 mount the fat32 partitions available under Win95B

Device Drivers

ALSA fully modularized sound driver which will support kerneld/kmod
Bt848 frame grabber Hauppauge Win/TV, Miro PCTV, STB TV, Diamond DTV2000, etc.
lm_sensors a linux driver for various sensors in computers
PCMCIA Card Services well integrated package with support for the more popular PCMCIA cards

Shell and System Utilities

Korn Shell (pdksh) the public domain version of the ever popular UNIX shell
Linux Logo creates a nifty logo with some system info
Starter a small tcl-tk script that implements an application starter
tkZone simple front-end programs to display system fonts and filesystem info
Wipe utility for Linux for securely erasing files from magnetic media
VNC remote display system allows viewing a desktop from anywhere on the Internet

Desktop and Window Managers

GNOME GNu Object Model desktop with consistent look and feel
multiwm interactive bash-script to choose a window manager before starting X
FVWM Configuration sample configurations for the fvwm window manager
qvwm fast binary X wm with true win95 look and feel written in C++
XFce set of apps including a powerful Window Manager, toolbar and backdrop manager

File and Disk Managers

xfm simple, fast X-based filemanager
X Northern Captain (XNC) X-Window filemanager for Linux and FreeBSD
Xplore Motif based file manager

Backup and Rescue Utilities

Amanda a server-based UNIX backup system

Printer Utilities

a2print an X front-end program to a2ps and ghostscript printing
fprint print out VGA console fonts in Linux.

Emulators and Simulators

UCLX Sinclair QL emulator for UNIX

Spreadsheets

Linux Spreadsheets listing of spreadsheet software that runs under Linux
Model Master an object-oriented front-end for spreadsheets that avoids common problems

Database Managers

CodeBase 6 xbase-compatible development platform for C, C++, Java
Informix-SE enterprise-quality database and development tools
Ingres II Linux Edition advanced relational database management system (RDBMS)
InterBase an SQL-compliant, relational database management software product
Linux Databases listing of database programs available for Linux
Progress run Progress SCO-version database on Linux
Sybase ASE 11.0.3.3 highly scalable, high-performance database engine

Word Processors and Document Preparation

Hyperbole an information and document management tool
ImPress WYSIWYG layout and vector graphics for presentations and Postscript docs
Linux Word Processing a listing of word processors that work with Linux
Maxwell a Linux word processor which provides all the usual features one would expect

Groupware and Office Suites

CyberScheduler for Linux web based calendaring and scheduling program

Engineering, Science and Math Apps

XEphem free interactive astronomy program
GAP algebra system features discrete mathematics, especially group theory
E Factorycontrol software related to testing of both active and passive RF components
GAUSS interpreted matrix programming language used by econometricians
PICPRG downloader software for Microchip PIC16C84 processor programmers
IRIS/6 Picture Archive and Comm System handles radiological objects like images, document, voice
mXmap Linux based mapping application
Xforms Calculator programmable scientific calculator based upon the Xforms GUI library
XMove engineering tool for visualization tasks in fields like process automation

Financial and Personal Productivity Apps

Linux Accounting and Finance Software listing of financial software for Linux
Moneydance a quicken-like personal finance manager written completely in Java

Web Browsers and Plug-In's

XSwallow Netscape plug-in for standard X mime types

WWW Tools and HTML Editors

CGI.h C++ include file creates a CGI 'object' and defines access methods.
Meta-HTML tool for building SQL-backed Web-based applications
Miva Engine server-side markup and cgi scripting language with drop-in templates
Miva Merchant web-based on-line catalog system using Miva Engine
WebGlimpse adds search capabilities to a WWW site
WebCopy perl program that retrieves a URL specified in a unix-like command line
wget network utility to retrieve files from the WWW using HTTP and FTP
WorldEngine a freeware Java web search frontend

Mail Programs and Agents

Arrow powerful, easy to use e-mail program for X
Cyrus IMAPv4 Server IMAP based mail server designed for sealed servers
Mailcrypt Emacs Lisp package provides an interface to PGP
maillist a CGI mailing list manager for web site visitors
postilion NeXT Mail.app clone mail user agent based on TkRat

News Readers and Internet Applications

Krn a news reader developed as part of the KDE project
LLNL XFTP an X-Window FTP client and file manager
News Peruser X-based offline newsreader for Linux
Sula a multiple server chat client (IRC) that runs under the X Window System
Xmdipmon a little Motif tool for monitoring a dial-up connection

Fax, Scanner and Communications Apps

KScan kde-based scanner program using the SANE API

Web Servers, Web Admin and Firewalls

ComRad generates usage reports of dial-up access, including subscriber usage
Hawkeye a complete, highly extensible Internet/Intranet server suite (requires MySQL)
NetTracker internet usage tracking application
Phoenix Adaptive Firewall state inspecting firewall for network and Internet security
Reddog script for managing web site and tracking statistics

Games and Amusements

Xtris a multi-player version of the game of Tetris, for the X Window system

Graphics and Image Processing Apps

Andys CSG Ray Tracer runs on multiple platforms, with source code
Blender graphics design for TV commercials, tech visualizations, business graphics, more
Crystal Space a free 3D graphics engine written in C++
DjVu plug-in image compression technology designed for scanned document pages
Generalised Bitmap Module code for loading and saving bitmaps in a variety of formats
Moonlight Creator environment for modeling, illuminating and rendering 3D objects
Sketch an interactive drawing program for Linux similar to Xfig
Xnview program to view and convert graphics files supports 58 file formats

Multimedia Applications

Music and Audio Apps and CD Players

Broadcast professional quality hard drive recording for audio engineers on Linux
cdloop audio-CD-Player with special looping capabilities intended for musicians
Falcon Module Player MOD, S3M, XM etc. color ncurses-based modplayer
GtkMod a mod, s3m and xm player with a GTK interface
mp3utils collection of utilities for dealing with MP3 files
x11amp an X based winamp clone (mp3 player)
XfreeCD a CD player that's small and supports CDDB access

Mbone and Conferencing Tools

Web Crossing conferencing server for intra/extranet/Web provides forums and chat rooms

Text Editors

Andys Binary Folding Editor structured binary file browser with limited editing
Andys Source Code Folding Editor a language configurable folding source code editor
TCL TextEdit text editor for X, written entirely in Tk/Tcl.
Ted a Wordpad-like text editor running under Motif on Unix/Linux systems
vche Virtual Console Hex editor which lets you see all 256 characters

Java and Java Tools

Buildit graphical user interface creator for the JAVA 1.1 components set
Critical Mass JVM an application embedable Java virtual machine library
JGL STL style set of containers/algorithms for java
ScriptEase JavaScript compatible interpreter to include in an app or embedded system

Programming Languages

APRIL (Agent Process Interaction Language) symbolic programming language for distributed apps
Imagine F language, a Fortran 90 subset - obsolescent F77 features omitted
VPG programming language for apps using databases, SQL Servers and CGI

Development Tools

C-Forge multi-user ide has full project management and edit/compile/debug cycle support
CM3 a cross-platform Modula-3 compiler and runtime for Unix and Windows
Code Medic graphical interface to gdb debugger's most important features
GAA (GNU Argument Analyser) utility manages the arguments of your programs
GLG Toolkit a cross-platform RAD tool for C/C++ and Java
GRASP development tool for Ada95, C, and Java generates Control Structure Diagrams
Infodock editor, debugger and visual front-end for command-line tools
OO-Browser a code browser for 8 different object oriented languages
perldbgui a GUI for the Perl debugger
QT Architect a versatile screen architect for the Qt widget set.
Xanthe app server enables one to distribute demo or special license versions of software
Xref package for browsing C and Java sources includes Emacs and Vedit macros

Development Libraries

AA-lib a portable ascii art GFX library
Alias library of C structures and functions allow apps to associate token sequences
C/Database Toolchest programming library for programs that manage large amounts of data
Fresco CORBA standard development library supports graphical embedding
FFTW fast C FFT library (includes multidimensional, real, and parallel transforms)