Partition programs
• cfdisk – curses-based disk partition table manipulator
• fdisk – partition table manipulator
• fixparts – designed to correct common problems with computer partition tables
• gdisk – text-mode partitioning tool that works on GPT disks
• gpart – guess PC-type hard disk partitions
• GParted – partition editor that uses libparted
• parted – partition manipulation program
• sfdisk – partition table manipulator

File System Programs
• btrfs – btrfs is a new copy on write file system for Linux
• Bonnie + + – benchmark suite aimed at performing a number of simple tests
• curlftpfs – file system for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl
• dbench – file system benchmark programs
• diskdev_cmds – OSX-ported, HFS + programs supplying mkfs and fsck
• dosfstools – programs to create and check MS-DOS FAT file systems
• e2fsprogs – ext2 file system programs and libraries
• EncFS – provides an encrypted file system in user space
• fsarchiver – save contents of a file system to a compressed archive file
• FUSE – file system in userspace
• hfsplus – set of tools to access HFS + file systems
• IOzone – file system benchmark tool
• ntfs-3g/ntfsprogs – third generation NTFS driver and tools for doing neat things with NTFS
• ObexFS – FUSE based filesystem using ObexFTP
• reiserfsprogs – user-level tools for ReiserFS file systems
• sshfs – file system client based on SSH
• vmfs-tools – access VMFS through standard Linux VFS via FUSE
• xfsprogs – programs for managing XFS file systems
• zfs-fuse – a port of the ZFS file system from Sun

Booting Loader Programs
• grub – GRand Unified Bootloader
• HDT (Hardware Detection Tool) – Syslinux com32 hardware analyzer module
• install-mbr – installs and configures a Master Boot Record manager
• lilo – LInux LOader
• Memtest86 + – advanced memory diagnostic tool
• ms-sys – used to create Microsoft-compatible boot records
• syslinux – bootloaders for FAT12/16/32, bootable “El Torito” (iso9660), ext2/3/4 and brtfs file systems

X Programs
• Audacious – Audacious is an open source audio player
• Asunder – Asunder is a graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder
• arandr – designed to provide a simple visual front end for XRandR
• Blueman Device Manager – Blueman is a GTK + Bluetooth Manager
• ClamTk Virus Scanner – A GUI front-end for ClamAV
• Conky – lightweight system monitor
• CUPS – CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system
• ddrescue-gui – A python script to make it easier to use ddrescue
• Evince Document Viewer – Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats
• feh – an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users
• File Roller – archive manager
• Firefox – open source web browser
• galculator – GTK + scientific calculator
• GEncFS – GUI to EncFS, for encrypted directory mounting
• gtkdialog – small utility for fast and easy GUI building
• gtk-lshw – GTK + front-end for lshw
• GSmartControl – HDD health inspection tool (GUI for smartctl)
• GSSHFS – GUI to SSHFS, for distant directory over SSH mounting
• hardinfo – system profiler and benchmark
• ISO Master – GUI CD image editor
• Leafpad – GTK + based simple text editor
• lilosetup – a GUI utility to configure LILO bootloader
• Mirage Image Viewer – Mirage is a fast and simple GTK + image viewer
• netwag – a graphical front-end to netwox
• NetworkManager – Great Networking powered by DBUS
• Parcellite – Parcellite is a lightweight GTK + clipboard manager
• pyneighborhood – an OpenSource GTK + based SMB / CIFS Browsing utility
• ROX-Filer – a simple and easy to use graphical file manager for X11
• ROXTerm – ROXTerm is a terminal emulator intended to provide similar features to gnome-terminal, based on the same VTE library
• SciTE – A free source code editor for Win32 and X
• spacefm – a file manager with built-in VFS, udev-based device manager, customizable menu system, and bash integration
• systester – Test your system’s stability and performance by calculating millions of digits of Pi
• TigerVNC Viewer – a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC
• TrueCrypt – software system for on-the-fly-encrypted volumes
• UNetbootin – create bootable, Live USB drives for Linux distros without burning a CD
• WICD – A network connection manager that aims to simplify wired and wireless networking in Linux
• XChat – IRC chat program
• xclamscan – GUI for the ClamAV anti-virus
• Xdialog – designed to be a drop in replacement for the “dialog” or “cdialog” programs
• xfburn – Xfburn is a simple CD / DVD burning tool based on libburnia libraries
• Yad – (yet another dialog) is a fork of Zenity with many improvements
• Zenity – allows you to display GTK dialog boxes in commandline and shell scripts

Console Programs
• AlsaMixer – soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface
• arpwatch – a tool for monitoring Address Resolution Protocol traffic on a computer network
• bar – a simple tool to copy a stream of data and print a display for the user
• BlueZ – official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack
• bzip2recover – recover data from damaged bz2 files
• cdrtools – allows recording to CD / DVD / BluRay media
• chntpw – utility to (re) set passwords of local accounts on Windows systems
• ClamAV – open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX
• Clonezilla – OpenSource clone system
• cmospwd – decrypts passwords stored in CMOS used to access BIOS setup
• consoleKit – ConsoleKit is a framework for defining and tracking users, login sessions, and seats
• cURL – tool for transferring files with URL syntax
• dcfldd – enhanced version of GNU dd
• dc3dd – patched version of GNU dd
• GNU dd – convert and copy a file
• ddrescue – does not abort on errors on the input file
• device-mapper – kernel component that supports LVM
• di (Disk Information Utility) – disk information programs
• diff – compares two files, showing differences line by line
• disktype – detect content format of disk or disk image
• dislocker – designed to read BitLocker encrypted partitions under Linux and Mac OSX systems
• dmidecode – reports information about your system’s hardware
• dmraid – discover and activate software (ATA) RAID
• DRBL – Diskless Remote Boot in Linux
• dvd + rw-tools – makes it possible to burn DVD images
• ELinks – text mode web browser
• ethtool – standard Linux utility for controlling network drivers and hardware
• ext3grep – recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 file systems
• extundelete – tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 file systems
• file – determine file type
• flashrom – identify, read, write, verify, erase flash chips
• gptsync – GPT partition table to MBR partition table synchronisation
• hdparm – get / set ATA / SATA drive parameters
• hexedit – view and edit files in hexadecimal
• hfsprescue – scans a damaged image file or partition that is formatted with HFS +
• iptables – administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
• lftp – command-line file transfer program
• lm-sensors – Linux hardware monitoring
• lshw – Hardware Lister
• lsof – (LiSt Open Files) displays information about files open to processes
• lspci – lists PCI buses and devices in the system
• lsscsi – lists information about SCSI devices
• lsusb – lists USB devices
• lzip – gzip-like command line tool which uses LZMA compression
• md5deep – a set of programs to compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, Tiger, or Whirlpool message digests on an arbitrary number of files
• mdadm – manage MD devices, aka Linux Software Raid
• Midnight Commander – file manager
• modem-manager – D-Bus service for managing modems
• multipath-tools – used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver
• nano – editor aimed to replace Pico
• nbd – network block device, client and server.
• nmap – programs for network discovery and security auditing
• ntp – Network Time Protocol
• Nwipe – run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN
• Open-iSCSI – Open-iSCSI project is a high performance, transport independent, multi-platform implementation of RFC3720
• openSSH – encrypt sessions using the SSH protocol
• openSSL – open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols
• partclone – a project similar to the well-known backup utility
• partclone-utils – partclone-utils contains a utility for use with partclone generated images
• partimage – utility which saves partitions to an image file
• perl – a highly capable, feature-rich programming language
• PhotoRec – digital photo recovery
• pigz – parallel implementation of gzip that exploits multiple processors & cores
• plzip – parallel lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
• polkit – a toolkit for handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes
• pv (pipe viewer) – monitors the progress of data through a pipeline
• pxz – a compression utility that runs LZMA compression of different parts of an input file on multiple processors simultaneously
• rdiff-backup – rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network
• reglookup – direct analysis of Windows NT-based registry files
• RP-PPPoE – PPPoE client for Linux to connect to PPPoE service providers
• rsync – fast incremental file transfer
• rTorrent – text-based ncurses BitTorrent client
• safecopy – data recovery tool
• samba – the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix
• Scrounge NTFS – data recovery program for NTFS
• sdparm – outputs and modifies SCSI device parameters
• shorewall – a gateway / firewall configuration tool for GNU / Linux
• shred – securely delete a file
• smartctl – control and monitor utility for SMART disks
• stress – simple workload generator
• sudo – execute a command as another user
• TestDisk – partition scanner and disk recovery tool
• udevil – a program that mounts and unmounts devices without a password, shows device info, and monitors device changes
• udisks – a daemon that serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus
• UDPcast – transfer tool that can multicast data on a LAN
• unarj – program used to uncompress. arj format archives
• wpa_supplicant – implementation of an IEEE 802.11i supplicant
• wipe – secure, file wiping utility
• zenmap – the official Nmap Security Scanner GUI
• zerofree – Zerofree finds the unallocated, non-zeroed blocks in an ext2 or ext3 file-system and fills