Posts Tagged ‘Tools’
Most Used Linux Tools
There are my most used Linux/Unix tools:
Desktop
Desktop: gnome
File manager: mc, nautilus(can display psd thumbnail), konqueror, thunar, rox
Internet browser: Firefox (plugin: netscape-flash, mplayerplug-in)
Visit the entire internet: tor
Email client: Thunderbird
Instant Messenger: pidgin(gaim)
FTP client: kftpgrabber, filezilla, gftp, mc, lftp
Archive Manager: file-roller, mc
Input method: scim-bridge
Office
openoffice: a full office productivity suite
PDF and PostScript Viewer: Evince, ggv
Stock analysis: AIOTrade
gnucash: A personal finance manager
basket: Multiple information organizer
freemind: Mind-mapping software
VoIP client: Ekiga(GnomeMetting)
OCR: gocr
PDFedit
Graphics
Image viewer: kuickshow (support PSD) (kdegraphics), gqview, eog
Lightweight image editor: kolourpaint (has issue with PSD)
Image editor: gimp
kruler (kdegraphics): a screen ruler and color measurement tool.
color picker: xmag, kcolorchooser (kdegraphics), kcoloredit (kdegraphics)
magnify parts of the screen: xmag
Software Development
Debug: gdb, ddd, eclipse
Edit remote file: gvim, gedit
HTML/CSS Editor: gvim, quanta
CSS Editor: gvim, cssed
PHP Editor: gvim, quanta
MySQL manager: phpMyAdmin, MySQL Query Browser (mysql-gui-tools), Eclipse SQL Explorer
kdiff3: KDE-based frontend to diff3.
gvimdiff: File differences and merge.
lynx
IDE: eclipse, PDT, DTP, WTP
Development environment: build-essential(Debian, NexentaOS)
System Manager
Network traffic: iftop, vnstat
ext2/ext3 backup/restore: dump, restore
rrdtool-based graphing solution: Cacti
Network analyzer
Trace route tool: mtr
Protocol analyzer: wireshark (ethereal)
Server
FTP server: pure-ftpd
MySQL loading balancing: MySQL Proxy
PHP Optimizer: Zend Optimizer
Secure IMAP and POP3 server: dovecot
Web statistics: webalizer, awstats
Server virtualization: OpenVZ
hight-performance: memcached
Caching forward nameserver: dnsmasq, pdnsd
cacti: a complete frontend to rrdtool
Bacula: The Network Backup Solution
Rescue/Restore: mondo-rescue
Security Tools
Please see Linux Security Tools
Others
kworldclock (kdetoys)
ascii art: toilet
xwininfo
CHM viewer: CHM Reader for firefox, chm_http (chmlib)
amule
console-based calculator: bc
Running windows: vmware
IRC bot: eggdrop
System administration guide: debian-reference
DNS tools
Linux includes a number of standard tools that allow you to work with DNS. Here are the tools you will use:
dig
Forward lookup with dig: dig hostname
Query on specific name server: dig hostname @server
Reverse lookup with dig: dig -x IP
host
Forward lookup with host: host hostname
Reverse lookup with host: host IP
nslookup
Forward lookup using nslookup: nslookup hostname
Lookup on specific name server: nslookup hostname server
Reverse lookup using nslookup: nslookup IP
whois
A command-line utility from the whois package, whois queries the database at whois.networksolutions.com.
Usage:
whois xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
whois domainname