915resolution

Utility to patch VBIOS of Intel 855 / 865 / 915 chipsets

9base

A port of various original Plan 9 tools for Unix, based on plan9port

accountsservice

D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information

ack

ack is a tool like grep, aimed at programmers with large trees of heterogeneous source code

acl

access control list utilities, libraries and headers

adjtime

A perl script to adjust the clock tick of the hardware clock on the system board (should work on most platforms).

aix-miscutils

Miscellaneous helpers for AIX (currently just ldd)

apmd

Advanced Power Management Daemon

arrayprobe

CLI utility that reports the status of a HP (Compaq) array controller (both IDA & CCISS supported).

attr

Extended attributes tools

baobab

Disk usage browser for GNOME 3

bar

Console Progress Bar

baselayout

Filesystem baselayout and init scripts

baselayout-prefix

Minimal baselayout for Gentoo Prefix installs

biosdevname

Sets BIOS-given device names instead of kernel eth* names

biosdisk

A script that creates floppy boot images to flash Dell BIOSes

bleachbit

Clean junk to free disk space and to maintain privacy

blktool

query and/or change settings of a block device

busybox

Utilities for rescue and embedded systems

byld

build a Linux distribution on a single floppy

cciss_vol_status

Shows status of logical drives attached to HP SmartArray controllers.

ccs-tools

TOMOYO Linux tools

checkpolicy

SELinux policy compiler

checkservice

Check the status of services running on local/remote machines

chname

Run a command with a new system hostname.

chpax

Manages various PaX related flags for ELF32, ELF64, and a.out binaries.

cinit

a fast, small and simple init with support for profiles

clrngd

Clock randomness gathering daemon

cobalt-panel-utils

LCD and LED panel utilities for the Sun Cobalts

coldplug

coldplug init.d program to load modules at bootime

collectl

light-weight performance monitoring tool capable of reporting interactively and logging to disk

conspy

Remote control for virtual consoles

coreutils

Standard GNU file utilities (chmod, cp, dd, dir, ls...), text utilities (sort, tr, head, wc..), and shell utilities (whoami, who,...)

cpint

Linux/390 Interface to z/VM's Control Program

cpuid

Utility to get detailed information about the CPU(s) using the CPUID instruction

cracklib-words

large set of crack/cracklib dictionaries

daemonize

Runs a command as an Unix daemon

darwin-miscutils

Miscellaneous commands used on Darwin/Mac OS X systems, Tiger

dbus

A message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to each other

dcfldd

enhanced dd with features for forensics and security

dchroot

Utility for managing chroots for non-root users

debianutils

A selection of tools from Debian

diffutils

Tools to make diffs and compare files

dmapi

XFS data management API library

dmidecode

DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities

dmtcp

DMTCP is the Distributed MultiThreaded Checkpointing tool.

dnotify

Execute a command when the contents of a directory change

dog

Dog is better than cat

dstat

Versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat and ifstat

dtc

Open Firmware device-trees compiler

ed

Your basic line editor

edac-utils

Userspace helper for Linux kernel EDAC drivers

elfix

Tools to fix ELF binaries to work on Hardened Gentoo

entropy

Entropy Package Manager foundation library

entropy-client-services

Entropy Package Manager client-side services

entropy-server

Entropy Package Manager server-side tools

ethtool

Utility for examining and tuning ethernet-based network interfaces

ezusb2131

This is a firmware uploader for EZ-USB devices

fakechroot

Provide a faked chroot environment without requiring root privileges

fakeroot

Run commands in an environment faking root privileges

fakeroot-ng

A utility to run commands with fake root privileges

fbset

A utility to set the framebuffer videomode

file

identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns

findutils

GNU utilities for finding files

flashrom

Utility for reading, writing, erasing and verifying flash ROM chips

fwcrv

FireWire CSR Config ROM Viewer

fxload

USB firmware uploader

galago-daemon

Galago presence daemon

gawk

GNU awk pattern-matching language

gnome-disk-utility

Disk Utility for GNOME using udisks

gpet

GTK+ based TOMOYO policy editor

gptfdisk

gdisk - GPT partition table manipulator for Linux

gradm

Administrative interface for the grsecurity Role Based Access Control system

grep

GNU regular expression matcher

groff

Text formatter used for man pages

gscanbus

a little bus scanning, testing, and topology visualizing tool for the Linux IEEE1394 subsystem

hardened-shadow

Hardened implementation of user account utilities

haveged

A simple entropy daemon using the HAVEGE algorithm

hbaapi

The Host Bus Adapter API for managing Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

hdparm

Utility to change hard drive performance parameters

help2man

GNU utility to convert program --help output to a man page

hexdump-esr

Eric Raymond's hex dumper

hotplug

USB and PCI hotplug scripts

hotplug-base

Base Hotplug framework

hotplug2stdout

A tool for reading kernel uevent(s) to stdout

hprofile

Utility to manage hardware, network, power or other profiles

hwdata-gentoo

Data for the hwsetup program

hwdata-redhat

Hardware identification and configuration data

hwids

Hardware (PCI, USB) IDs databases

hwinfo

hwinfo is the hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux.

hwloc

displays the hardware topology in convenient formats

hwsetup

Hardware setup program from Knoppix - used only on LiveCD

i2c

I2C Bus kernel modules for linux-2.4.x

i2c-tools

I2C tools for bus probing, chip dumping, register-level access helpers, EEPROM decoding scripts, and more

ibm-powerpc-utils

This package provides utilities for the maintainance of the IBM and Apple powerpc platforms.

ibm-powerpc-utils-papr

This package provides the utilities which are intended for the maintenance of IBM powerpc platforms.

ifd-gempc

GemCore based PC/SC reader drivers for pcsc-lite

ifplugd

Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection

input-utils

Small collection of linux input layer utils

ipmitool

Utility for controlling IPMI enabled devices.

ipmiutil

IPMI Management Utilities

iproute2

kernel routing and traffic control utilities

irqbalance

Distribute hardware interrupts across processors on a multiprocessor system

isapnptools

Tools for configuring ISA PnP devices

kbd

Keyboard and console utilities

kexec-tools

Load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel

keyutils

Linux Key Management Utilities

kmod

library and tools for managing linux kernel modules

kudzu

Red Hat Hardware detection tools

kuroevtd

Monitors the Kurobox and LinkStation power and reset buttons.

lcdsplash

splash Gentoo boot information on LCD's

lcdutils

Cobalt RaQ/Qube LCD Writing and Button reading utilities

less

Excellent text file viewer

linux-misc-apps

Misc tools bundled with kernel sources

lkcdutils

Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) Utilities

lm_sensors

Hardware Monitoring user-space utilities

logwatch

Analyzes and Reports on system logs

lomoco

Lomoco can configure vendor-specific options on Logitech USB mice.

lsadb

Prints out information on all devices attached to the ADB bus

lsb-release

LSB version query program

lshw

Hardware Lister

lssbus

Small utility for Linux/SPARC that list devices on SBUS

magneto-core

Entropy Package Manager notification applet library

makedev

program used for creating device files in /dev

man

Standard commands to read man pages

man-db

a man replacement that utilizes berkdb instead of flat files

man-pages

A somewhat comprehensive collection of Linux man pages

man-pages-posix

POSIX man-pages (0p, 1p, 3p)

mawk

an (often faster than gawk) awk-interpreter

memtest86

A stand alone memory test for x86 computers

memtest86+

Memory tester based on memtest86

memtester

userspace utility for testing the memory subsystem for faults

microcode-ctl

Intel processor microcode update utility

microcode-data

Intel IA32 microcode update data

minised

a smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation

miscfiles

Miscellaneous files

mlocate

Merging locate is an utility to index and quickly search for files

module-init-tools

tools for managing linux kernel modules

modutils

Standard kernel module utilities for linux-2.4 and older

more

Primitive text file viewer

moreutils

a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write thirty years ago

most

Paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file

mouseemu

Emulates scrollwheel, right- & left-click for one-button mice/touchpads

mtree

check the permissions of a file system against a spec file

nca

Network Console on Acid

net-tools

Standard Linux networking tools

netboot-base

Baselayout for netboot systems

netkit-base

Old-style inetd

netplug

Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection

newrelic-sysmond

NewRelic System Monitor

noexec

a package for preventing processes from using exec system calls

openrc

OpenRC manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host

pacman

Archlinux's binary package manager

paludis

paludis, the other package mangler

paxctl

Manages various PaX related program header flags for Elf32, Elf64, binaries.

pcfclock

driver for the parallel port radio clock sold by Conrad Electronic

pciutils

Various utilities dealing with the PCI bus

pcmciautils

PCMCIA userspace utilities for Linux kernel 2.6.13 and beyond

pcsc-lite

PC/SC Architecture smartcard middleware library

pcsc-slb-rf72-drv

Schlumberger Reflex 72 Serial Smartcard Reader

pcsc-tools

PC/SC Architecture smartcard tools

pkgcore

pkgcore package manager

pmount

Policy based mounter that gives the ability to mount removable devices as a user

policycoreutils

SELinux core utilities

portage

Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo

powerpc-utils

PowerPC utilities including nvsetenv, and additional OldWorld apps

prctl

Tool to query and modify process behavior

prefix-chain-utils

Chained EPREFIX utilities and wrappers

preload

Adaptive readahead daemon.

pv

Pipe Viewer: a tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipe

pyrenamer

Mass rename files

qcontrol

Allows to send commands to some microcontrollers, for example to change leds or sound a buzzer

qdiskusage

Qt4 Graphical Disk Usage Analyzer

qingy

a DirectFB getty replacement

raidutils

Utilities to manage i2o/dtp RAID controllers.

razercfg

Utility for advanced configuration of Razer mice (DeathAdder, Krait, Lachesis)

readahead-list

Preloads files into the page cache to accelerate program loading.

rename

tool for easily renaming files

renameutils

Use your favorite text editor to rename files

rescan-scsi-bus

Script to rescan the SCSI bus without rebooting

restartd

A daemon for checking your running and not running processes

rng-tools

Daemon to use hardware random number generators.

rsbac-admin

Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) Admin Tools

s390-tools

A set of user space utilities that should be used together with the zSeries (s390) Linux kernel and device drivers

sandbox

sandbox'd LD_PRELOAD hack

sdparm

Utility to output and modify parameters on a SCSI device, like hdparm

seabios

Open Source implementation of a 16-bit x86 BIOS

sed

Super-useful stream editor

servicelog

Provides utilities for logging service-related events

setserial

Configure your serial ports with it

sg3_utils

Apps for querying the sg SCSI interface

shadow

Utilities to deal with user accounts

smartmontools

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) monitoring tools

sparc-utils

Various sparc utilities from Debian GNU/Linux

spu-tools

CELL spu ps and top alike utilities

stroke

A powerful tool to change file timestamps (including ctimes)

superiotool

util to detect Super I/O chips and functionality

syscriptor

Program that displays information about your hardware

syslog-notify

Notifications for syslog entries via libnotify

systemd

System and service manager for Linux

systemd-sysv-utils

sysvinit compatibility symlinks and manpages

systemd-ui

System and service manager for Linux

sysvinit

/sbin/init - parent of all processes

tcp-wrappers

TCP Wrappers

texinfo

The GNU info program and utilities

the_silver_searcher

A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster

timer_entropyd

A timer-based entropy generator

tomoyo-tools

TOMOYO Linux tools

turbotail

Drop-in replacement for 'tail' which uses the kernel DNOTIFY-api

tuxonice-userui

User Interface for TuxOnIce

uam

Simple udev-based automounter for removable USB media

ucspi-proxy

A proxy program for two connections set up by a UCSPI server and a UCSPI client.

ucspi-ssl

Command-line tools for building SSL client-server applications.

ucspi-tcp

Collection of tools for managing UNIX services

ucspi-unix

A ucspi implementation for unix sockets

uevt

A lightweight, desktop-independant daemon for disks mounting and power managing

uhinv

Universal Hardware Inventory Tool, uhinv displays operating system and hardware info

ultracopier

Advanced file copying tool

unscd

simple & stable nscd replacement

usbmon

Userland for USB monitoring framework

usbredir

A simple TCP daemon and set of libraries for the usbredir protocol (redirecting USB traffic)

usbutils

USB enumeration utilities

usb_modeswitch

USB_ModeSwitch is a tool for controlling 'flip flop' (multiple devices) USB gear like UMTS sticks

usermode-utilities

Tools for use with Usermode Linux virtual machines

usleep

A wrapper for usleep

utempter

App that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp (login) info

util-linux

Various useful Linux utilities

v86d

A daemon to run x86 code in an emulated environment.

vbetool

Run real-mode video BIOS code to alter hardware state (i.e. reinitialize video card)

vgabios

VGA BIOS implementation

watchdog

A software watchdog

whdd

Diagnostic and recovery tool for block devices

which

Prints out location of specified executables that are in your path

x86info

Dave Jones' handy, informative x86 CPU diagnostic utility

xinetd

powerful replacement for inetd

xmbmon

Mother Board Monitor Program for X Window System

yum

automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems

zorroutils

Zorro bus utility for Amigas running 2.1 and later kernels

915resolution

help2man

pcsc-slb-rf72-drv

9base

hexdump-esr

pcsc-tools

accountsservice

hotplug

pkgcore

ack

hotplug-base

pmount

acl

hotplug2stdout

policycoreutils

adjtime

hprofile

portage

aix-miscutils

hwdata-gentoo

powerpc-utils

apmd

hwdata-redhat

prctl

arrayprobe

hwids

prefix-chain-utils

attr

hwinfo

preload

baobab

hwloc

pv

bar

hwsetup

pyrenamer

baselayout

i2c

qcontrol

baselayout-prefix

i2c-tools

qdiskusage

biosdevname

ibm-powerpc-utils

qingy

biosdisk

ibm-powerpc-utils-papr

raidutils

bleachbit

ifd-gempc

razercfg

blktool

ifplugd

readahead-list

busybox

input-utils

rename

byld

ipmitool

renameutils

cciss_vol_status

ipmiutil

rescan-scsi-bus

ccs-tools

iproute2

restartd

checkpolicy

irqbalance

rng-tools

checkservice

isapnptools

rsbac-admin

chname

kbd

s390-tools

chpax

kexec-tools

sandbox

cinit

keyutils

sdparm

clrngd

kmod

seabios

cobalt-panel-utils

kudzu

sed

coldplug

kuroevtd

servicelog

collectl

lcdsplash

setserial

conspy

lcdutils

sg3_utils

coreutils

less

shadow

cpint

linux-misc-apps

smartmontools

cpuid

lkcdutils

sparc-utils

cracklib-words

lm_sensors

spu-tools

daemonize

logwatch

stroke

darwin-miscutils

lomoco

superiotool

dbus

lsadb

syscriptor

dcfldd

lsb-release

syslog-notify

dchroot

lshw

systemd

debianutils

lssbus

systemd-sysv-utils

diffutils

magneto-core

systemd-ui

dmapi

makedev

sysvinit

dmidecode

man

tcp-wrappers

dmtcp

man-db

texinfo

dnotify

man-pages

the_silver_searcher

dog

man-pages-posix

timer_entropyd

dstat

mawk

tomoyo-tools

dtc

memtest86

turbotail

ed

memtest86+

tuxonice-userui

edac-utils

memtester

uam

elfix

microcode-ctl

ucspi-proxy

entropy

microcode-data

ucspi-ssl

entropy-client-services

minised

ucspi-tcp

entropy-server

miscfiles

ucspi-unix

ethtool

mlocate

uevt

ezusb2131

module-init-tools

uhinv

fakechroot

modutils

ultracopier

fakeroot

more

unscd

fakeroot-ng

moreutils

usbmon

fbset

most

usbredir

file

mouseemu

usbutils

findutils

mtree

usb_modeswitch

flashrom

nca

usermode-utilities

fwcrv

net-tools

usleep

fxload

netboot-base

utempter

galago-daemon

netkit-base

util-linux

gawk

netplug

v86d

gnome-disk-utility

newrelic-sysmond

vbetool

gpet

noexec

vgabios

gptfdisk

openrc

watchdog

gradm

pacman

whdd

grep

paludis

which

groff

paxctl

x86info

gscanbus

pcfclock

xinetd

hardened-shadow

pciutils

xmbmon

haveged

pcmciautils

yum

hbaapi

pcsc-lite

zorroutils

hdparm