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GNU/Linux System and Settings Software
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Aptik - a really easy to use system migration (backup) utility Bleachbit - free space and maintain privacy Blueman - graphical bluetooth manager GDebi Package Installer - install and view software packages GNOME PPP - a PPP account configurer and dialup tool for GNOME GParted - create, reorganize, and delete partitions Grub Customizer - customize the bootloader (GRUB2 or BURG) Gufw - graphical front end to ufw; easy way to configure firewall HardInfo - system information and benchmark tool iDeviceMounter - a GUI for mounting and unmounting iPhones and iPads LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings - configure the LightDM GTK+ Greeter (login manager) luckyBackup - A powerful, fast and reliable backup and sync tool MultiBootUSB - Create bootable USB stick with multiple operating systems NetworkManager - network management framework Notifications (xfce4-notifyd) - simple, visually-appealing notification daemon for Xfce Synaptic Package Manager - install, remove, and upgrade software packages; apt front-end system-config-printer - Graphical user interface for CUPS administration (printing) Task Manager - easy to use task manager UNetbootin - create bootable Live USB drives from an ISO or IMG with the option to download various Linux distributions from within the program xev - print contents of X events (keyboard, mouse, joystick) XScreenSaver - the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems running the X11 Window System	aconnect - ALSA sequencer connection manager alien - converts linux packages between the rpm,deb,tgz and slp packages alsamixer - soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface apropos - search the manual page names and descriptions aptik - a really easy to use system migration (backup) utility aptitude - high-level interface to the package manager (apt; Debain-based) aureport - a tool that produces summary reports of audit daemon logs btscanner - ncurses-based scanner for Bluetooth devices clamav (clamscan; freshclam) - scan files and directories for viruses cryptsetup - manage plain dm-crypt and LUKS encrypted volumes dd - convert and copy a file Downgrading packages - a quick "howto" for downgrading installed packages for various Linux distributions dpkg - use it to install DEB packages such as: sudo dpkg -i nameofpackage.deb dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package fail2ban - a set of server and client programs to limit brute force authentication attempts. eject - best use is to quickly eject a CD/DVD Harden System - some tips on what you can do to increase system security; use at your own risk hciconfig - configure Bluetooth devices hcitool - configure Bluetooth connections htop - an interactive process viewer for Unix systems iptables - administration tool for IPv4/IPv6 packet filtering and NAT iptraf-ng - console based network monitoring utility libirecovery - use this tool if your iDevice gets stuck in recovery mode (run 'irecovery -n') libre-kernel - a short "howto" for installing the Linux libre-kernel lsof - list open files; Use: 'lsof -P -i -n' to list active network connections lynis - a system security auditing tool mkfs - build a Linux filesystem MultiBoot USB \| Website - Changes your USB storage device into something you can just copy ISO's over to and boot from them later. Do not get this confused with the other listed "MultiBootUSB" item from the GUI section. nmon - Nigel's performance Monitor for Linux netstat - print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships pacmd - reconfigure a PulseAudio sound server during runtime pactl - control a running PulseAudio sound server pamix - ncurses based pulseaudio mixer for the commandline parted - a partition manipulation program pgrep, pkill - look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes pip - a tool for installing and managing Python packages powertop - a power consumption and power management diagnosis tool pulsemixer - CLI and curses mixer for PulseAudio rkhunter - RootKit Hunter ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) - program for managing a netfilter firewall v4l2-ctl - an application to control video4linux drivers vlock - use to lock a single or all TTY/consoles wal - generate colorschemes on the fly whohas - find packages in various distributions' repositories

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