Trasher is a small command-line utility that aims to replace rm. It moves items to a trash directory instead of deleting them immediately.
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Fastfetch – fetch system information
Fastfetch is a system information tool written in C. It aims to be a faster alternative to the hugely respected Neofetch tool.
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macchina – system information fetcher
macchina lets you view system information, like your kernel version, uptime, memory usage, processor load and much more.
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dmidecode – reports information about your system’s hardware
dmidecode reports information about your system’s hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.
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Percona Toolkit – collection of advanced open source command-line tools
Percona Toolkit (formerly Maatkit) provides essential command-line utilities for MySQL. Work more safely and quickly by relying on tested software
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Cedar Backup – manage system backups for a pool of local and remote machines
Cedar Backup is a free and open source software package designed to manage system backups for a pool of local and remote machines.
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rsnapshot – filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync
rsnapshot is an rsync-based filesystem snapshot utility. It can take incremental backups of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines.
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BackupPC – high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backup
BackupPC is a free backup software suite with a web-based frontend. It is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, Windows and Macs.
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bup – efficient backup system based on the git packfile format
bup is a free and open source program written in Python that backs things up. It’s short for “backup”.
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Tomb – system for file encryption
Tomb is a system for file encryption, facilitating the backup of secret files. It’s a simple tool to manage encrypted storage.
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gocryptfs – encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
gocryptfs is an encrypted overlay filesystem. Encrypted files are stored in CIPHERDIR, and a plain-text view can be presented.
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loop-AES – file system and swap encryption package
loop-AES is a fast and transparent file system and swap encryption package. loop-AES can be used to encrypt disk partitions, removable media, and more.
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Bazaar – version control system
Bazaar is a decentralized version control system that’s easy to use and intuitive, able to adapt to many workflows, reliable, and extendable.
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OTRS – ticket and process management system
OTRS is a Ticket Request System with many features to manage customer telephone calls and e-mails.
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SciPy – Scientific Computing Tools for Python
SciPy (pronounced “Sigh Pie”) is a Python-based ecosystem of open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering.
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Quattor – distribution of open source tools aimed at complete system management
Quattor is a distribution of open source tools aimed at complete system management. Manage non-grid servers, desktops, virtual machines…
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Bcfg2 – portable configuration management system
Bcfg2 is a configuration management system. It helps system administrators deploy complex changes across large numbers of systems.
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FAI – install, customize and manage Linux systems and software
FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) is a high quality tool for fully automatic installation of new Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Debian and more.
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Foreman – life cycle systems management tool
Foreman is a complete lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers.
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Finnix – system administration live CD
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian.
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