FireHOL is a simple yet powerful way to configure stateful iptables firewalls. It can be used to control any number of internal/external/virtual interfaces.
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ShellTer – iptables-based firewall
ShellTer is an iptables-based firewall. It supports port forwarding, blacklisting, whitelisting, etc. It has built-in SSH brute force protection.
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MailCrypt – Emacs Lisp package
Mailcrypt is an Emacs Lisp package which provides a simple interface to public key cryptography with PGP and GnuPG.
Read more80 of the Best Linux Security Applications
Security is paramount. Security involves defense in depth. Approaching security one step at a time, with consistency and rigour, you can mitigate threats, and keep intruders at bay. Intruders use a variety of different techniques in an attempt to compromise
Read moreSpecto – watches configurable events
Specto is a desktop application that watches configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then triggers notifications. For example, Specto can watch a website for updates (or a syndication feed, or an
Read moreJokosher – simple multi-track studio
Jokosher is a simple yet powerful multi-track studio. This software application can be used to create and record music, podcasts and more, all from an integrated simple environment. Jokosher provides a complete application for recording, editing, mixing and exporting audio,
Read moreScreem – web development environment
SCREEM (Site CReating and Editing EnvironMent) is a tag-based Web page editor which aims not only to aid in creating web pages, but also to provide useful site maintenance facilities, including automatic link updating and site upload facilities. SCREEM has
Read moreMono – .NET framework
Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications. Mono includes compilers, an ECMA-compatible runtime engine (the Common Language Runtime, or CLR), and many libraries. The libraries include Microsoft .NET compatibility libraries (including ADO.NET, System.Windows.Forms
Read moreTraverso DAW – multitrack audio recorder and editor
Traverso is a multitrack audio recording and editing program with special emphasis on an intuitive, clean, and above all efficient user interface. The program supports recording of any number of audio tracks (only limited by hardware capabilities), basic mixing features,
Read moreGNOME Do – application launcher
GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present in your GNOME desktop environment. These include applications, Evolution contacts, Firefox bookmarks, files, artists and albums in Rhythmbox, Pidgin buddies, etc.), as well as letting you perform commonly used
Read moreGourmet Recipe Manager
Gourmet Recipe Manager is a manager, editor, and organizer for recipes intended for the GNOME desktop environment (although it does not need all of the GNOME libraries to run). It currently has support for MealMaster and MasterCook import, including 1
Read moreenergyXT2 – create and record music
energyXT2 is a fully featured easy-to use music production sequencer. It provides music producers with a high quality solution for creating music. It has a wide set of features including no loading-time, all-in-one synth, fx and sequencer, drum machine track,
Read moreSPSS – statistical analysis and data management
SPSS is a suite of products for statistical analysis and data management. It enables analysts and researchers to access, prepare, manage, analyze, and report on data in order to solve business and research problems in the context of the analytical
Read moreKeep **AWOL**
Keep is an automatic backup program that allows users to set the parameters of the backup, including the frequency and the number of backups. It is designed to be a simple backup system for KDE. Keep is no longer maintained.
Read moreKLibido – KDE binaries downloader
KLibido is a KDE program to download encoded articles from the usenet news service, using the nntp protocol. It supports multiple servers, multiple download threads per server, automatic joining and decoding of articles. KLibido is not a newsreader. It doesn’t
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Katapult – KDE software
Katapult is a KDE application that provides users with faster and easier access to their applications, bookmarks, and more.
Read moreMail Notification – mail notification software
Mail Notification monitors your mailboxes for new mail. It works with system trays implementing the freedesktop.org System Tray Specification, such as the GNOME Panel Notification Area, the xfce4 Notification Area and the KDE System Tray. Its user interface is deliberately
Read moreGmail Notifier – email notifier software
Gmail Notifier is a MSN Messenger like popup written in Python that pops up an alert when new mail is received to a Gmail account. It provides an attractive and simple way to check for new messages. gmailusername – fairly
Read moreCheckGmail – alternative Gmail Notifier
CheckGmail is an alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux and other *nix systems. It is fast, secure and uses minimal bandwidth via the use of Atom feeds. CheckGmail is a system tray application that checks a Gmail account for new mail.
Read moreGWGET – GNOME download manager
Gwget is a download manager for the Gnome Desktop. It uses wget as a backend. It tightly integrates into GNOME and Firefox. Features include: Supports commonly-used protocols, including HTTP and FTP. Integrates with the GNOME notification area, including displaying of
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