User-space Tools
- Util-Linux (Collection of
25+ system utilities needed for running a GNU/Linux system, including: dmesg, fdisk, getty,
getopt, hwclock, mkswap, more, namei, setterm and setsid)
- udev
(User-space tool for having a dynamic /dev directory and persistent device names.)
- e2fsprogs (Ext2/3 file system utilities)
(ext2resize)
- SchedUtils
(Collection of tools to manage the Linux scheduling policy: chrt,
irqset, srt and taskset)
- pciutils
(Library for portable access to the PCI bus configuration space and several
PCI related utilities)
- rlocate
(Linux kernel module and user-space tool which acts as a
'locate' command alternative that is always up-to-date)
- SIV ("System Information Viewer".
Tool to display information from the "/proc" interface)
(code browser)
- x86info
(Utility for querying x86 compatible CPU registers to find indepth
information about the processors)
(cvs)
- ELSA
("Enhanced Linux System Accounting". Framework for monitoring
usage of Linux kernel resources by groups of processes.)
(cvs)
(ml)
- Syscalltrack
(Kernel module and user-space tool which allows the superuser to intercept
and modify invocations of Linux system calls)
(ml)
- Ethtool
(Ethernet based NIC management tool)
- ifplugd
(Daemon which activates/de-activates the ethernet device when a ethernet
cable is plugged-in/pulled-out)
- gmodconfig
(GNOME based tool for managing Linux kernel modules)
(cvs)
(ml)
- Knetfilter
(KDE based graphical front-end for Netfilter)
- PowerTweak
(Console and GTK+ based interface for tuning Linux kernel and hardware settings)
(cvs)
(ml)
- Ulogd
("User-space packet logging daemon" for Linux Netfilter/IPtables logging)
(ml)
- Fonmon
(Client/server based remote phone monitor via ISDN4Linux)
(cvs)
- iCam2
(Webcam application built around Video4Linux)
(cvs)
- qtisdnlinux
(Qt based frontend for isdn4linux-utils)
- nv-tv-out
(GTK+ based utility to setup TV-out support for the NVidia video cards)
(cvs)
(forum)
- NVClock (GTK+ based tool
to overclock several NVidia based video cards on GNU/Linux systems)
- RivaTV (Initiative
to create drivers for the video-in functionality of NVidia based video cards)
(cvs)
(ml)