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Backup

  • BRU 2000 - a Reliable Backup Utility 
  • BURT - the backup and recovery tool, is an extension for Tcl/Tk 8.0 designed to perform backups to and recoveries from tapes 
  • KBackup - a Backup System for Linux 
  • ras - a redundant archive system 
  • Taper - a backup and restore utility for tape drives providing a friendly user interface 

Databases

  • ADABAS D for LINUX - a high performance relational DBMS 
  • Adaptive Server Enterprise - a highly scalable, high-performance database engine by Sybase 
  • Altera SQL Server - a multiuser, relational database with ODBC and JDBC option
  • as4002unix - an utility for converting AS/400 physical files to ASCII 
  • Beagle SQL - a free client server SQL database engine 
  • CQL++ - an ANSI and ODBC compliant database management system 
  • D-ISAM - an Industry Standard file handler 
  • Empress Suite for Linux - a complete collection of Empress products 
  • Essentia - a Database Server of InterSoft developed with a new Technology: RISE (Reduced Instruction Set Engine) 
  • Flagship - a superset of Clipper 5.x and Dbase III for Unix 
  • Gadfly - a very small, fast, highly portable database system which uses a very large subset of standard SQL 
  • GNU SQL Server - a free portable multiuser relatational database management system 
  • Informix on Linux 
  • Ingres II - an advanced relational database management system (RDBMS) 
  • InterBase - an RDBMS which combines ease of installation, ease of use, and ease of maintenance all in one product 
  • jBASE - an Application Development and Database Independent Management System 
  • Just Logic/SQL Database Manager 
  • Kubl - a RDBMS Platform for Windows and Unix 
  • LEAP - a relational database management system using the relational algebra as its query language 
  • locus - Personal fulltext database supporting complicated queries 
  • MDBMS - an SQL database server 
  • mSQL - a lightweight database engine offering a subset of the ANSI SQL specification as its query language 
  • MySQL - a SQL (Structured Query Language) database server 
  • NetSQL - a TCP/IP SQL server that is specially designed to power database applications on the Web, and on the Intranet 
  • OpenLink Data Access Drivers Suite - a bundle of Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Universal Database Connectivity (UDBC) Drivers 
  • Oracle on Linux - Oracle8 database ported to Linux
  • Postgres95 - an enhancement of the POSTGRES database management system 
  • PostgreSQL - a robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS (ORDBMS), derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system 
  • Qddb - a fast, powerful and flexible database software 
  • Raima Database Manager++ - a database engine for Linux 
  • readyBase - a a dynamic and embeddable relational database library with a high level C API, as well as Perl and Java interfaces
  • Recital for Linux 
  • SOLID Server - a relational DBMS for Linux and other platforms from Solid Information Technology Ltd. 
  • SOLID Web Engine - a database server for web applications 
  • SQLkit - an API which allow you to communicate with a Just Logic database from within a FlagShip program 
  • SQSH - a replacement for the venerable 'isql' program supplied by Sybase 
  • SS-File Database Manager 
  • YARD - a database server for UNIX operating systems 
  • Zigzag - a multi-dimensional data organizing system 

Document, Image and Graphic Processing

  • 2utf - a filter with main purpose to translate various charsets to UTF-8 
  • A2E-MLHT - a MultiLingual Hypertext System 
  • a2ps - an Any to PostScript converter 
  • bib2html - converts BibTeX to HTML 
  • bibprep - a HTML/BIBTEX Annotated Bibliography Preprocessor 
  • bib-search - a tool for working with bibtex files
  • BibStuff - a number of utilities for searching through refer-format bibliographic records 
  • bomb - an eye-candy program 
  • catdoc - a program which reads one or more Microsoft word files and outputs text, contained inside them to standard output 
  • COLD - a tool to convert old LyX documents to the new version of LyX 
  • Convert - a text conversion utility using external code files 
  • DC20Pack - transfers and converts the pictures of a Kodak DC20 digital camera
  • diag - a program converts numeric data, written in an ASCII-file into a diagram in EPS-format 
  • DOCModify - a PERL script to modify fields in every file 
  • eg - Expert Guide, a text mode Norton Guide reader for Linux 
  • gifc - accepts a file with graphical commands and outputs a GIF file 
  • Gifsicle - a UNIX command-line tool for creating, editing, and getting information about GIF images and animations 
  • Giftool - add/remove comments and interlace GIF images 
  • Glimpse - a tool to search entire file systems 
  • GNU Enscript - converts ASCII files to PostScript 
  • html2ps - an HTML to PostScript converter written in Perl 
  • Image_Pack - 3 small bash scripts to create and optimize JPEG images 
  • IndexMaker - a PERL script to make an index.html file from PDF files, HTML files, VRML files and other files 
  • info2html - converts TeXinfo to HTML 
  • LaTeX - a document preparation system 
  • LaTeX2HTML - LaTeX to HTML converter 
  • Latte - a simple and powerful language for including markup in text documents which can be converted to HTML 
  • LPU - a tool for creating labels and forms of any kind from a textual description 
  • MetaMorphosis - a toolkit for the analysis and processing of SGML and XML documents 
  • MSWordView - a program that converts microsofts word 8 binary file format (office97) into html 
  • MultiGIF - a cross-platform utilty for creating animated GIF images 
  • NTeX - a TeX Distribution for Linux 
  • Paai's Text Utilities - a collection of programs and Unix-scripts useful for playing with text-files 
  • PDFprint - a flexible tool to print PDF files from different directories and recursively from every subdirectories, from FTP and HTTP sites 
  • perlSGML - a collection of Perl programs and libraries for processing SGML documents 
  • PostShop - a software provides fast installation and color PostScript Printing with the lowest cost Inkjet and PCL Printers 
  • POV-Ray - a Ray Tracing Tool 
  • Quikscript - a PostScript text formatting/typesetting program 
  • RTFtoHTML - a tool to convert RTF documents (from Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Frame Maker...) into documents for the WWW 
  • RTF-Tools - a set of RTF (Rich Text Format) translation tools 
  • <SGML> & tools; - a text-formatting package based on SGML 
  • Sgrep - a tool for searching text files and filtering text streams using structural criteria 
  • SP - an SGML System Conforming to International Standard ISO 8879 -- Standard Generalized Markup Language 
  • Tag-types - a Utilities for manipulating tagged files 
  • TEItools - a collection of scripts for transforming documents written in SGML to various output format 
  • teTeX - a TeX distribution for UNIX systems 
  • texi2html - a Texinfo to HTML Translator
  • Texinfo Converting Tools - converts GNU-Texinfo files into OS/2-IPF, Windows-Help-RTF format and HTML
  • textps - a program which generates PostScript from ordinary text. 
  • TeX FAQ 
  • TPROC - a simple utility that handles processing of Text Files 
  • troffcvt - a translator that turns troff input into a form that can be more easily processed 
  • troff2html - a perl program for conversion of troff with "mm" macros to HTML 
  • ttf2pfa - a True Type to Postscript Font converter 
  • TTH - a TeX to HTML translator 
  • txt2html - a Perl program that converts plain text to HTML 
  • txt2pdf - a Perl program that converts text files to PDF format files 
  • UDO - a Universal Document format and conversion software 
  • Vprint - a text formatter similar to troff-like formatters 
  • webgif - a utility to set transparency and interlacing and output interesting information about GIFs 
  • WhirlGIF - GIF Animation software 
  • Word2x - a GPLed program for converting word documents to text without any Microsoft software 
  • YODL - a pre-document language and tools to convert this language to many output formats

Editors

  • APE - Another Programming Editor is an integrated development environment for Unix platforms 
  • Elvis - a clone of the vi/ex 
  • Emacs 
  • Fe - a folding editor 
  • hexedit - a utility to view and edit files in hexadecimal or in ASCII 
  • JED - a freely available text editor 
  • jwrite - a simple ncurses-based Japanese-capable editor 
  • SlickEdit - a fast, feature-rich, and easy to use editor 
  • vile - a vi-like editor 
  • VIM - the "vi improved" editor 

File and Disk Management

Multimedia

  • 8hz-mp3 - an MPEG audio layer 3 encoder 
  • Aumix - an audio mixer with ncurses interface and command-line options 
  • aview - a high quality ascii-art image(pnm) browser and animation(fli/flc) player usefull especially with lynx browser
  • BladeEnc - a freeware MP3 encoder 
  • CECILIA - an environment for music and signal-processing that uses Csound as its underlying audio processing engine
  • delfin - a realtime software sampler for Linux 
  • Dr Fermi tabulator - a program for converting Ascii tabulature (for guitar, bass guitar and drums) to MIDI files 
  • EARS - an attempt to gather existing free code for speech recognition into a usable tool 
  • Emacspeak - a Speech Output Subsystem For Emacs 
  • EsounD - an enlightened sound daemon
  • FreeAmp - an Open Source MP3 player available for Linux and Win32 
  • GModplay - a mod files player for Linux based on the sound engine from ModPlug
  • GramoFile - an audio recording, playback, signal processing and track splitting tool
  • Groovy - an ncurses based CD player 
  • LilyPond - the GNU Project music typesetter 
  • L3V200 - a MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 encoder/decoder 
  • MAPLAY - a MPEG Audio player 
  • MBROLA - free Speech Synthesis 
  • Midi2Cs - creates Csound rendering input from midifiles and your own WAV and AIFF files on the fly 
  • MikMod - a module player supporting S3M, STM, MOD, MTM and XM 
  • mixer - a command-line mixer program 
  • mpg123 - an MPEG audio player for Unix supporting MPEG 1.0/2.0 layers 1, 2 and 3 
  • Multitrack - a program that uses the harddisk for recording up to sixteen tracks 
  • NSPmod - a MOD (Protracker module and some of its extensions) / S3M (Scream Tracker 3 module) / MTM (Multitracker module) music player 
  • NV-DC1000 - a utility to transfer images from the NV-DC1000 digital camera 
  • OggSquish - a general purpose audio compression utility 
  • RAP - play RealAudio[tm] from the command line w/o X windows up 
  • (RT)cmix - a software package which allows you to create music 
  • SCCW - a SoundCard CW (Morse Code) Program for Linux 
  • Screader - a screen reader using software or hardware speech synthesizer
  • SIDPLAY - a music player and SID-chip emulator 
  • SmallCD - a a small, text-mode CD player 
  • Sox - a sound file format converter for Unix and DOS PCs 
  • Sox - a sound conversion and player/recorder 
  • Sox-11gamma-cb3 - an sound conversion and player/recorder 
  • split16 - lossless audio compressor for 16 bit WAV, PCM, or AIF files 
  • Super Groove Master - a music sequencer for AWE32 
  • Synaesthesia - a program for displaying a hypnotic visual representation of sound 
  • TCD - a curses based CD player 
  • TiMidity - a MIDI to WAVE Converter 
  • WaveTools - a programs collection for manipulating mono WAV Files 
  • xmp - an audio player for Fast Tracker II extended modules 

Personal Tools

  • biorythm - a program calculates a simple biorythm plot, including a selectable mixture of emotional, intellectual, physical and average curves 
  • cal - an Enhanced Unix Calendar Program 
  • calc - a simple command-line calculator 
  • Genuis Calculator - an arbitrary precision calculator
  • LINGVISTO - a small word-trainer 
  • mc - MacroCALC is a powerful Lot*s compatible character based spreadsheet 
  • Projector - a Project Scheduling / Critical Path Analysis Tool 
  • ric - a simple 'Personal Financial Calculator' intended to help individuals to make considered IRA and ROTH IRA decisions 
  • Teapot - Table Editor and Planner, Or: Teapot is a spread sheet program for UNIX 
  • TimeClock - an employee time and attendance system 
  • T-Online Ade - Bankanweisungen im DTAUS-Format aus einfachen Textdatenbanken erzeugen 

Science and Mathematic

  • Billnet - a fast and free neural network simulator 
  • BLACS - Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms 
  • BUCKY - a P-Finite Element Program for Plate Analysis 
  • CCDPFA - Charge-Coupled Device Radiation Damage Assessment 
  • CSPAN - Compressor SPanline ANalysis 
  • fetch - an easy swissprot protein sequence retrieval utility 
  • Fiasco - a program for statistical analysis of sampled data 
  • GAP - Groups, Algorithms and Programming is a system for computational discrete algebra 
  • Gnuplot - a command-line driven interactive function plotting utility 
  • IRAF - a data reduction and analysis system for astronomical data 
  • MATCOM - a Matlab to C++ Compiler 
  • MATLAB - a technical computing environment for high-performance numeric computation and visualization 
  • Octave - a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations 
  • SCRAM - an Engineer's Tool for Prediction of Airframe Integrated Scramjet Performance 
  • SC_rate - a general method to evaluate the accuracy of protein sequence alignment with very low sequence identity 
  • SEAL - Dynamics of Face and Annular Seals with Two-Phase Flow 
  • SHAZAM - a program for econometricians, statisticians, engineers, sociometricians, psychometricians, and others who use statistical techniques 
  • stream_utils - tools to convert Calma GDSII stream files to and from ASCII text 
  • tacg - a command-line program for the analysis of nucleic acids for unix OSs 
  • TLIFE - Spur, Helical, and Spiral Bevel Transmission Life and Reliability Model 
  • VMD - a package for the vizualization and analysis of biomolecular systems 

Miscellaneous

 
 
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