• cfdisk - curses-based disk partition table manipulator
• fdisk - partition table manipulator
• fixparts - designed to correct common problems with computer partition tables
• gdisk - text-mode partitioning tool that works on GPT disks
• gpart - guess PC-type hard disk partitions
• GParted - partition editor that uses libparted
• parted - partition manipulation program
• sfdisk - partition table manipulator

File System Tools

• btrfs - btrfs is a new copy on write file system for Linux
• Bonnie++ - benchmark suite aimed at performing a number of simple tests
• curlftpfs - file system for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl
• dbench - file system benchmark
• diskdev_cmds - OSX-ported, HFS+ utilities supplying mkfs and fsck
• dosfstools - utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT file systems
• e2fsprogs - ext2 file system utilities and libraries
• EncFS - provides an encrypted file system in userspace
• fsarchiver - save contents of a file system to a compressed archive file
• FUSE - file system in userspace
• hfsplus - set of tools to access HFS+ file systems
• IOzone - file system benchmark tool
• ntfs-3g - third generation NTFS driver
• ntfsprogs - tools for doing neat things with NTFS
• reiserfsprogs - user-level tools for ReiserFS file systems
• sshfs - file system client based on SSH
• vmfs-tools - access VMFS through standard Linux VFS via FUSE
• xfsprogs - utilities for managing XFS file systems
• zfs-fuse - a port of the ZFS file system from Sun

Booting Loader Tools

• grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
• HDT (Hardware Detection Tool) - Syslinux com32 hardware analyzer module
• install-mbr - installs and configures a Master Boot Record manager
• lilo - LInux LOader
• Memtest86+ - advanced memory diagnostic tool
• ms-sys - used to create Microsoft-compatible boot records
• syslinux - bootloaders for FAT12/16/32, bootable "El Torito” (iso9660), ext2/3/4 and brtfs file systems

X Utilities

• arandr - designed to provide a simple visual front end for XRandR
• Conky - lightweight system monitor
• emelFM2 - GTK+2 port of file manager emelFM
• ePDFView - lightweight PDF document viewer
• feh - an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users
• File Roller - archive manager
• Firefox - open source web browser
• galculator - GTK+ scientific calculator
• gcin - Gtk Chinese INput application in X
• GEncFS - GUI to EncFS, for encrypted directory mounting
• gnome-ppp - A front end to the Point-to-Point Protocol dialer Wvdial
• GPicView - GTK+ image viewer
• gtk-lshw - GTK+ front-end for lshw
• GSmartControl - HDD health inspection tool (GUI for smartctl)
• GSSHFS - GUI to SSHFS, for distant directory over SSH mounting
• hardinfo - system profiler and benchmark
• ISO Master - GUI CD image editor
• Leafpad - GTK+ based simple text editor
• LXMusic - minimalist music player for LXDE
• pyneighborhood - an OpenSource GTK+ based SMB/CIFS Browsing utility
• lilosetup - a GUI utility to configure LILO bootloader
• realvncviewer - RealVNC provides remote access software for desktop and mobile platforms
• ROXTerm - ROXTerm is a terminal emulator intended to provide similar features to gnome-terminal, based on the same VTE library
• scim - Smart Common Input Method
• SciTE - A free source code editor for Win32 and X
• spacefm - a file manager with built-in VFS, udev-based device manager, customizable menu system, and bash integration
• systester - Test your system's stability and performance by calculating millions of digits of Pi
• TrueCrypt - software system for on-the-fly-encrypted volumes
• UNetbootin - create bootable, Live USB drives for Linux distros without burning a CD
• WICD - A network connection manager that aims to simplify wired and wireless networking in Linux
• XChat - IRC chat program
• xclamscan - GUI for the ClamAV anti-virus
• xfburn - Xfburn is a simple CD/DVD burning tool based on libburnia libraries

Console Utilities

• arpwatch - a tool for monitoring Address Resolution Protocol traffic on a computer network
• bar - a simple tool to copy a stream of data and print a display for the user
• BlueZ - official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack
• bzip2recover - recover data from damaged bz2 files
• cdrtools - allows recording to CD/DVD/BluRay media
• chntpw - utility to (re)set passwords of local accounts on Windows systems
• ClamAV - open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX
• Clonezilla - OpenSource clone system
• cmospwd - decrypts passwords stored in CMOS used to access BIOS setup
• consoleKit - ConsoleKit is a framework for defining and tracking users, login sessions, and seats
• cURL - tool for transferring files with URL syntax
• dcfldd - enhanced version of GNU dd
• dc3dd - patched version of GNU dd
• dd - convert and copy a file
• ddrescue - does not abort on errors on the input file
• device-mapper - kernel component that supports LVM
• di - disk information utility
• diff - compares two files, showing differences line by line
• disktype - detect content format of disk or disk image
• dislocker - designed to read BitLocker encrypted partitions under Linux and Mac OSX systems
• dmidecode - reports information about your system's hardware
• dmraid - discover and activate software (ATA)RAID
• DRBL - Diskless Remote Boot in Linux
• ELinks - text mode web browser
• ext3grep - recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 file systems
• extundelete - tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 file systems
• file - determine file type
• flashrom - identify, read, write, verify, erase flash chips
• gptsync - GPT partition table to MBR partition table synchronisation
• hdparm - get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters
• hexedit - view and edit files in hexadecimal
• hfsprescue - scans a damaged image file or partition that is formatted with HFS+
• iptables - administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
• lftp - command-line file transfer program
• lm-sensors - Linux hardware monitoring
• lshw - Hardware Lister
• lsof - (LiSt Open Files) displays information about files open to processes
• lspci - lists PCI buses and devices in the system
• lsscsi - lists information about SCSI devices
• lsusb - lists USB devices
• lzip - gzip-like command line tool which uses LZMA compression
• md5deep - a set of programs to compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, Tiger, or Whirlpool message digests on an arbitrary number of files
• mdadm - manage MD devices, aka Linux Software Raid
• Midnight Commander - file manager
• multipath-tools - used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver
• myrescue - rescue still-readable data from a damaged harddisk
• nano - editor aimed to replace Pico
• nbd - network block device, client and server.
• nmap - utility for network discovery and security auditing
• ntp - Network Time Protocol
• Nwipe - run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN
• Open-iSCSI - Open-iSCSI project is a high performance, transport independent, multi-platform implementation of RFC3720
• openSSH - encrypt sessions using the SSH protocol
• openSSL - open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols
• partclone - a project similar to the well-known backup utility
• partclone-utils - partclone-utils contains a utility for use with partclone generated images
• partimage - utility which saves partitions to an image file
• PhotoRec - digital photo recovery
• pigz - parallel implementation of gzip that exploits multiple processors & cores
• plzip - parallel lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
• polkit - a toolkit for handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes
• pv - monitors the progress of data through a pipeline
• pxz - a compression utility that runs LZMA compression of different parts of an input file on multiple processors simultaneously
• reglookup - direct analysis of Windows NT-based registry files
• RP-PPPoE - PPPoE client for Linux to connect to PPPoE service providers
• rsync - fast incremental file transfer
• rTorrent - text-based ncurses BitTorrent client
• safecopy - data recovery tool
• samba - the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix
• Scrounge NTFS - data recovery program for NTFS
• sdparm - outputs and modifies SCSI device parameters
• shorewall - a gateway/firewall configuration tool for GNU/Linux
• shred - securely delete a file
• smartctl - control and monitor utility for SMART disks
• stress - simple workload generator
• sudo - execute a command as another user
• TestDisk - partition scanner and disk recovery tool
• TightVNC-viewer - remote control software package for connecting to a vnc server
• udevil - a program that mounts and unmounts devices without a password, shows device info, and monitors device changes
• udisks - a daemon that serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus
• UDPcast - transfer tool that can multicast data on a LAN
• unarj - program used to uncompress .arj format archives
• wpa_supplicant - implementation of an IEEE 802.11i supplicant
• wipe - secure, file wiping utility
• zenmap - the official Nmap Security Scanner GUI
• zerofree - Zerofree finds the unallocated, non-zeroed blocks in an ext2 or ext3 file-system and fills them with zeroes