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A simple but elegant MP3 player with a standard KDE interface, this program is excellent for those who dislike the unusual and sometimes difficult to use interfaces of skinned media players.
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This is a player for a variety of video formats, including Microsoft ASF, Intel Indeo, Cinepak and DivX -- many of which have been unavailable on Linux. It provides an interface between Linux and Win32 multimedia codecs based on the Microsoft Avifile API, using Wine to load Windows multimedia DLLs.
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Use this handy security utility to make sure your Linux machine hasn't been compromised by crackers. If you haven't updated your Linux distribution since installation, various nasty worms could have exploited security holes in some programs and installed themselves on your machine. Chkrootkit looks for 'root kits', which are installed by crackers to hide their tracks after a system has been compromised.
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A Gnome-based front-end to SmsSend, this SMS utility also comes with information files for a variety of overseas and Australian providers (more can be downloaded from the Web site). It is friendly, and a must-have for SmsSend users, as it allows the creation of large alias lists and address books.
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This is a specialised downloading application designed to fetch very large files from the Net without halting when the connection is interrupted. It is especially useful for those with slower connections and is easy to use.
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Yet another Linux 2.2-based packet filtering firewall, this program is set apart by its clean, standardised configuration using System V init scripts, proper separation of settings from rulesets, and specific protection against a variety of spoofing attacks, poor routing/masquerading, DOS, smurf attacks, and more. Users not familiar with ipchain's syntax can simply modify the small configuration file with details of their network, and more advanced users can easily configure the well-commented script.
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A Web-based groupware suite, this product features intranet, Web-based email, file sharing, group calendaring, personal address books, shared directories and message boards
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This is a system turning tool, designed to modify various system settings and allow users to squeeze every last drop of performance out of their hardware. It is actually a Linux version of the Windows Powertweak software and provides similar capabilities while remaining open source.
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A bootable rescue disk for troubleshooting Linux systems, this product provides the usual rescue and repair functions. It is notable for its support of the new ReiserFS file system used in many recent Linux distributions, and also includes GNU parted, a partition editing and resizing utility that's useful for dual boot machines, and tools for archiving in gzip and bz2 format on Linux systems. It can also be used to boot CD-ROMs.
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The Red Hat Packaging method is the standard way of installing software on the Linux OS. This program is a graphical tool designed to make creating RPM and SRPM files easily. It is designed to allow easy building and testing of RPM SPEC files.
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This application is capable of sending text messages to mobile phones using a variety of free Web to SMS services. Compared to using the services individually, SmsSend allows users to keep settings across providers, and is also free of advertising.
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VNC is a cross-platform remote control application. It works on Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS, Palm and other Oses, and allows a remote user (even if using another OS) to get a remote desktop on the system (or take over the existing desktop if the OS only supports single desktops). This is a special version of VNC that uses better compression techniques to use less network bandwidth, thus increasing responsiveness over slower networks.
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Have multiple operating systems running simultaneously on a single machine. By using virtual machines, which are simulated computers that run inside regular application Windows, this program provides an excellent solution to a wide variety of problems, such as running Windows applications on a Linux machine, testing potentially damaging applications in a safe environment, or even just learning about networking for those that can't afford multiple machines and switches. This latest version is compatible with 2.4 kernels and designed to work easily out of the box with the many new Linux 2.4-based distributions.
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This is a video capturing application designed for use with TV tuner and video capture cards, especially the popular BT878-based cards found in most consumer capture systems. It can function as a television viewer, Web cam monitor, and more.
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