GNOME Activity Journal: Tool for easily browsing and finding files
March 7, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
The GNOME Activity Journal is a tool for easily browsing and finding files on your computer. It uses Zeitgeist to get information on what files/websites/contacts/etc. you worked with and Tracker to get information about the current state of the files and all sorts of meta-data (including tags). Example: John turns on his computer to work on his seminar paper. Instead of digging through his hierarchal file system, he simply opens up GNOME Activity Journal and clicks on the top item in the “Recently Used Files” list. When he realizes that he can’t remember the name of the website that he was reading for research yesterday, he simply looks at the list of files related to his paper and clicks on the website.
Website: http://live.gnome.org/action/show/GnomeActivityJournal
Angry IP: Very fast IP address and port scanner
March 7, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Angry IP scanner is a very fast IP address and port scanner.
It can scan IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports. It is cross-platform and lightweight. Not requiring any installations, it can be freely copied and used anywhere.
Angry IP scanner simply pings each IP address to check if it’s alive, then optionally it is resolving its hostname, determines the MAC address, scans ports, etc. The amount of gathered data about each host can be extended with plugins.
It also has additional features, like NetBIOS information (computer name, workgroup name, and currently logged in Windows user), favorite IP address ranges, web server detection, customizable openers, etc.
Scanning results can be saved to CSV, TXT, XML or IP-Port list files. With help of plugins, Angry IP Scanner can gather any information about scanned IPs. Anybody who can write Java code is able to write plugins and extend functionality of Angry IP Scanner.
Website: http://www.angryip.org
LuckyBackup: Data back-up and synchronization
March 7, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool.
It is simple to use, fast (transfers over only changes made and not all data), safe (keeps your data safe by checking all declared directories before proceeding in any data manipulation ), reliable and fully customizable.
Website: http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net
Wine: Lets you run Windows software on other operating systems
March 5, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows. Wine is still under active development. Not every program works yet, however there are already several million people using Wine to run their software. Wine will always be free software. Approximately half of Wine’s source code is written by volunteers. The rest is sponsored by commercial interests, especially Codeweavers who sell a supported version of Wine.
Website: http://www.winehq.org/
AWStats: Free powerful log analyzer
March 4, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
AWStats is a free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically. This log analyzer works as a CGI or from command line and shows you all possible information your log contains, in few graphical web pages. It uses a partial information file to be able to process large log files, often and quickly. It can analyze log files from all major server tools like Apache log files (NCSA combined/XLF/ELF log format or common/CLF log format), WebStar, IIS (W3C log format) and a lot of other web, proxy, wap, streaming servers, mail servers and some ftp servers.
Website: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/
Elgg: Open source social platform
March 4, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Elgg, started in 2004, is an open source social platform which powers all kinds of social environments – from education to business and sports such as rugby. If you are looking to create your own social application or want to build and run a site for your organisation, Elgg is a great choice as it provides the building blocks you will need.
Website: http://elgg.org/
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