Selection of useful tools for Linux - TUXEDO Computers

Some tools must be installed additionally, because they do not belong to the scope of functions

Most Linux distributions already include a selection of different programs in their standard configuration. But there are tools that have to be installed afterwards. We have compiled a few examples of programms here.

Selection of useful tools for Linux

Bluefish

This is an editor for programmers with many functions for HTML, script and source code. In addition, external programs such as Firefox can be integrated and created Internet pages can be published with external FTP programs. The integrated syntax highlighting with text corrections is also very helpful, especially when searching for errors. The automatic indentation allows clear work. Bluefish also supports the direct input of program code and tags: The editor helps with the "Auto Complete" function and shows suitable suggestions. By clicking on the suggestion, the code parts are automatically inserted. Get the program.

I-Nex

This is a hardware info tool with a graphical user interface, which is precise but limited to hardware components only. I-Nex shows information about the CPU, GPU, motherboard, sound card etc. installed in the computer. The tool makes sense because otherwise you would have to enter single commands like lspci, fdisk etc. for all information, while with i-nex you have all necessary data at a glance. This data is also very helpful for the community to get the important information faster or to get answers to the actual question. Get the program.

wget

wget is a free command line utility for downloading files from the Internet. It already comes with several Linux distributions - but some require you to install it later. In addition to individual files, wget can also download images from web pages or copy complete web pages, e.g. for offline reading or archiving.
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TestDisk

Always useful when you have something like this at hand: A program for data recovery on hard disk partitions. TestDisk can recover deleted files that have been lost due to crashes or hardware damage. But: If a storage medium is physically damaged or a file has been overwritten, the program cannot perform magic. Get the program.

Freefilesync

This software is used to compare and synchronize folders. It creates backup copies of all important files and manages them. Instead of copying each file each time, FreeFileSync detects the differences between a source and destination folder and transfers only the modified files. Get the program.

Inxi

The tool can be used to instantly derive user system configuration and hardware information, and also acts as a debugging and forum tool for technical support. It shows a compressed display of all essential system, network, partition and hardware information, as well as system information about drivers, Xorg, desktop environment, kernel, GCC versions, processes, uptime, memory, etc. Get the program.

7z

7z is suitable for compressed archiving of files and offers numerous options, such as archive decomposition, file splitting and password protection. It supports very large amounts of data. The open architecture allows the addition of arbitrary compression and conversion methods. Get the program.

rsync

This tool is used to synchronize data. It can not only copy entire files, but also parts of them, e.g. if a file has been modified on the source data carrier, only the modified data of this file is transferred to the target system. There is also Grsync: a graphical user interface that represents all important functions. Get the program.

By the way: Some of the programs can be installed via an application administration of the respective OS, or by double-clicking a .deb file or via the terminal with the command "sudo apt-get install *DATANAME".