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10.1 Discovery : Your first Linux desktop!

Your first Linux desktop!

Discovery is the ideal product to start using Linux now. It's a complete system that's easy to install and easy to use. It has great applications for Office, Multimedia and the Internet. It is virtually immune to computer viruses and other annoyances. Discovery has equivalents to most major Microsoft Windows applications. It can do everything your current system can do and probably more.
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The list of packages included in Mandrakelinux 10.1 Discovery is available below. To know more about a package, please click on its name.

Accessibility Applications/Emulators Archiving/Backup
  • cpio 2.5 - A GNU archiving program.
  • dump 0.4b37 - Programs for backing up and restoring filesystems
  • rmt 0.4b37 - Provides certain programs with access to remote tape devices.
  • sharutils 4.2.1 - The GNU shar utilities for packaging and unpackaging shell archives.
  • tar 1.14 - A GNU file archiving program.
Archiving/Cd burning Archiving/Compression
  • bzip2 1.0.2 - Extremely powerful file compression utility
  • gzip 1.2.4a - The GNU data compression program
  • unzip 5.51 - Unpacks ZIP files such as those made by pkzip under DOS
  • zip 2.3 - A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP
Archiving/Other Books/Computer books Communications Development/C Development/GNOME and GTK+ Development/Java
  • j2re 1.4.2_05 - Java Runtime Environment from Sun Microsystelms, Inc.
  • j2sdk 1.4.2_05 - Java Development Kit from Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Development/KDE and Qt Development/Kernel
  • strace 4.5.5 - Tracks and displays system calls associated with a running process.
Development/Other Development/Perl Development/Python Documentation Editors Emulators
  • wine 20040813 - WINE Is Not An Emulator - runs MS Windows programs
File tools
  • dosfstools 2.10 - Utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.
  • draksync 9.0 - Graphical tool for directory synchronization
  • file 4.10 - A utility for determining file types.
  • findutils 4.1.20 - The GNU versions of find utilities (find, xargs, and locate).
  • gnupg 1.2.4 - GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement.
  • less 382 - A text file browser similar to more, but better.
  • logrotate 3.7 - Rotates, compresses, and mails system logs
  • mc 4.6.0 - A user-friendly file manager and visual shell
  • mktemp 1.5 - A small utility for safely making /tmp files.
  • mkxauth 1.7 - A utility for managing .Xauthority files.
  • mtools 3.9.9 - Programs for accessing MS-DOS disks without mounting the disks
  • mtoolsfm 1.9.3 - Graphical frontend for the mtools floppy utilities
  • nautilus 2.6.3 - Nautilus is a file manager for the GNOME desktop environment.
  • slocate 2.7 - Finds files on a system via a central database.
  • symlinks 1.2 - A utility which maintains a system's symbolic links.
  • tmpwatch 2.9.0 - A utility for removing files based on when they were last accessed.
  • tree 1.4b3 - A utility which displays a tree view of directory contents.
Games/Arcade Games/Boards Games/Other Games/Sports Games/Strategy Graphical desktop/Enlightenment Graphical desktop/GNOME Graphical desktop/Icewm Graphical desktop/KDE Graphical desktop/Other Graphical desktop/WindowMaker Graphics Monitoring
  • arpwatch 2.1a11 - Network monitoring tools for tracking IP addresses on the network.
  • fam 2.7.0 - Fam, the File Alteration Monitor
  • iplog 2.2.3 - Logs TCP, UDP, and ICMP connections to syslog.
  • lslk 1.29 - A lock file lister.
  • lsof 4.71 - Lists files open by processes
  • procinfo 18 - A tool for gathering and displaying system information.
  • procps 3.2.3 - Utilities for monitoring your system and processes on your system
  • psacct 6.3.2 - Utilities for monitoring process activities.
  • psmisc 21.5 - Utilities for managing processes on your system.
  • swatch 3.1 - A utility for monitoring system logs files.
  • tcpdump 3.8.3 - A network traffic monitoring tool.
  • time 1.7 - A GNU utility for monitoring a program's use of system resources.
  • traceroute 1.4a12 - Traces the route taken by packets over a TCP/IP network.
  • xcpustate 2.5 - An X Window System based CPU state monitor
  • xsysinfo 1.7 - An X Window System kernel parameter monitoring tool
Multimedia/Video Networking/Chat
  • talk 0.17 - Talk client for one-on-one Internet chatting.
  • ytalk 3.1.2 - Utilise le protocole talk pour cr�er des discussions multi-utilisateurs
Networking/File transfer Networking/Instant messaging Networking/Mail
  • fetchmail 6.2.5 - Full-featured POP/IMAP mail retrieval daemon
  • mailx 8.1.1 - The /bin/mail program, which is used to send mail via shell scripts.
  • spamassassin 3.0.0 - A spam filter for email which can be invoked from mail delivery agents
Networking/News Networking/Other Networking/Remote access Networking/WWW Office Publishing Sciences/Mathematics
  • bc 1.06 - GNU's bc (a numeric processing language) and dc (a calculator).
Sciences/Other
  • gnuplot 4.0.0 - A program for plotting mathematical expressions and data.
Shells
  • bash 2.05b - The GNU Bourne Again shell (bash).
  • sash 3.7 - A statically linked shell, including some built-in basic commands
Sound System/Base System/Configuration/Boot and Init System/Configuration/Hardware System/Configuration/Networking
  • caching-nameserver 9.2 - The configuration files for setting up a caching name server.
  • ethtool 1.8 - Ethernet settings tool for network cards
  • ifplugd 0.25 - Detect and perform actions when an ethernet cable is (un)plugged.
  • ipxutils 2.2.4 - Tools for configuring and debugging IPX interfaces and networks
  • isdn4k-utils 3.2p3 - Bundled Utilities for configuring ISDN4Linux
  • losetup 2.12a - Programs for setting up and configuring loopback devices.
  • mailcap 2.0.4 - Associates helper applications with particular file types.
  • net-tools 1.60 - The basic tools for setting up networking.
  • pump 0.8.20 - A Bootp and DHCP client for automatic IP configuration.
  • yp-tools 2.9 - NIS (or YP) client programs.
  • zcip 4 - Ad-hoc link-local IP autoconfiguration
System/Configuration/Other System/Configuration/Packaging System/Configuration/Printing
  • mpage 2.5.4 - A tool for printing multiple pages of text on each printed page.
System/Configuration/Theme System/Fonts/True type System/Fonts/Type1 System/Fonts/X11 bitmap System/Internationalization System/Kernel and hardware System/Libraries System/Servers System/Utilities System/X11 System/XFree86 Terminals Text tools
  • aspell 0.50.5 - A Free and Open Source interactive spelling checker program.
  • ed 0.2 - The GNU line editor.
  • gawk 3.1.3 - The GNU version of the awk text processing utility.
  • grep 2.5.1 - The GNU versions of grep pattern matching utilities.
  • groff 1.19 - A document formatting system
  • groff-for-man 1.19 - Parts of the groff formatting system that is required for viewing manpages
  • ispell 3.2.06 - The GNU interactive spelling checker program
  • libaspell15 0.50.5 - Shared library files for aspell
  • libwmf 0.2.8.3 - A library to convert wmf files.
  • patch 2.5.9 - The GNU patch command, for modifying/upgrading files.
  • recode 3.6 - GNU recode
  • rgrep 0.99.16 - A grep utility which can recursively descend through directories.
  • words 2 - A dictionary of English words for the /usr/dict directory
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