Free etc software for linux

etc-proposals is a gentoo configuration file updater, that, unlike etc-update and dispatch-conf, provides a shell with tabcompletion, a Gtk2 and a Qt4 frontend and allows updating of selected fileparts while providing a lot of automatization.
Main features:
- lean dependancies - only Python and readline for the basic version
- the ability to accept certain changes to a file, while dismissing others
- the ability to accept/dismiss all changes to a file/dir
- the ability to review decisions before they are merged
- dynamical recalculation of changes (i.e. if on update proposes to change a line and is accepted, the user wont be asked again, if a second update proposes the same)
- the ability to undo decisions, if they are not yet merged into the filesystem
- the ability to review decisions, before they are merged into the filesystem
- merging of changes to the configuration files is not done on a file-by-file basis, but can be triggered at any time.
- remembering of unmodified configuration files for automatic merging
- speedup by cacheing (new in version 1.0)
- almost packetmanager-agnostic (portage, pkgcore currently)
- keeps decisions on proposed changes, even if the tool is stopped
Enhancements:
- Various stability fixes.
- Support for scanning modification of all config files.
- The filesystem is represented as a tree in the GUI.

/etc/net represents a new approach to Linux network configuration tasks. /etc/net Scripts is inspired by the limitations of traditional configuration subsystems.
/etc/net provides builtin support for configuration profiles, interface name management, removable device support, full iproute2 command set support, interface dependency resolution, and a QoS configuration framework.
/etc/net provides support for the following interface types: Ethernet, WiFi (WEP), IPv6/IPv6 tunnels, PSK IPSec tunnels, VLAN, PLIP, Ethernet bonding and bridging, traffic equalizer, Pent@NET, usbnet, and PPP.
Due to its modular design, support for new interface types can be added without overall design changes.
Enhancements:
- This release features mostly new features (ip6tables, ebtables, OpenVPN, and tun/tap) and some bugfixes (IP rules, wireless, firewall, and DVB).

EnterTrack project is a Web-based artifact tracking/management system.

EnterTrack provides large organizations with complete tracking of artifacts (artifacts can be problems, bugs, requests, projects, etc.), group collaboration for artifact management, and status reports for high-level performance metrics.

mpTcv is a GUI for LAME to convert MP3 to other bit rates. mpTcv lets the user choose a directory to recode to another bit rate.

This is useful for cramming more data onto USB sticks, MP3 players, etc.

Mech-Tex 1000 is a desktop applets for SuperKaramba that displays cpu usage, internet flow in and out information and allows you to quickly mount and unmount devices , etc.

SeeYouLater script purpose is to fetch a list of IP of known spammers and to ban them by putting them in /etc/hosts.deny.

/etc/hosts.deny is usually read by xinetd of daemons using tcpwrapper.

The software is composed of:

- the feeder, that looks at SMTP daemon logs for the string ++BAN:IP++ and feeds the database accordindly
- the butcher, that looks at the database an updates /etc/hosts.deny

There are two packages instead of one because you may want to run the butcher on a system that have no access to the SMTP logfiles. But you can indeed install both packages on the same system.

Sleek Monitor is a combination of basic monitors for:
- OS
- KDE
- Kernel
- CPU & cache
- GPU & GPU Temp
- Memory
- Wired & Wireless networks
- battery with time
- date and calendar