Free gnu software software for linux

GNU tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored.

Initially, tar archives were used to store files conveniently on magnetic tape. The name "Tar" comes from this use; it stands for tape archiver. Despite the utilitys name, Tar can direct its output to available devices, files, or other programs (using pipes), it can even access remote devices or files (as archives).

GNU Thales provides an IRC-to-MySQL gateway.
It connects to your IRC network as a server (like other services), and store everything it receives in a MySQL database.
It doesnt build stats itself, it just fills 5 MySQL tables called user, server, chan, ison and maxvalues.
You can then query the database with SQL queries to retrieve the information you need.
Enhancements:
- added a workaround for a possible unreal bug.
- using autoconf 2.59 instead of autoconf 2.13.
- no longer report usage if you are using Unreal.
- added support for unreal modules modes. see the UnrealModules file.
- added Memphisnet.orgs memphistools ! see examples/memphistools/.
- added secondary keys to ison table, which provided a 10% speed benefit.
- added unreals +T cmode.
- added unreals +D umode (needed for PrivDeaf module)
- added unreals +z umode. patch from nick martini
- nickinfo, an example from Andreas Lindemann !
- Recycled-counter, an example from ProPheT !
- server.linkedto is now an int (was a tinyint).

GNU FreeIPMI project provides "Remote-Console" (out-of-band) and "System Management Software" (in-band) based on IPMI v1.5/2.0 specification.
This project includes:
- KCS, SMIC, SSIF, LAN Drivers and C Library (libfreeipmi)
- IPMI Locate - Probe IPMI BMC Device (ipmi-locate)
- FreeIPMI SHell (fish)
- Watchdog Daemon (bmc-watchdog)
- Sensors (sensors)
- System Event Log (sel)
- BMC Info (bmc-info)
- BMC Config (bmc-config)
- IPMI Power (ipmipower)
- IPMI Ping (ipmiping)
- RMCP Ping (rmcpping)
- Gratuitous ARP Daemon (garpd)
- IPMI Raw Interface (ipmi-raw)

GNU Ocrad is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program implemented as a filter and based on a feature extraction method.
Also includes a layout analyser able to separate the columns or blocks of text normally found on printed pages.
Ocrad can be used as a stand-alone console application, or as a backend to other programs.
Enhancements:
- The license has been updated to GPL version 3 or later.
- The "--scale" option no longer suppresses ORF output.
- The removal of thick frames has been improved.
- "Textline" now accepts more than one big initial.
- The files "configure" and "Makefile.in" have been modified to be more GNU-standards compliant.

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the two most widely-used Internet protocols.
It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without Xsupport, etc.
Main features:
- Can resume aborted downloads, using REST and RANGE
- Can use filename wild cards and recursively mirror directories
- NLS-based message files for many different languages
- Optionally converts absolute links in downloaded documents to relative, so that downloaded documents may link to each other locally
- Runs on most UNIX-like operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows
- Supports HTTP and SOCKS proxies
- Supports HTTP cookies
- Supports persistent HTTP connections
- Unattended / background operation
- Uses local file timestamps to determine whether documents need to be re-downloaded when mirroring
- GNU wget is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Enhancements:
- A buffer overrun in the NTLM code was fixed.

GNU SpaceChart is a program that allows you to see the stars in glorious 3D and rotate them to see them from any point of view.
You can also limit which stars you want to see, according to their spectral class and luminosity, and draw links between all stars closer than a certain distance.
GNU SpaceChart works under the GNOME environment. Provided GNOME is present, its known to work on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris 8.
Enhancements:
- SpaceChart is now part of the GNU Project.
- Added bulgarian translation.
- Added french translation.
- Added saving configuration files.
- SpaceChart now uses Right Ascension instead of longitude when interacting with users.
- You can now see a list of all stars in the current dialog, and center the map on any of them.
- The default data file now comes from Hipparcos/CCDM. Read data/README to find out more.

GNU Barcode is a tool to convert text strings to printed bars. GNU barcode supports a variety of standard codes to represent the textual strings and creates postscript output.
Main features:
- Available as both a library and an executable program
- Supports UPC, EAN, ISBN, CODE39 and other encoding standards
- Postscript and Encapsulated Postscript output
- Accepts sizes and positions as inches, centimeters, millimeters
- Can create tables of barcodes (to print labels on sticker pages)

GNU Oleo is a lightweight spreadsheet application.
It has internationalization support, an ncurses interface, a Motif/LessTif interface, and an autoconf/automake-based compilation process.
Current enhancements include printing and plotting.
Main features:
- Motif/LessTif interface, based on the XbaeMatrix widget
- Access to the statistics functions of the GSL (GNU Scientific Library).
- Support for opening multiple spreadsheets, each in a Motif window, at the same time.
- device independent graphics through GNU plotutils, replacing the older gnuplot interface
- more portable build through autoconf and automake
- internationalised (i18n)
- updated documentation
- ANSI C code (removed K&R stuff)
- filter mode (read file from stdin, save to stdout)
- better SYLK support
- improved printing (PostScript and PCL)
- database access (MySQL and DBF files)
- SciPlot graphics (Motif/LessTif only)
- cleaned up internals
- runs in character mode as well as in a GUI
- interface to CUPS to browse available printers