vmware workstation
Gnome Workstation Command Center 0.9.8
GWCC allows users to execute network utilities (ping, nslookup, traceroute). more>>
Welcome to GWCC.This program is designed to provide an easy to use interface to your Unix system. I dont know about you, but perform the same operations over-and-over day-after-day, and the command line provided via a terminal window ceases to be very useful once you want to start doing something with the information - like saving or printing it.
In addition to having to know all the flags for all the commands you want to use, you also have to scroll up-and-down the terminal window to retrace your steps and to cut-and-paste (what was that IP address again?).
So, i hope you will find my GTK/GNOME-based point-and-click application of some use in your daily computing activities. Please feel free to write to me with any suggestions you may have (see Contacting The Author below).
Main features:
- Complete preferences system (no need to edit any config files, or know flags)
- GNOME support (session management, dialogs, menus, etc.)
- LibGLADE support
- Saving and Printing of all output!
- Highly configurable command flags and program behaviour.
Black Orion Enterprise Linux Workstation 4.3
Black Orion Network is an update and system management platform. more>>
A program is free software if users are free to redistribute copies, either with or without modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to anyone anywhere. Being free to do these things means (among other things) that you do not have to ask or pay for permission. Please feel free to make and redistribute as many copies of Black Orion Enterprise Linux as you like.
How It Works:
1. Obtain Black Orion Enterprise Linux
Obtain one of Black Orions redhat-compatible Enterprise Linux Distributions from the downloads section.
2. Burn cd images
Burn the downloaded iso images on to a cd.
3. Register yourself as a Black Orion Network Member
Register yourself as a member in the Black Orion Network section.
4. Install Black Orion on a computer
Read the manuals for the various installation options. The system can also be installed as a rhel4 virtual machine.
5. Connect your system to the Black Orion Network
Connect your system to the Black Orion Network with the up2date client installed on your system. You can find up2date by right-clicking the Black Orion Network Alert Icon on your desktop. Connect your system with your member name and password (see 3).
F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations 4.6.7
F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations in an FREE antivirus solution for Linux Workstations. more>>
For home users using the Linux open-source operating system, we offer F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations. F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations utilizes the renowned F-Prot Antivirus scanning engine for primary scan but has in addition to that a system of internal heuristics devised to search for unknown viruses
F-Prot Antivirus for Linux was especially developed to effectively eradicate viruses threatening workstations running Linux. It provides full protection against macro viruses and other forms of malicious software - including Trojans.
Main features:
- Scans for over 191534 known viruses and their variants
- Ability to perform scheduled scans when used with the cron utility
- Scans hard drives, CD-ROMS, diskettes, network drives, directories and specific files
- Scans for images of boot sector viruses, macro viruses and Trojan Horses
F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations is FREE for use by personal users on personal workstations
SlaBuntuVMware 0.2
SlaBuntuVMware is a useful installation suite for installing VMware Server on Slackware or Ubuntu. more>>
The project automatically downloads packages from the VMware site.
Tested on Slackware 11. (Slackware 10.2 might not work - try)
Tested on Ubuntu Desktop Dapper Drake and Ubuntu Desktop Edgy.
IMPORTANT: this suite does not include the vmware server packs,
they are downloaded from the official VMware site.
You also need a server key for activating the product that you must
get (for free) from the VMware web-site (http://www.vmware.com/server/)
INSTALLATION (Slackware Linux) :
a) 1- The perfect setup for running vmware on Slackware is:
Slackware 11 (When you install the OS leave a big partion for your
virtual machines).
Using a good server with an hardware raid controller:
Suggested Partition Table (scsi disks, if ide hda):
/dev/sda1 swap (megs?gb? depends on your system)
/dev/sda2 / 10Gb
/dev/sda3 /home 2Gb
/dev/sda4 /vm (160 Gb the rest for your virtual machines)
You must do a normal install with X support but no KDE.
2- Dropline Gnome (http://www.droplinegnome.net)
It is suggested you run gnome on Slackware 11. Gnome is not
included in the distro cds, therefore you must download
Dropline Gnome.
3- Kernel 2.6.x (with the kernel sources into /usr/src/linux)
(Default Kernel 2.4.33.3 works perfectly though)
CAUTION: take a look on www.vmware.com for the
supported kernel 2.6 versions.
OR
- If you have problems building 2.6.x vmware kernel module, just use
the normal 2.4.33.3 kernel supplied with your slackware, or try the test26.s
or huge26.s supplied with your slackware cds.
b) - The base setup for running vmware on Slackware is:
1- Slackware 11
2- Kde(not tested can have problems with some libraries)
(if you do not want to Download and install Dropline Gnome)
3- Kernel 2.4.33 (with the kernel sources into /usr/src/linux)
Using a normal pc with no raid controller (so you should use linux
raid software):
Suggested Partition Table (scsi disks, if ide hda):
/dev/md1 swap (megs?gb? depends on your system)
/dev/md2 / 10Gb
/dev/md3 /home 2Gb
/dev/md4 /vm (100 Gb? the rest for your virtual machines)
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If you do not want to use Gnome or Kde go at the end of this file.
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2) After making sure you have everything (including the kernel sources
inside /usr/src/linux) you can run:
3) as root ./setup.sh
4) follow the steps provided
(you can hit ENTER to most of the questions (90%)
4) provide the vmware free key when needed
(ask for it on the site http://www.vmware.com)
6) under an X session: Run the command "vmware" and Enjoy vmware!
INSTALLATION (Ubuntu Desktop, Alternate,NOT Server):
1) edit /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment all the lines starting with deb
2) open a terminal (xterm) and type "sudo ./setup.sh"
3) follow the steps provided
(you can hit ENTER to most of the questions (90%)
4) provide the vmware free key when needed
(ask for it on the site http://www.vmware.com)
5) Run the command "vmware" and Enjoy vmware!
INSTALLATION ON UBUNTU SERVER
- Not tried yet, but you should at first download and install X11 and gnome
and then follow the steps provided for Ubuntu Desktop above.
IMPORTANT INFO:
- Remember that vmware server packs are downloaded from the official vmware
site and are property of the VMware Company: http://www.vmware.com/
- Remember that in order to use VMware you should accept the terms of the
VMware license that will be displayed during the installation process.
- Remember that in order to installa VMware you should ask the VMware
fellows for a key. Do this at the VMware site: http://www.vmware.com/
- To create virtual machines you should use the vmware console.
a) Run the command "vmware" and the vmware console starts up.
b) Then connect to localhost.
- After created a virtual machine to run it from the cmd line use:
bash# vmware-cmd vmname.vmx start
Author: Lorenzo Allori
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If you do not have Gnome or Kde youll need the following:
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- Slack with glibc and glibcsolibs installed. Make sure you
have X11 installed with a window manager.
Packages needed are:
glibc-2.3.6-i486-6.tgz
glibc-solibs-2.3.6-i486-6.tgz
kernel-source-2.4.33.3-noarch-1.tgz
x11-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz
x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz
windowmaker-0.92.0-i486-1.tgz
You can find those on http://www.slackware.com.
Download them and to install those just type (as root):
# installpkg pkgname
When you have finished installing all the packages you need remember to run:
# ldconfig
- If you need a window manager you can install windowmaker:
# installpkg windowmaker-0.92-i486.tgz
# wmaker.inst
VMware Server 1.0.3 Build 44356
VMware Server is a robust yet easy to use product for users new to server virtualization technology. more>>
VMware Server enables companies to partition a physical server into multiple virtual machines, and to start experiencing the benefits of virtualization.
Benefits of VMware Server
Provision a new server in minutes without investing in new hardware.
Run Windows and Linux operating systems and applications on the same physical server.
Increase the utilization of a physical server.
Move virtual machines from one physical host to another without re-configuration.
With VMware Server you can:
Streamline software development and testing by allowing developers to create multiple environments with different operating systems on the same server.
Evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual machines without installation and configuration.
Re-host legacy operating systems such as Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server in a virtual machine running on new hardware and operating system.
Simplify server provisioning by building a virtual machine once and deploying it multiple times.
Leverage pre-built, ready-to-run virtual appliances that include virtual hardware, operating system and application environments. Virtual appliances for Web, email, proxy and other infratructure services are available for download from the VMTN Virtual Machine Center.
VMware Server is the first step to VMware Virtual Infrastructure
While VMware Server is a compelling product for new virtualization users, VMware Virtual Infrastructure products-ESX Server with Virtual SMP and VirtualCenter with VMotion-enable companies to implement large-scale production server consolidation, business continuity, and enterprise desktop solutions with enterprise-class performance, high availability, manageability and security. View a comparison between VMware Server and VMware Virtual Infrastructure.
Enhancements:
- This release fixes four security vulnerabilities, as reported in CVE-2007-1337, CVE-2007-1877, CVE-2007-1069, and CVE-2007-1876.
- These vulnerabilities permitted denial of service, crashes of Windows guests, or corrupted stack pointers.
- A problem with VMware Tools that caused the guest to run out of memory was fixed.
- A crash in the VIX API was resolved.
- Building of the kernel and the HGFS modules was improved.
- Several occasional crashes were fixed.
VMware Player 2.0.0 Build 45731
VMware Player can be used by anyone to run virtual machines on a Linux PC. more>> <<less
Crystal Audio 2.0
CrystalAudio is a FVWM-Crystal configuration tuned for use on an audio workstation. more>>
The final goal of the project is to make the FVWM-Crystal menu compatible with the freedesktop specification and to provide some tools to generate the menu entries and icons from desktop and icon files provided by the applications in the system.
Enhancements:
- generate-fvwm-crystal-menu work with both new and old type application desktop files, so it is time for the 2.0 version.
- A lot of debugging have been done on that script: See the ChangeLog for the details.
- Added support for stalonetray in all the recipes.
Salvare 0.1.5
Salvare is a small Linux distribution designed for small, credit-card sized CDs which typically hold around 34MB. more>>
More Linux than tomsrtbt but less than Knoppix, it aims to provide a useful workstation as well as a rescue disk.
Main features:
Salvare can be booted via:
- Bootable CD-ROM (BIOS permitting)
- Simple boot floppy [NB: in progress]
- Network boot using a Salvare boot floppy [NB: in progress]
- Network boot using PXE and another machine running Salvare [NB: planned]
It features:
- Everything in tomsrtbt, plus...
- OpenSSH (clients & server)
- Links 2 text & graphical web browser supporting JavaScript, HTTPS and mouse control
- Security tools such as: chkrootkit, nmap and tcpdump
- apt-get: install additional software from Debian into tmpfs
- bash (rather than ash or other lightweight shells in similar projects)
- ncftp
- (Almost) complete distribution of Perl
- Sound support for playing of SoundTracker modules, MP3s etc is possible
- Ability to run entirely from RAM, unlike other "live CDs"
- ...and more to come.

Vision Egg 1.2.1
High level interface between Python and OpenGL. It is also useful for anyone wishing to make use of the features of todays graphics cards. more>>
Vision Egg 1.2.1 brings users the convenience of a high level interface between Python and OpenGL. In addition to methods for automatic generation of traditional visual stimuli such as sinusoidal gratings and random dot patterns, it has a number of functions for moving numeric data, images, movies, text, and 3D objects to and from your video card and allowing use of some of its features like perspective distortion. Therefore, it is also useful for anyone wishing to make use of the features of today's graphics cards.
By harnessing the power of today's consumer graphics cards, producing visual stimuli of research quality now requires no specialized hardware beyond a relatively recent computer and graphics card.
Based on open standards, it runs on anything from cheap PCs to expensive special hardware for special needs. For example, running on some platforms, such as SGI workstations, the Vision Egg has a 10-bit luminance dynamic range (both pixel depth and DAC) and precise frame-by-frame control.
The Vision Egg is open source software (GNU LGPL). Therefore, you can be assured of a product that meets your needs but does not lock you in. Download it today and give it a try!
Major Features:
- Perform experiments using an inexpensive PC and standard consumer graphics card
- Perform experiments using a graphics workstation if special features needed
- Data acquisition and other realtime hardware control capabilities useful in electrophysiology and fMRI experiments, including gaze-contingent stimuli
- Dynamically generated stimuli can be changed in realtime via software or external hardware
- Produce traditional stimuli to replace legacy systems
- Produce stimuli not possible using other hardware
- Demo programs to get you started right away
- Run stimuli on your laptop - great for talks
- Free, open-source software
Speak Freely for Unix 7.6.a
Speak Freely is an application for Unix and Unix-like systems which allows you to talk . more>>
The phone company never gives you a break! You pay a fortune for a leased line connection to the Internet, and you *still* have to pay every time you want to chat with somebody, even though youre both sitting in front of workstations with digital audio capability, linked by a fast network. Speak Freely for Unix can intercommunicate with
Workstations on local area networks can generally communicate with excellent audio quality and response. A software implementation (developed by Jutta Degener and Carsten Bormann, Technische
Universitaet Berlin) of the compression algorithm used in GSM digital cellular telephones allows operation over Internet links of modest bandwidth. By using GSM compression in conjunction with sample interpolation, the data rate can be reduced to about 9600 baud. Users with CPUs too slow or two heavily loaded to perform GSM compression and decompression in real time may select less compact but quicker to
execute ADPCM coding, using an implementation developed by Jack Jansen of the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
HardWall Firewall 15 Stable-7
HardWall Firewall is an iptables firewall script that provides port forwarding, packet filtering, stateful packet inspection. more>>
HardWall Firewall functions as both a workstation firewall and an IP forwarding firewall.
Enhancements:
- Updated: The Reserved IP Address list in the main config file
- Added: Example Bridge (rc) startup script in the contrib directory
FIRE 0.4a
FIRE is a portable bootable cdrom based distribution with the goal of providing an environment to perform forensic analysis. more>>
Also provides necessary tools for live forensics/analysis on win32, sparc solaris and x86 linux hosts just by mounting the cdrom and using trusted static binaries available in /statbins.
Main features:
Forensics workstation/Data Recovery
- Instantly deploy a forensics workstation with tct, tctutils, mac-robber, and autopsy also provides perl 5.6.1 compiled with Large File Support.
Live System Incident Response
- Binaries are available for Incident Response on a live machine.
Virus Scanning
- Utilizing F-Prot 3.11beta http://www.f-prot.com you can scan for virii, worms, trojans, and all around harmful code.
- Just mount the filesystems that you want to scan and execute f-prot .
- Any filesystem you can mount, you can scan. mount and scan fat/ntfs/ext2/ext3/reiserfs partitions
- Scan your windows machines offline for virii that may not be detected with an "after the fact" anti-virus
- software installation.
Pen-Testing Platform
- I should NOT have to explain this portion: If the tools you would like to use are not in the distribution please make a request!
Cooperative Linux 0.6.4
Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. more>>
More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine.
For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows 2000/XP, without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general purpose PC virtualization software.
In its current condition, it allows us to run the KNOPPIX Japanese Edition on Windows.
KIWI Image System rev435
KIWI Image System provides a complete operating system image solution for Linux supported hardware platforms. more>>
A normal installation process is starting from a given installation source and installs single pieces of software until the system is complete. During this process there may be manual user intervention required. However an operating system image represents an already completed installation encapsulated as a file and optionally includes the configuration for a specific task. Such an operating system starts working as soon as the image has been brought to a system storage device no matter if this is a volatile or non volatile storage. The process of creating an image takes place without user interaction.
This means all requirements of the encapsulated system has to be fulfilled before the image is created. According to this the so called image description tree stores all the information needed to create an image.
Main features:
- Distribution independent
- Support for virtualisation systems like Xen
- Support for deploying images over the network
- Support for VMware / Qemu images
- Support for USB-Stick systems
- Support for LiveCD/DVD systems
- Centralized image description based on XML
- Prebuild boot images for SUSE systems
- Prebuild PXE configuration usable with kiwi netboot images
- SUSE Linux on a 128MB flash card.. yes thats possible
SMB for FUSE 0.8.4
SMB for FUSE is a tool for mounting the network neighbourhood. more>>
Instead of mounting one Samba share at a time, you mount all workgroups, hosts and shares at once. Only when youre accessing a share a connection is made.
Main features:
- Browsing workgroups/hosts and shares from any application
- Streaming of files (movies/music)
- Browsing the network is fast because all hosts and shares are cached
Other solutions as GnomeVFS or KIO slaves provide a similar solution, but have a few disadvantages:
- Programs need to be rewritten to make them network transparent.
- KIO Slaves cannot stream files making movie/music playing over LAN impossible.
- Gnome VFS just is unstable on my system, although is offers streaming.
- Automounting shares is possible, but you cannot see more than 8 at a time, because NT Workstation limits the number of connections its also a lot slower.