Linux programs

Programs I wrote myself

Teepeedee

A single-threaded file server.

jinit

A new init for linux.

asm-toys

Small utilities written in assembly.

chainmail

No, it's not some relic from the middle ages, and no its nothing to do with mailing lists, and no its nothing to do with spam. So what is it? A way to use sendmail with a dialup connection and any number of e-mail addresses, which might have absolutely nothing to do with your domain-name. Click here.

gogetty

Little gettys please little minds. Here.

usb-robot

Sorry, not a funky mechanical toy, but a way to interface with any USB device from perl. Go here.

read-edid

read-edid: this marvelous little program has the exciting ability to elicit details from a monitor via DDC using EDID version 1. It outputs a valid XFree86 monitor description, with full modelines for detected modes.

PPP scripts

vii-ppp-scripts manages your connection, your pppd and your phone bill, all with careful logging.

libc5-check

Checks that you're not running any old binaries that still use glibc1. Here it is.

link-killer

Finds symlinks that point into empty air. Use with caution.

Patches to other programs

Linux power management policy

Kernel patch and userspace helper to activate the offbutton as it were.

readline auto-completion

A patch to readline to save keystrokes

gtk-font-hack

Brings font smoothing to the GNOME desktop! Grab it now.