TVtime is a high quality television application for use with video capture cards.

The focus of tvtime is visual quality. It features on-the-fly picture de-interlacing using a number of different algorithms, 16:9 display, 2-3 pulldown detection for NTSC sources, and a very nice on-screen-display system.

TVtime is a “must-have” companion for your TV capture card.

• Debian tvtime Page
• tvtime Page

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Worker is a dual-pane graphical file manager for X, similar to the curses-based Midnight Commander.

Unlike most other file managers for Linux, worker requires a minimum set of libraries (no QT or GTK), making it a lightweight and responsive program.

Worker can perform all the usual operations of a file manager (copy, move, rename, delete) and also some typical Unix functions, such as chmod, chown, create symlinks and hardlinks, etc… It is also possible to configure worker to use “helper programs” to deal with specific kinds of files, in such a way that hitting the ENTER key (or clicking) on a filename will automatically invoke the correct viewer for that filetype. Many other file-manipulation commands exist, and they can be assigned to hotkeys or buttons.

Another nice feature that will please those with large collections of pictures is the “image mode”, where one pane shows a fast preview of the currently selected image file on the adjacent pane.

• Debian worker Page
• Worker Page

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One of the most unpleasant situations for a sysadmin is to have a server breached. When that happens, invaders usually install a rootkit which will ensure the continuity of their access to the computer.

Chkrootkit is a utility that checks for signs of rootkits in the server where it runs. It can identify over 60 different kinds of rootkits and variants, and can be run from cron daily (or hourly), giving an early warning in case of problems.

Note: Systems security is not a simple matter. Utilities like chkrootkit can help tremendously, but are not a substitute for a comprehensive security policy and careful maintenance of your servers.

• Debian chkrootkit Page
• chkrootkit Page

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Tcptrace performs many different kinds of analyses on network capture files. In its most basic form, tcptrace produces a listing of all TCP connections found in the capture file. The “long” option produces an interesting summary of each connection, including packet totals and statistics, TCP flow information, throughput and error statistics, and much more.

Tcptrace can also produce graphs showing the throughput, RTT sample, time sequence, outstanding data on network, and segment size. To view the graphs, you’ll also need xplot, (which, unfortunately, is not the same xplot available in the Debian repositories).

• Debian tcptrace Page
• Tcptrace Page

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Thy is a simple HTTP server that supports name-based virtual hosts, userdir and directory index; Range, If-Modified-Since, keep-alive, on-the-fly compression, CGI, IPv6 and TLS and many other features.

Thy is very easy to install and configure and was designed to be fast and light, making it a good choice for servers with low resources or for those who don’t require all the features of apache.

• Debian thy Page

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