Translations by Steve Langasek

The Animated Portable Network Graphics (APNG) file format is an extension to the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) specification. It allows for animated PNG files that work similarly to animated GIF files, while retaining backward compatibility with non-animated PNG files and adding support for 8-bit transparency and 24-bit images.

Internet Routing Daemon

Remote control of Linux virtual consoles

Conspy allows a (possibly remote) user to see what is displayed on a Linux virtual console, and send keystrokes to it. It is rather like VNC, but where VNC takes control of a GUI conspy takes control of a text mode virtual console. Unlike VNC, conspy does not require a server to be installed prior to being used.

tool for verification of installed package files against MD5 checksums

debsums can verify the integrity of installed package files against MD5 checksums installed by the package, or generated from a .deb archive.

common files for the Debian Desktop

This package contains various miscellaneous files which are used by Debian Desktop installations. Currently, it provides some Debian-related artwork and themes, .desktop files containing links to Debian related material (suitable for placement on a user's desktop), and other common files between the available desktop environments such as GNOME and KDE.

GdMap is a tool which allows you to visualize disk space. Ever wondered why your hard disk is full or what directory and files take up most of the space? With GdMap these questions can be answered quickly. To display directory structures cushion treemaps are used which visualize a complete folder or even the whole hard drive with one picture.

telnet client

Highlight Java and C++ sources for WWW presentation

java2html can highlight your source for presentation in the WWW. It can also be used as a CGI script and can detect whether the client browser supports compressed data to save bandwidth.

lbreakout2 is a game similar to the classics breakout and xboing, featuring a number of added graphical enhancements and effects. You control a paddle at the bottom of the playing-field, and must destroy bricks at the top by bouncing balls against them.

libbash is a tool for managing bash scripts that contain functions you may want to use in various scripts. It provides mechanism to define dependencies between scripts and facility for script loading.

D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.

High-level client library for accessing Music Player Daemon

LibMpd is a library that provides high-level, callback-based access to Music Player Daemon (mpd).

type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - runtime

These are the runtime files for libsigc++, needed only if you wish to run software which depends on it.

SSH2 client-side library

This package provides the development files.

This package contains the runtime library.

Displays extended system information

Displays system info, such as kernel revision, glibc version, processor type and memory size, in general by parsing /proc/cpuinfo.

Chinese Lunar Calendar conversion utility

The program performs date conversion between the Gregorian Solar Calendar (SC) and the Chinese Lunar Calendar (LC). Given a date in either calendar, the program also outputs the corresponding "shengxiao" animal of the year) and "ganzhi" characters. The date range currently covered is from about 1900 A.D. to 2049 A.D.

User-friendly and well-featured FTP client

Ncftp allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site, and offers additional features that are not found in the standard interface, ftp. This version has Readline support enabled.

PPP over Ethernet driver

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) is a protocol used by many ADSL Internet service providers. This package allows you to connect to those PPPoE service providers.

find duplicate files utility

rdfind is a program to find duplicate files and optionally list, delete them or replace them with symlinks or hard links. It is a command line program written in c++, which has proven to be pretty quick compared to its alternatives.

speaks the current time through your sound card

Say the current time through your sound card. Requires you have a sound output device available.

additional scribus templates

These templates are distributed in addition to the three example templates present in the main scribus package. Some of them were prepared by members of the core Scribus development team and some were contributions by the community members.

This package contains the shared libraries.

GUI editor for SQLite databases

SQLite Database Browser is not a visual shell for the sqlite command line tool. It does not require familiarity with SQL commands.

The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host using the TELNET protocol.

Tool to draw/modify/move geometric figures & text for ASCII art

It completes existing console-based software to a 'textbased only office' and offers a simple and easy way to draw ascii graphics for documentations, presentations, mails and much more.

Chinese Input Method Library

transitional package

transitional dummy package

lightweight HTTP server for static content

This package provides a simple web server for mostly static content, with limited CGI support (GET requests only).

Example uses include giving HTTP access to the contents of an FTP site, or exporting some files by quickly starting a web server without any need to edit configuration files first.

100 dpi ISO 8859-5 encoded Cyrillic fonts for X (Cronyx collection)

This package provides a set of bitmapped Cyrillic fonts at 100 dots per inch. These are ISO 8859-5 fonts and support the Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian scripts. In most cases it is desirable to have the X font server (xfs) and/or an X server installed to make the fonts available to X clients.