Base
This group includes a minimal set of packages. Useful for creating small router/firewall boxes, for example.
- anacron - A cron-like program that can run jobs lost during downtime.
- at - Job spooling tools.
- authconfig - Command line tool for setting up authentication from network services
- bc - GNU's bc (a numeric processing language) and dc (a calculator).
- bind-utils - Utilities for querying DNS name servers.
- eject - A program that ejects removable media using software control.
- ftp - The standard UNIX FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client.
- iptstate - A top-like display of IP Tables state table entries
- lsof - A utility which lists open files on a Linux/UNIX system.
- man - A set of documentation tools: man, apropos and whatis.
- mkbootdisk - Creates a boot floppy disk for booting a system.
- mlocate - An utility for finding files by name
- pcmciautils - PCMCIA utilities and initialization programs
- rp-pppoe - A PPP over Ethernet client (for xDSL support).
- rsync - Program for synchronizing files over a network
- sudo - Allows restricted root access for specified users.
- tcpdump - A network traffic monitoring tool.
- telnet - The client program for the telnet remote login protocol.
- time - A GNU utility for monitoring a program's use of system resources.
- tmpwatch - A utility for removing files based on when they were last accessed.
- traceroute - Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
- unzip - A utility for unpacking zip files.
- usbutils - Linux USB utilities.
- vixie-cron - The Vixie cron daemon for executing specified programs at set times.
- wget - A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols.
- which - Displays where a particular program in your path is located.
- zip - A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP.