DistributionWatch Review: Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 - page 4
Debian GNU/Linux Packages
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YahooBuzzThe distribution currently contains over 2,200 packages. These are divided into sections:
- Administration?Programs that aid in system administration tasks.
- Base?Basic software such as command shells and kernel images required by every installation.
- Communication?Serial and modem communications packages.
- Development?Compilers, interpreters, C/C++ headers, etc.
- Documentation?HOWTOs, FAQs and other documentation and software packages needed to read them.
- Editors?Programmer's text editors, word processors and other types of file editors.
- Electronics?Circuit simulators, microcontroller simulators and other programs for electonic design work.
- Games?Games and other amusements.
- Graphics?Programs for creating, editing and viewing graphics.
- Ham Radio?Support for amateur packet radio, including AX.25 drivers and Morse code trainers.
- Interpreters?Language interpreters including Perl, Python and Tcl/Tk.
- Libraries?Run-time support and development versions of subroutine libraries.
- Mail?Programs to route, read, compose and process e-mail.
- Mathematics?Mathematical and scientific research tools.
- Miscellaneous?Packages that don't seem to fit in other categories.
- Network?Network clients, servers and related programs.
- Newsgroups?Usenet news clients, servers and related utilities.
- Old Libraries?Older versions of support libraries. Most are dependent on libc5.
- Other Operating Systems and File Systems?Programs and utilities that provide access to programs and data created by and for other operating platforms.
- Shells?Command interpreters and user interfaces.
- Sound?Programs dealing with sound, including mixers, players, recorders and CD players.
- TeX?Donald Knuth's famous typesetting system and related packages.
- Text Processing?Utilities to format, print and otherwise process plain ASCII text.
- Utilities?Miscellaneous utilities.
- Web?Web clients, servers and related programs.
- X Window?X display servers, window managers and other software related to the X Window System.
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