Last updated: Nov. 22, 2005
My Interesting Software ExperiencesThe following are incomplete lists of various software I have worked with professionally, as a developer, and as an end-user. This doesn't include every individual Unix tool that I have used, but mostly by project/suite names. This also doesn't include all my programming experiences.
Please note that this doesn't list many softwares and libraries installed that are prerequisites for other software. Also in most cases, the software is installed by building from original source code.
| a2ps | postscript merging, postscript generation |
| Abiword | installation, normal usage, basic Windows document formats conversion |
| ALSA | packaging (libraries and utilities) |
| Apache 1.x | ($) installation, configuration, virtual hosts, wrote courseware, taught several workshops and classes, updates for NetBSD's package system for security issues, administration for over 400 domains |
| Apache 2.x | ($) installation, configuration, virtual hosts, wrote courseware, taught several workshops and classes, updates for NetBSD's package system for security issues |
| Apache Bench (ab) | benchmarking ($), packaging |
| apt | ($) use of apt-* tools under Debian to update and upgrade systems, etc. Also built kernel packages. |
| audacity | installation and basic usage for audio editing |
| autoconf/automake | utilize for build portability, port software to use automake/autoconf |
| awk | ($) installation, programming with awk, use with shell scripting (nawk, gawk, mawk) |
| balsa | installation |
| bc | packaging |
| bin86 | packaging |
| BIND 8/named | ($) installation, configuration, primary, secondary, over 400+ zones, training |
| BIND 9/named | ($) installation, configuration, primary, secondary, over 400+ zones, training |
| blackbox window manager | installation, configuration, porting, coding patches |
| bluefish | installation |
| Boa | webserver installation and configuration, virtual domains, CGI |
| bochs | installation, configuration, Linux and *BSD emulation under Linux and *BSD, testing installers |
| bozohttpd | installation |
| bzip2/bunzip2 | compression of files |
| cadaver | ($) installation, WebDAV connections and file transfers |
| calamaris | ($) installation and setup for squid report generation |
| cawf | packaging, configuration |
| cdparanoia | CD to audio conversion |
| cinelerra | packaging |
| cdrtools | installation, creating ISOs, burning CDs |
| clamav | ($) troubleshooting |
| com_err | packaging |
| cpio (GNU) | packaging, patching, usage ($) |
| cron (Vixie) | packaging, administration ($), training ($) |
| CUPS | installation ($), configuration ($), administration ($), patching |
| cvs | client-side usage, commits, imports, updates, etc. (Commit access for various open source projects.) |
| cxunzip | packaging |
| dhcpd | installation ($), packaging (ISC), configuration (including for network booting of boot images) ($) |
| doclifter | installation, use for converting manpages to docbook |
| DragonFly | installation, configuration, administration, documentation writing, packaging, developer for DragonFly project, patching |
| e2fsprogs | installation, packaging, patching |
| elinks | installation, configuration, usage |
| Ensim | migration of virtual hosts configurations and data (including users) ($) |
| evolution | installation |
| exim filter | ($) anti-spam, anti-virus solutions |
| exim | training ($), migration ($), configurations ($), administration ($) for over 5000 users, packaging, patching |
| exiscan | ($) anti-spam, anti-virus solutions |
| fbpanel | packaging |
| festival | basic configuration for speech synthesis |
| firefox | ($) installation, configuration |
| Flash (Macromedia) | packaging, installation ($) |
| fontconfig | ($) installation, configuration |
| FreeBSD | ($) installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, training, building, create ports |
| freefonts | packaging, installation (also packaging for XFree86 fonts) |
| fressh | patching, installation (including Linux), packaging |
| FTP | ($) various clients and servers, installation, administration, porting OpenBSD ftpd to BSD/OS, patching (tnftpd and tnftp) |
| gaim | packaging, basic usage |
| GCC | packaging, configuration of GCC spec files, portability patching for other software built with gcc, used to build software ($) |
| gcompris | packaging |
| GD | installation, use in development |
| gethost | development (I am the maintainer), packaging |
| gettext (GNU) | packaging |
| Gimp | installation, basic usage for image design, manipulation and conversions |
| GNATS | manage problem reports |
| GNOME | installation |
| gnutime | installation, packaging |
| GPG | installation, generate keys, upload and retrieve keys, encrypt/decrypt messages |
| gphoto | installation, usage with different cameras |
| GRAMPS | packaging |
| GRUB | installation, configuration ($) |
| htdig | installation |
| html2ps | installation, basic usage |
| ImageMagick | ($) installation, basic image conversions and manipulation |
| imap-uw | installation, packaging, administration ($) |
| impress | installation, use to design flyers |
| inetd | installation ($), configuration ($), packaging, training ($) |
| inkscape | installation, patching, packaging |
| IP Filter | ($) kernel configuration for ipf, address translation (ipnat), packet filtering, logging, training |
| IP Tables | installation, packaging, kernel configuration for netfilter, address translation, packet filtering |
| ipchains | ($) address translation (nat/masquerading), packet filtering |
| KDE | installation, configurations |
| Kerberos | installation, packaging (mit-krb5) |
| kermit | basic usage |
| koffice | installation |
| latex2html | installation, packaging, basic usage |
| libwpd ($) | patching, packaging, document conversion |
| libxml++ | packaging, patching |
| LILO | installation, packaging, configuration ($), patching |
| links | installation, configuration, usage |
| Linux (various distributions) | ($) installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, trainer, development of distro from scratch |
| Linux kernel | configuration ($), building ($), kernel module building ($), module configuration ($), kernel patching ($), packaging (including kernel headers packaging) |
| Linux-hotplug | packaging |
| linux-kbd | packaging |
| logcheck | ($) installation, configuration |
| lpd | installation, configuration, patching (for using filter processing locally) |
| lsof ($) | installation, use for troubleshooting |
| LTSP | ($) installation, configurations, customization to run window manager and all applications on thinclients. (Also have used *BSD as host for Linux thinclients.) |
| lynx | installation, configuration, usage |
| LyX | packaging, configuration, installation, use for brochures, PDF generation, books, courseware ($), presentations, etc. |
| mailout | development (I am maintainer), installation ($) |
| mailwrapper | installation (including on Linux) and configuration ($) |
| makedev (for Linux) | packaging, patching |
| man-db | packaging, patching, configuration ($) |
| mhonarc | configuration to create daily email list archives |
| micro_httpd | installation and setup |
| mini_httpd | installation and setup |
| mktemp | installation, use in scripting |
| mod_ssl | ($) installation, Apache configuration, SSL cert generation |
| module-init-tools (and modutils) | packaging, usage ($), patching |
| mozilla | installation, configuration |
| mtree | installation (including Linux), specification creating, file integrity checking, directory permissions setting |
| mutt | basic usage and configuration |
| MySQL | ($) installation, basic troubleshooting, administration |
| nautilus | installation |
| netatalk | ($) installation, configuration |
| NetBSD | ($) installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, developer for NetBSD, trainer, patching |
| net-tools | packaging, usage ($), patching |
| netkit-base | packaging, configuration ($) |
| NFS | server and client side ($), packaging (linux-nfs-utils) |
| nmap | ($) installation, usage, beginning training |
| Ogg Vorbis | patching, packaging, audio conversion |
| Open WebMail | ($) installation, configuration, patching for use with virtual hosting |
| OpenBSD | ($) installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, trainer |
| OpenLDAP | ($) installation, configuration, integration with Active Directory |
| OpenSSL | ($) installation, certification generation for Apache HTTPS (and training), digest generation |
| Oracle | ($) installation under Red Hat Linux 7.x |
| PAM | installation from source, configurations, troubleshooting, development using pam_*(3), packaging (Linux-PAM) |
| passepartout | packaging, patching |
| patch (and diff) | ($) create and use patches, submit patches to various projects |
| pax | packaging, patching |
| perl | installation from source, development ($), scripting ($), CGI ($), etc. |
| PGP | installation, generate keys, upload and retrieve keys, encrypt/decrypt messages |
| pico | daily usage, packaging, installation ($) |
| pine | user and system-wide configuration, patching, packaging, roles |
| pkgconfig | generate and use pkg-config files |
| pkgsrc | maintenance, security updates, create new packages ($), support ($), porting for Linux, BSD/OS, DragonFly, Mac OS X ($), and Solaris ($) |
| png | patching (for security) |
| portsentry | installation, configuration (including dynamic firewalling) |
| postfix | ($) training, migrations, installations, configurations, administration, backup MX |
| Postgresql | ($) installation, basic troubleshooting, administration |
| ppp | packaging, configuration |
| procmail | anti-spam implementations |
| procps | packaging, usage ($) |
| qhacc | packaging |
| qmail | ($) installation, migrations, administration |
| qpopper | ($) installation, administration for over 6000 email accounts |
| rsync | ($) daily mirrors, backups, SSH key setup for automations |
| rt3 | ($) basic troubleshooting |
| samba | client and server administration ($), configurations ($), installation, ($) packaging (samba3), training ($) |
| scribus | packaging, patching, PDF generation |
| sendmail | ($) migrations, installations, configurations, maintenance, administration for over 6000 accounts, log analysis |
| shadow | packaging, usage ($) |
| slrn | installation |
| snort | ($) installation, configuration |
| sox | audio conversion |
| spamassassin | ($) installations, configurations, administration for over 5000 accounts |
| squid | ($) installation, configuration |
| ssh | ($) server installation, client and server configurations, SSH troubleshooting, SSH key generation, training |
| strace | packaging, use for troubleshooting run-time issues ($) |
| Stronghold | ($) installation, configuration, administration for over 400 domains |
| subversion | installation (client usage), client-side usage |
| stunnel | ($) installation, use for tunneling POP3 |
| sysklogd | packaging, configuration ($), patching |
| sysvinit | packaging, configuration ($) |
| tar (gnutar) | packaging, patching |
| taskbar | packaging |
| TCP Wrappers (libwrap) | ($) configuration, installation, training |
| tcsh | installation, basic configuration |
| tgif | basic usage for flyers |
| thttpd | ($) patching, troubleshooting |
| thunderbird | installation |
| tidy | HTML cleanup |
| tr2latex | packaging |
| tuxpaint | installation |
| tuxtype2 | packaging |
| Unix | ($) various, taught Unix administration, fundamentals and shell essentials classes |
| util-linux | packaging, usage ($) |
| vi (nvi and vim) | daily usage, configurations |
| vm-pop3d | ($) installation, packaging, patching, development (I am maintainer), administration for over 5000 email accounts |
| vpopmail | ($) configuration, troubleshooting |
| webalizer | ($) installation, configuration, automated for daily webserver log analysis |
| webmin | ($) installation |
| whois | use in troubleshooting DNS ($), packaging (md-whois) |
| X.org (Xorg X11 Windowing System) | installation, configuration, packaging (both monolithic and modular) |
| xanim | installation |
| xcdroast | installation, use with audio ripping and burning and ISOs |
| xdm | installation, configuration, packaging (included with other X packaging), patching |
| XFCE | installation, configurations |
| xfig | installation, design flyers |
| XFree86 | installation, configuration ($), maintenance, ported some XFree86 libraries to use autoconf for freedesktop.org xlibs, packaging, training ($) |
| xinetd | ($) installation, configuration |
| xisp | configuration, packaging |
| xlibs | installation, coding, porting, packaging, developer for xlibs |
| xmms | installation, basic usage |
| xpaint | installation |
| xspread | packaging, patching |
| xv | installation, image processing, screenshots, etc. |
| xvidcap | packaging |
| yacc (byacc) | packaging |
| yp | packaging (yp-tools, ypbind-mt, and ypserv) |
| zip/unzip | ($) use of zipped files from Windows/DOS systems under Unix |