Applications

From OpenFSG

This is a list of useful custom applications for the FSG, DTG and NDP.

Install Difficulty [1...10]

• 1 = Downloading a file and copying to a folder on the device.
• 10 = Installing Debian and setting up a native compiling tool-chain.

File servers and managers Custom Automatic Directory Index with Thumbnails Main Article and Download Custom Automatic Directory Index with Thumbnails Description The Freecom firmware comes with a modified mod_autoindex Apache module that displays only limited information on the files contained in a web folder. If you do not like the Freecom branding or want to see more detailed information, put an index.php into all relevant web folders and use it to display a custom directory index. By installing further packages via IPKG, even on-the-fly generation of thumbnails for JPEG pictures is possible. Install Difficulty 2 HTML based File Manager Main Article and Download Run an HTML based File Manager on the FSG Description In some cases, running a web based file manager can be an asset, especially if you want someone to up and download files through a (corporate) firewall that usually leaves port 80 open but closes other ports. Install Difficulty Unknown Midnight Commander Main Article and Download Install mc (midnight commander) Description Being a text mode application, GNU Midnight Commander can be used locally or remotely, on the console or under X Window System. By using full screen space of the terminals, it provides an intuitive user interface to the operating system, aiming to be a useful tool for users with any level of experience, from a newbie to a guru. Install Difficulty Unknown Subversion Main Article and Download Install Subversion Description Subversion is an open source application used for revision control. It is sometimes abbreviated to svn in reference to the name of its command line interface. Subversion is designed specifically to be a modern replacement for CVS and shares a number of the same key developers. Install Difficulty Unknown Unrar Main Article and Download Install Unrar Description This describes how to install the ipkg package Unrar, which is an application that can decompress files and archives created using the RAR compression scheme. Install Difficulty 2 Unzip Main Article and Download Install Unzip Description This describes how to install the ipkg package Unzip, which is a (de)compression library for the ZIP format. Install Difficulty 2 Web-Based Media Player Main Article and Download Setup a Web-based Media Player Description A Web-based file-browser crossed with a macromedia flash mp3 player. You can browse your music folders and play individual songs, or whole directories (even recursively). You can also use winamp, or any other player that supports m3u files if you want. Install Difficulty 3 Wizd MediaServer Main Article and Download Install Wizd MediaServer Description - Install Difficulty Unknown iTunes Server (mt-daapd) Main Article and Download Setup iTunes Server mt-daapd Description Streaming music host running on the FSG, supporting iTunes clients and many hardware players. Keep all your music in one place and stream it all over the home or office. Install Difficulty 2 Firmware improvements aMule Main Article and Download Install the amule Description aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule. Install Difficulty Unknown FSG Free Web-Interface Main Article and Download install FSG Free Web-Interface Description >> This is now an ALPHA-Version Install Difficulty 2 FSG Status Page Main Article and Download Setup an FSG Info Page Description A php web site that shows a bunch of statistic and status information for the FSG. Includes Uptime, Temps, Data traffic counts, Hard drive usage, User Quotas, Running Apps, Accurate Ram Info, Multiple Languages. Install Difficulty 2 IPKG Main Article and Download Use the Custom Ipkg Installer Description Install ipkg in minutes, just run the script. Ipkg allows you to install lots of other software on the FSG. Install Difficulty 3 OpenSSH Main Article and Download Openssh Description - Install Difficulty Unknown rTorrent Main Article and Download Rtorrent Description - Install Difficulty Unknown TorrentFlux-b4rt Main Article and Download Guide 1 or Guide 2 Description TorrentFlux is a bit-torrent client which is controlled using a web interface. With TorrentFlux you may manage all of your Torrent downloads through a convenient web interface from anywhere. Install Difficulty 5 WakeLAN Main Article and Download Wake your PC via a web page Description This is a simple way that you can use the FSG to boot up your PCs remotely via a web page. This can be useful for occasions such as needing remote access a PC when it is switched off. Install Difficulty Unknown E-Mail Tools ClamAV Main Article and Download Install ClamAV for scanning your e-mails for virusses Description This page describes step by step how to install http://www.clamav.org/ as virusscanner for your default Postfix installation on your FSG3. I have tested this configuration with the default firmware 3.1.29, but it should work with any version. Install Difficulty Unknown RoundCube WebMail Main Article and Download Install and setup RoundCube WebMail Description Once your FSG is running your email services, this is the next logical step, allowing access to your FSG-hosted email from anywhere you can find a web browser. RoundCube is a feature-rich, Ajax-enhanced system that's lightweight enough to still be responsive on the FSG. Install Difficulty 2 SpamAssassin Main Article and Download Setup SpamAssassin anti-spam Description Having your own mailserver sitting right there in your study is kinda cool. But you might find yourself missing the anti-spam protection you enjoy with commercial email services. Fret no more! SpamAssassin isn't too scary to get going. Install Difficulty Unknown Web Tools Squid Main Article and Download Squid Description Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on Unix and Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL. Install Difficulty Unknown Webalizer Webstat Tool Main Article and Download Install the Webalizer Webstat Tool Description This is how I managed to install the "Webalizer" which is, though outdated, one of the Standard Tools (almost) every Webmaster uses. Install Difficulty Unknown Wordpress Main Article and Download Installing WordPress (blog engine) Description Download wordpress into your PHP-enabled directory, create an empty database and start blogging. Install Difficulty 2 Programming languages GAWK Main Article and Download Install GAWK Description This describes how to install the ipkg package GAWK, which is the Gnu AWK interpreter. Install Difficulty 2 Python Main Article and Download Install Python Description This describes how to install the ipkg package Python, which is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Install Difficulty 2 Ruby & Rails Main Article and Download Install Ruby & Rails Description - Install Difficulty Unknown Backup Tools Reoback Main Article and Download Install and use Reoback Description Reoback is a small perl script which can create full and incremental backups of your data. It requires at least perl and tar and will not run with microperl nor the preinstalled version of tar. Thus, these two packages need to be installed first using ipkg. Install Difficulty Unknown rsnapshot Main Article and Download Install and setup rsnapshot to make automated backups Description rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems. Install Difficulty Unknown Rsync Main Article and Download Install and use Rsync Description Rsync is a great tool for synchronising files from disk to disk, or across a network connection. Some smart coding means that if you have two almost similar files then only the changes are copied over. Install Difficulty Unknown Other tools Net-Tools Main Article and Download Install Net-Tools Description This describes how to install the ipkg package net-tools, which contains Network Config and Debug tools (route, arp, netstat etc.) Install Difficulty 2 SABnzbd Main Article and Download Install SABnzbd Description SABnzbd is a group of python scripts that will allow you to connect to usenet servers and will parse file links from NZB files (primariliy found on the Usenet search website NewzBin). It also impressively offers you access through a Web-interface. Though still in beta, it's shaping up to be a top notch program. Install Difficulty Unknown Sudo Main Article and Download Install Sudo Description Sudo (su "do") allows a system administrator to delegate authority to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments. Install Difficulty 2