===== Tool collection ===== This page contains many helpful tools or services for system administrators and all others. ==== Windows Tools ==== ^ Tool ^ Link ^ Usage type ^ | Disk2VHD | [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd|Sysinternals Disk2VHD]] | Clone a physical drive to a VHD | | SIDCHG | [[https://www.stratesave.com/html/sidchg.html|Stratesave SIDCHG Info]] / [[https://www.stratesave.com/html/downloads.html|SIDCHG Download]] | Change Windows SID after cloning a drive (e.g. when using in a domain) | | CT Notwin | [[https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/c-t-Notfall-Windows-2023-7346497.html|CT-Notwin Heise]] | Reset user password of a local Windows user without loggin in | | Nirsoft DevManView | [[https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/device_manager_view.html|Nirsoft DevManView]] | Delete (unused) Windows drivers (manually) | | SDCardFormatter | [[https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/|SDCard.org Formatter]] | Format SD cards | | Win32DiskImager | [[https://win32diskimager.org/|Win32DiskImager.org]] | Burn images on SD-cards | | ProfWiz | [[https://www.forensit.com/domain-migration.html|forensit.com - Profwiz]] | Change Domain of Windows user profiles | | TransWiz | [[https://www.forensit.com/move-computer.html|forensit.com - Transwiz]] | Ex- and import of Windows user profiles | ==== Other Software ==== ^ Tool ^ Link ^ Usage type ^ | Cockpit | [[https://cockpit-project.org/running.html|cockpit-project.org]] | Web-based desktop access to Linux environments | | RustDesk | [[https://rustdesk.com/|rustdesk.com]] | Alternative to AnyDesk or TeamViewer (free, self-hostable, reliable) | | Blockada | [[https://blokada.org/?lang=de|Blockada.org]] | Local VPN for mobile phones to block Ads (Android) | | PiHole | [[https://pi-hole.net/|pi-hole.net]] | DNS Server with Webinterface to block Ads (developed for Raspberry Pi but run on nearly every Linux) | | AdguardHome | [[https://adguard.com/de/adguard-home/overview.html|AdguardHome DNS]] | DNS Server mit Webinterface zum Entfernen von Ads | | Binnen-I be gone | [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/binnen-i-be-gone/ginkajgcbeolbiflkjomlkcdapbegaff?hl=de|Binnen-I be gone - Chrome Webstore]] | Plugin for Webbrowsers to automatically remove "gender speech" in German language | | The-QR-Code-Generator | [[https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/|the-qrcode-generator.com]] | Free tool to create QR-Codes | | Openmediavault | [[https://www.openmediavault.org/|openmediavault.org]] | Open-source debian-based network-attached storage solution | | Ventoy | [[https://ventoy.net/|ventoy.net]] | USB-Boot-Tool, can directly boot into any ISO without burning it to the flash drive | | MedicatUSB | [[https://medicatusb.com/|medicatusb.com]] | All-in-One Systemrecovery USB-Tool (Built on top of ventoy) | | SergeiStrelec | [[https://sergeistrelec.name/|sergeistrelec.name]] | All-in-One Systemrecovery USB-Tool based on Windows, similar to Medicat | | Balena Etcher | [[https://github.com/balena-io/etcher| Balena Etcher - Github]] | Flash images on USB-sticks | ==== Web-Services ==== ^ Service ^ Link ^ Usage type ^ | icanhazip | [[https://icanhazip.com/|icanhazip.com]] | View public IP (also via CLI) | | distrosea | [[https://distrosea.com/|distrosea.com]] | Test several Linux Distros within a browser. (free) | ==== Linux Packages ==== ^ Package ^ Link ^ Usage type ^ | fail2ban | [[https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban|fail2ban GitHub]] | Automatically scan logs to block IPs with too many failed authentications. Installation via ''apt''. | | pm2 | [[https://pm2.keymetrics.io/|keymetrics.io]] | CLI process management tool for servers (not free) | | smb4k | [[https://apps.kde.org/smb4k/|apps.kde.org/smb4k]] | Mount network shares directly to a path (can be used under Kubuntu, to mount directly), has a GUI | | pdftk | [[https://www.pdflabs.com/|pdflabs.com]] | Manage PDF's from CLI | | poppler-utils | [[https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/poppler-utils/|ubuntuusers.de/poppler-utils]] | Manage PDF's from CLI (For example merging with ''pdfunite'') | | gohttp | [[https://github.com/codeskyblue/gohttpserver|github.com/codeskyblue/gohttpserver]] | Simple HTTP file server for Linux (secure-by-password functionality) | ==== Linux Productivity ==== ^ Software ^ Link ^ Usage type ^ | BlueMail | [[https://bluemail.me/|bluemail.me]] | MailClient (IMAP/POP/Exchange[Outlook]), also available on other OSes | | Thunderbird | [[https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/|thunderbird.net]] | MailClient (IMAP/POP) | | OnlyOffice | [[https://www.onlyoffice.com/en/|onlyoffice.com]] | Office (Office365 like), self-hostable [[https://www.onlyoffice.com/en/download-workspace.aspx?from=workspace#workspace-community|onlyoffice.com]] | | WPS Office | [[https://www.wps.com/|wps.com]] | Office (Office365 like) | | Nextcloud Office | [[https://nextcloud.com/office/|nextcloud.com/office]] | Office synced with Nextcloud |