Linux Links

As I'm working a lot with Linux, I have compiled a list with useful links about Linux, especially about kernel- and SMP-related issues.

Linux information in general

I gathered this list from a recent discussion on the Beowulf mailinglist. The tools are listed in the order they were mentioned in the discussion.

IPtraf is a console-based network statistics utility for Linux. It gathers a variety of figures such as TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte counts.
ntop: To get the software itself, get it on freshmeat. Ntop is a Unix tool that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does. It can be used in both interactive or web mode.
MGM, the Moaning Goat Meter is the ultimate sixty-ton cast iron lawn ornament for the desktops of today's hacker set: A gorgeous, highly configurable load and status meter written entirely in Perl. Serious pink-flamingo territory. For evil geniuses only.
Ethertape: Etherape is a graphical network monitor for Unix modeled after etherman. Featuring ether, ip and tcp modes, it displays network activity graphically. Hosts and links change in size with traffic. Color coded protocols display. It supports ethernet, fddi, ppp and slip devices. It can filter traffic to be shown, and can read traffic from a file as well as live from the network.
Ethereal is a network protocol analyzer for Unix. It allows you to examine data from a live network or from a capture file on disk. You can interactively browse the capture data, viewing summary and detail information for each packet. Ethereal has several powerful features, including a rich display filter language and the ability to view the ASCII contents of a TCP connection.

Last change: 9 Feb 2004