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MiniOS Package List ​

This document provides a comprehensive overview of all packages included in different MiniOS editions. MiniOS comes in three main editions, each with a different set of pre-installed software:

  • Standard - Minimal system with basic functionality
  • Toolbox - System administration and diagnostic tools
  • Ultra - Complete desktop environment with applications

Console utilities and system packages ​

⚙️ Core system packages ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
minios-tools✅✅✅Core tools and scripts for MiniOS.
minios-welcome✅✅✅Welcome message in browser.
minios-live-config✅✅✅Configuration scripts for Live system.
minios-live-config-systemd✅✅✅Live system configuration for systemd.
minios-live-config-doc✅✅✅Documentation for minios-live-config.
user-setup✅✅✅User configuration utility.
linux-base✅✅✅Base scripts for Linux system.
kbd✅✅✅Utilities for managing keyboard layout in console.
keyboard-configuration✅✅✅Keyboard configuration system.
locales✅✅✅Libraries and data for localization (language support).
console-setup✅✅✅Console font and encoding configuration.
systemd-timesyncd✅✅✅Service for network time synchronization.
polkitd / policykit-1 / pkexec✅✅✅Framework for managing system service privileges.

📦 Package and software management ​

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apt-transport-https✅✅✅Allows using repositories over HTTPS protocol.
gettext-base✅✅✅Utilities for software internationalization and localization.
man-db✅✅✅System for viewing manual pages (man).
bash-completion✅✅✅Provides command auto-completion in Bash shell.

🌐 Network utilities ​

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network-manager / connman✅✅✅Network connection managers.
dnsmasq-base✅✅✅Lightweight DNS and DHCP server (base files).
wpasupplicant✅✅✅Utility for connecting to secure Wi-Fi networks (WPA/WPA2).
iputils-ping✅✅✅ping utility for checking host availability.
ssh✅✅✅Client and server for secure remote connections (SSH).
wget✅✅✅Utility for downloading files from network.
curl✅✅✅Utility for data transfer using various protocols.
ipset✅✅✅Utility for administering IP address sets in kernel.
whois✅✅✅Client for getting domain name and IP information.
nmap❌✅✅Powerful network scanner and security auditing tool.
ncat❌✅✅Enhanced version of netcat from nmap suite.
ndiff❌✅✅Utility for comparing nmap scan results.
iperf3❌✅✅Tool for measuring network bandwidth.
netcat❌✅✅Network utility for reading/writing data over TCP/IP.
netcat-openbsd❌✅✅Alternative netcat implementation from OpenBSD.
open-iscsi❌❌✅Client (initiator) for working with iSCSI storage.
tgt❌❌✅Server (target) for providing iSCSI storage.

💾 Disk and filesystem management ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
parted✅✅✅Program for creating and modifying disk partitions.
dosfstools✅✅✅Utilities for creating and checking FAT filesystems.
ntfs-3g✅✅✅Driver for reading and writing NTFS partitions.
mdadm✅✅✅Utility for managing software RAID arrays.
hdparm✅✅✅Utility for configuring and viewing hard disk parameters.
sdparm✅✅✅Utility for accessing SCSI/SATA/SAS device parameters.
btrfs-progs✅✅✅Utilities for working with Btrfs filesystem.
xfsprogs✅✅✅Utilities for working with XFS filesystem.
exfat-utils✅✅✅Utilities for exFAT filesystem (legacy implementation).
exfat-fuse✅✅✅FUSE module for exFAT filesystem support.
exfatprogs✅✅✅Utilities for creating and checking exFAT filesystem.
cifs-utils✅✅✅Utilities for mounting Windows network shares (Samba/CIFS).
nfs-common✅✅✅Common files for NFS filesystem support (client).
smartmontools✅✅✅Utilities for monitoring disk health via S.M.A.R.T.
gpart❌✅✅Utility for "guessing" partition table on damaged disks.
mtools❌✅✅Set of utilities for accessing floppies and MS-DOS partitions.
gddrescue❌✅✅Tool for copying data from damaged media.
zfsutils-linux❌✅✅Utilities for managing ZFS pools and filesystem.
davfs2❌✅✅Allows mounting WebDAV resources as local filesystem.
f2fs-tools❌✅✅Utilities for working with F2FS filesystem.
hfsutils❌✅✅Utilities for working with "classic" Apple filesystem (HFS).
hfsprogs❌✅✅Utilities for creating and checking HFS+ filesystem.
jfsutils❌✅✅Utilities for working with JFS filesystem.
reiserfsprogs❌✅✅Utilities for working with ReiserFS (v3) filesystem.
reiser4progs❌✅✅Utilities for working with Reiser4 filesystem.
udftools❌✅✅Utilities for working with UDF filesystem (DVD/Blu-ray).
nilfs-tools❌✅✅Utilities for working with log-structured NILFS2 filesystem.
sshfs❌✅✅Mount remote filesystem over SSH.
lvm2❌✅✅Logical Volume Manager.
cryptsetup❌✅✅Utility for setting up encrypted partitions (LUKS).
zulucrypt-cli❌✅✅CLI for managing encrypted volumes (LUKS, VeraCrypt, etc.).
zulumount-cli❌✅✅CLI for mounting volumes managed by zulucrypt.

💻 System utilities and monitoring ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
pciutils✅✅✅Utilities for viewing PCI device information.
usbutils✅✅✅Utilities for viewing USB device information.
psmisc✅✅✅Set of utilities for working with processes (fuser, killall).
lsof✅✅✅Shows which files are used by which processes.
htop✅✅✅Interactive process monitor.
rfkill✅✅✅Tool for enabling/disabling wireless devices.
file✅✅✅Determines file type.
usb-modeswitch✅✅✅Switches USB device modes (e.g., modems).
ncdu✅✅✅Disk usage analyzer with ncurses interface.
lshw❌✅✅Displays detailed hardware information.
screen❌✅✅Terminal multiplexer, allows managing sessions.
nmon❌✅✅Utility for monitoring system performance.
inxi❌✅✅Script for collecting and displaying detailed system information.

🗜️ Archivers and compression ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
zip✅✅✅Archiver for creating and extracting .zip files.
unzip✅✅✅Utility for extracting .zip archives.
xz-utils✅✅✅Utilities for data compression using LZMA/XZ algorithm.
zstd✅✅✅Utility for data compression using Zstandard.
lz4✅✅✅Utility for very fast data compression.
liblz4-tools✅✅✅Additional tools for lz4 format.
bzip2✅✅✅Utility for data compression using bzip2 algorithm.
7zip✅✅✅Powerful archiver with support for many formats, including 7z.
pv❌✅✅Utility for monitoring data transfer progress through pipe.
pigz❌✅✅Parallel (multi-threaded) implementation of gzip.
pixz❌✅✅Parallel indexable implementation of xz.
plzip❌✅✅Parallel implementation of lzip.
lrzip❌✅✅Long-range archiver, efficient for large files.
lzop❌✅✅Very fast compression utility.
pbzip2❌✅✅Parallel implementation of bzip2.
cabextract❌✅✅Utility for extracting Microsoft .cab archives.

🕵️ Recovery and forensics ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
clonezilla❌✅✅Tool for disk cloning and backup.
testdisk❌✅✅Utility for recovering deleted partitions and files.
chntpw❌✅✅Utility for resetting Windows passwords.
reglookup❌✅✅Utility for reading and analyzing Windows registry.
hexedit❌✅✅Simple hexadecimal editor for console.

☁️ Virtualization and containers ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
open-vm-tools❌✅✅Set of utilities for improved VMware integration.
hyperv-daemons❌✅✅Services for integration with Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor.
qemu-system-x86❌✅✅Emulator for running x86/x86_64 operating systems.
qemu-utils❌✅✅Utilities for working with QEMU disk images.
libvirt-daemon-system❌✅✅Daemon for managing virtual machines.
virt-what❌✅✅Script for detecting if system is running in VM.
uidmap❌❌✅Utilities for working with user namespaces.
docker.io❌❌✅Application containerization platform.
docker-compose❌❌✅Tool for managing multi-container Docker applications.
lazydocker❌❌✅Terminal UI for managing Docker and Docker Compose.
selinux-policy-default❌❌✅Default SELinux security policy.

🧩 Miscellaneous ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
mc✅✅✅Midnight Commander file manager.
gpg✅✅✅GNU Privacy Guard - encryption and signing utility.
gnupg✅✅✅Complete GNU Privacy Guard suite.
squashfs-tools✅✅✅Utilities for creating and extracting SquashFS images.
xorriso✅✅✅Utility for creating and burning ISO-9660 images.
genisoimage✅✅✅Creates ISO-9660 filesystem images.
eject✅✅✅Utility for ejecting removable media (CD/DVD/USB).
fuse3 / fuse✅✅✅Framework for creating userspace filesystems.
libfuse2✅✅✅Compatibility library for legacy FUSE applications.
memtest86+❌✅✅Program for testing RAM.
xmount❌✅✅Tool for mounting disk images of various formats.
aria2❌✅✅Multi-protocol download manager.
fio❌✅✅Advanced tool for disk I/O performance testing and benchmarking (Flexible I/O Tester).
bonnie++❌✅✅Benchmark for testing filesystem performance.
iozone3❌✅✅Benchmark for testing disk I/O performance.
stress❌✅✅Tool for creating system load (CPU, memory, I/O).
sysbench❌✅✅Comprehensive benchmark for testing CPU, memory, I/O, databases.

Firmware and drivers ​

📦 Drivers (DKMS) ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
broadcom-sta-dkms✅✅✅Proprietary Broadcom 802.11 STA driver for Wi-Fi cards. Required for many laptops with Broadcom chips.
zfs-dkms❌✅✅Kernel modules for ZFS filesystem support.
realtek-rtl8821au-dkms✅✅✅DKMS driver for Realtek RTL8812AU/8821AU Wi-Fi chipsets.
realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms✅✅✅DKMS driver for various Realtek RTL88xxAU series Wi-Fi chipsets.
realtek-rtl8188eus-dkms✅✅✅DKMS driver for Realtek RTL8188EUS Wi-Fi chipsets.
realtek-rtl8814au-dkms✅✅✅DKMS driver for Realtek RTL8814AU Wi-Fi chipsets.

🔌 Firmware ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
firmware-linux-free✅✅✅Collection of free (license-wise) firmware for various hardware.
firmware-linux-nonfree✅✅✅Metapackage including all non-free (proprietary) firmware.
firmware-atheros✅✅✅Firmware for wireless network cards on Atheros chips.
firmware-iwlwifi✅✅✅Firmware for Intel Wireless (Wi-Fi) network cards.
firmware-zd1211✅✅✅Firmware for Wi-Fi devices based on ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B.
firmware-realtek✅✅✅Firmware for various Realtek devices (network cards, Bluetooth, etc.).
firmware-bnx2✅✅✅Firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme II network adapters.
firmware-brcm80211✅✅✅Firmware for Broadcom/Cypress 802.11 wireless cards.
firmware-cavium✅✅✅Firmware for Cavium network processors and adapters.
firmware-ipw2x00✅✅✅Firmware for legacy Intel Pro/Wireless 2100/2200/2915 cards.
firmware-libertas✅✅✅Firmware for Marvell Libertas 8xxx wireless cards.
firmware-ti-connectivity✅✅✅Firmware for Texas Instruments combo chips (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth).
firmware-b43-installer✅✅✅Installer for Broadcom B43 legacy wireless card firmware.
firmware-sof-signed✅✅✅Signed firmware for Sound Open Firmware platform (audio DSP).

Basic GUI ​

🖥️ Graphics system (Xorg) ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
xserver-xorg✅✅✅Main X.Org graphics system server.
xserver-xorg-video-all✅✅✅Metapackage installing all 2D video drivers for X.Org.
xserver-xorg-video-intel✅✅✅Video driver for Intel integrated graphics.
xserver-xorg-input-all✅✅✅Metapackage installing all input device drivers (mouse, keyboard).
xinit✅✅✅Utility for starting X server.
xterm✅✅✅Standard terminal emulator for X.
blackbox or openbox✅✅✅Lightweight window managers.
libxcursor1✅✅✅Library for working with X11 cursors.
breeze-cursor-theme✅✅✅Breeze cursor theme from KDE.
x11-utils✅✅✅Set of basic X11 utilities.
wmctrl✅✅✅Utility for controlling windows from command line.
xdotool✅✅✅Utility for simulating keyboard and mouse input.
libdrm-intel1✅✅✅Userspace library for Intel DRM (Direct Rendering Manager).
libgl1-mesa-dri✅✅✅Free OpenGL implementation for direct rendering.
libglu1-mesa✅✅✅Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU).

🔌 Remote access (XRDP) ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
xrdp and xorgxrdp❌✅✅Server for connecting to graphical desktop via RDP protocol.

🎨 Interface components ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
librsvg2-common✅✅✅Library for rendering SVG images.
adwaita-icon-theme-antix✅✅✅Adwaita icon theme.
elementary-minios-icon-theme✅✅✅Special elementary icon theme for MiniOS.

XFCE ​

🖼️ Desktop environment (XFCE) ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
dbus-x11✅✅✅Starts D-Bus message bus in X11 session, necessary for inter-application communication.
libxfce4ui-utils✅✅✅Libraries with common widgets and utilities for XFCE interface.
thunar✅✅✅Default file manager in XFCE.
thunar-volman✅✅✅Manages automatic mounting of removable media in Thunar.
xfce4-appfinder✅✅✅Utility for quickly finding and launching applications.
xfce4-panel✅✅✅XFCE desktop panel.
xfce4-session✅✅✅XFCE session manager, controls session startup and shutdown.
xfce4-settings✅✅✅XFCE settings control center.
xfconf✅✅✅Configuration system for XFCE.
xfdesktop4✅✅✅Manages desktop: wallpapers, icons, menu.
xfwm4✅✅✅XFCE window manager.
greybird-gtk-theme✅✅✅Popular and clean GTK theme, often used in XFCE.
xfce4-xkb-plugin✅✅✅Panel plugin for switching keyboard layouts.
xfce4-notifyd❌✅✅Daemon for displaying desktop notifications.
menulibre❌✅✅Advanced menu editor for GTK environments.
network-manager-gnome✅✅✅Graphical applet for managing network connections (NetworkManager).

🛠️ System and GUI utilities ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
gvfs-backends✅✅✅Set of backends for GVfs, provides access to FTP, SFTP, SMB, etc. through file manager.
open-vm-tools-desktop❌✅✅Components for improved guest OS integration with VMware (clipboard, resolution changes).
gtk-update-icon-cache❌✅✅Utility for updating GTK icon theme cache.
libglib2.0-bin✅✅✅Binary utilities for GLib 2.0 library.
at-spi2-core✅✅✅Protocol and libraries for accessibility support (screen readers, etc.).
qt5/qt6-gtk-platformtheme❌✅✅Plugins for Qt5/Qt6 applications to use GTK theme for consistent appearance.
policykit-1-gnome✅✅✅PolicyKit authentication agent for GTK environments, prompts for password for privileged actions.
libxml2-utils✅✅✅Command-line utilities for working with XML files (e.g., xmllint).
xmlstarlet✅✅✅Powerful command-line tool for parsing, transforming, and editing XML.

🧰 Applications ​

PackageStandardToolboxUltraℹ️ Package information
minios-installer✅✅✅Graphical MiniOS system installer.
minios-configurator✅✅✅MiniOS system configurator.
mintstick✅✅✅Utility for formatting USB drives and writing ISO images.
mousepad✅✅✅Simple and fast text editor for XFCE.
ristretto✅✅✅Simple and fast image viewer for XFCE.
Web browsers
firefox-esr✅✅✅Firefox web browser with Extended Support Release (ESR). Stable version receiving security updates for extended period.
Multimedia
vlc❌✅✅Powerful and popular media player supporting many formats.
vlc-plugin-bittorrent❌✅✅VLC plugin for playing video directly from torrent files.
vlc-plugin-samba❌✅✅VLC plugin for accessing files on Samba (Windows) network shares.
vlc-l10n❌✅✅Localization packages for VLC interface.
gimp❌❌✅Powerful raster graphics editor, Adobe Photoshop alternative.
obs-studio❌❌✅Program for recording and streaming video from screen and other sources.
obs-plugins❌❌✅Additional plugins and effects for OBS Studio.
inkscape❌❌✅Professional vector graphics editor, Adobe Illustrator alternative.
blender❌❌✅Professional 3D graphics, animation, and video creation suite.
audacity❌❌✅Popular audio editor for recording and processing sound.
rawtherapee❌❌✅Advanced editor for processing RAW photographs.
Office and Documents
pdfarranger❌✅✅Simple utility for merging, splitting, and rearranging PDF pages.
libreoffice❌❌✅Full office suite (word processor, spreadsheets, presentations).
libreoffice-gtk3❌❌✅LibreOffice integration with GTK3 theme for consistent appearance.
libreoffice-style-elementary❌❌✅Elementary icon theme for LibreOffice.
fonts-open-sans❌❌✅Popular and readable Open Sans font.
System utilities (GUI)
gparted❌✅✅Graphical disk partition editor.
gsmartcontrol❌✅✅Graphical interface for smartmontools utility (disk monitoring).
baobab❌✅✅Graphical disk usage analyzer.
hardinfo❌✅✅Utility for collecting and displaying detailed system and hardware information.
virt-manager❌✅✅Graphical interface for managing virtual machines via libvirt.
gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0❌✅✅Library for SPICE protocol integration (remote VM access).
doublecmd-gtk❌✅✅Two-panel file manager similar to Total Commander.
onboard❌✅✅On-screen keyboard for people with disabilities.
grsync❌✅✅Graphical interface for powerful rsync synchronization utility.
rescuezilla❌✅✅Simple tool for creating disk backups and recovery, Clonezilla alternative.
kdiskmark❌✅✅Tool for testing disk performance, CrystalDiskMark alternative.
qdiskinfo❌✅✅Tool for displaying disk information, CrystalDiskInfo alternative.
bleachbit❌✅✅Utility for cleaning system of temporary and unnecessary files.
gtkhash❌✅✅Simple utility for calculating file hash sums.
czkawka / czkawka-gui❌✅✅Utility for finding and removing duplicate files, empty folders, etc.
zulucrypt-gui❌✅✅Graphical interface for managing encrypted volumes.
zulumount-gui❌✅✅Graphical interface for mounting encrypted volumes.
keepassxc❌✅✅Cross-platform password manager.
guymager❌✅✅Tool for forensic disk copying (creating images).
isomaster❌✅✅Graphical editor for ISO disk images.
qphotorec❌✅✅Graphical shell for PhotoRec utility (file recovery).
veracrypt❌✅✅Program for creating and managing encrypted containers and disks.
wxhexeditor❌✅✅Advanced hexadecimal editor for large files.
synaptic❌❌✅Classic graphical package manager for Debian/Ubuntu.
eddy / eddy-handler❌❌✅Simple graphical installer for local .deb packages.
Network applications (GUI)
wireshark❌✅✅Powerful network traffic analyzer.
remmina❌✅✅Remote desktop client with RDP, VNC, SSH, and other protocol support.
remmina-plugin-rdp❌✅✅Plugin for RDP protocol support in Remmina.
remmina-plugin-vnc❌✅✅Plugin for VNC protocol support in Remmina.
gnome-nettool❌✅✅Set of graphical network utilities (ping, traceroute, port scan).
zenmap❌✅✅Official graphical interface for nmap network scanner.
x11vnc❌✅✅VNC server that allows remote control of current X session.
uget❌✅✅Graphical download manager.
android-file-transfer❌✅✅Utility for transferring files from Android devices via MTP protocol.
Development
codium❌✅✅Free build of VS Code editor without Microsoft telemetry.