Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron: all software packages Ubuntuland

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Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron: all software packages

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This site provides you with information about all the packages available in the Ubuntu archive. It is generated with slightly modified scripts from packages.debian.org.

Software Packages in "hardy"

Administration Utilities: Utilities to administer system resources, manage user accounts, etc.
Base Utilities: Basic needed utilities of every Debian system (you needn't install this, they're provided only for upgrading purposes).
Communication Programs: Software to use your modem in the old fashioned style.
Development: Development utilities, compilers, development environments, libraries, etc.
Documentation: FAQs, HOWTOs and other documents trying to explain everything related to Debian, and software needed to browse documentation (man, info, etc).
Editors: Software to edit files. Programming environments.
Electronics: Electronics utilities.
Embedded software: Software suitable for use in embedded applications.
Games: Programs to spend a nice time with after all this setting up.
GNOME: The GNOME desktop environment, a powerful, easy to use set of integrated applications.
Graphics: Editors, viewers, converters... Everything to become an artist.
Ham Radio: Software for ham radio.
Interpreters: All kind of interpreters for interpreted languages. Macro processors.
KDE: The K Desktop Environment, a powerful, easy to use set of integrated applications.
Library development: Libraries necessary for developers to write programs that use them.
Libraries: Libraries to make other programs work. They provide special features to developers.
Mail: Programs to route, read, and compose E-mail messages.
Mathematics: Math software.

Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous utilities that didn't fit well anywhere else.
Network: Daemons and clients to connect your Debian GNU/Linux system to the world.
Newsgroups: Software to access Usenet, to set up news servers, etc.
Old Libraries: Old versions of libraries, kept for backward compatibility with old applications.
Other OS's and file systems: Software to run programs compiled for other operating system, and to use their filesystems.
Perl: Everything about Perl, an interpreted scripting language.
Python: Everything about Python, an interpreted, interactive object oriented language.
Science: Basic tools for scientific work
Shells: Command shells. Friendly user interfaces for beginners.
Sound: Utilities to deal with sound: mixers, players, recorders, CD players, etc.
TeX: The famous typesetting software and related programs.
Text Processing: Utilities to format and print text documents.
Translations: Translation packages and language support meta packages.
Utilities: Utilities for file/disk manipulation, backup and archive tools, system monitoring, input systems, etc.
Virtual packages: Virtual packages.
Web Software: Web servers, browsers, proxies, download tools etc.
X Window System software: X servers, libraries, fonts, window managers, terminal emulators and many related applications.