This package contains helper tools that are necessary for switching between the various init systems that Debian contains (e. g. sysvinit or systemd). An example is deb-systemd-helper, a script that enables systemd unit files without depending on a running systemd.

x264 is an advanced commandline encoder for creating H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video streams.

The NFS kernel server is currently the recommended NFS server for use with Linux, featuring features such as NFSv3 and NFSv4, Kerberos support via GSS, and much more. It is also significantly faster and usually more reliable than the user-space NFS servers (from the unfs3 and nfs-user-server packages). However, it is more difficult to debug than the user-space servers, and has a slightly different feature set.

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins.

Bluez-tools provides command line tools to functions of Bluetooth. They are Bluetooth adapter control, Bluetooth agent, sound, input, network and other.

glurp is a GTK+ frontend to the MPD music daemon. It features: * Playlist support with id3 tags display. * Password-protected connection to MPD. * Easy switching of MPD's audio output device. * Easy operations with MPD's database/playlists/streams.