pkgsrc vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at pkgsrc and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
pkgsrc
Development
pkgsrc is a portable packaging system for Unix-like operating systems. It provides over 12,000 software packages, is used on various platforms, and focuses on providing software that is up to date and consistent across systems.
packagingportableunix
smartmontools
System & Hardware
smartmontools is a set of open source utilities that monitor the health of disk drives and predict drive failures, compatible with most types of hard drives. It reads SMART data to detect and report on various drive attributes related to reliability, such as reallocated sectors count.
smartdisk-healthdrive-monitoringhardware-diagnosticsreliability-prediction
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