loco is a Perl script which gives the messages file (usually /var/log/messages) some color, so the output is easier to read. It uses a Perl module called Term::ANSIColor to produce the colors. The Perl script is very readable and customizable.
You could tail messages file and pipe to loco like this: tail -f /var/log/messages | loco

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fake is a simple utility designed to enable the switching in of backup servers by bringing up an additional interface and using arp spoofing to take over the ip address. Either additional physically or logical interfaces can be used.
Variants of the script have been used extensively at Zip World, http://www.zipworld.com.au./ for backing up various servers [...]

Debian GNU/Linux provides thousands upon daunting thousands of software packages. Sorting them into broad classes then dividing and redividing them into finer, more specific branches, this command ramifies Debian’s packages in much the same manner as a university library ramifies its books. If you know what you want your computer to do but do not [...]

cruft is a program to look over your system for anything that shouldn’t be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn’t.
It bases most of its results on dpkg’s database, as well as a list of `extra files’ that can appear during the lifetime of various packages.
Cruft can be a useful [...]