What does "-ng" Mean?

[Lateforgym]

Im trying to learn more about some of the things that I'm typing in to certain utility programs so I can know better what its doing as opposed to following others directions blindly. Here and there I am picking things up but a search on this is dead. So, What does "-ng" mean or is it just a weird naming convention? ex: Airmon-ng eth1

[t0p]

Among the programs you are talking about (airmon-ng, aircrack-ng, airodump-ng) the ng means "next generation" or "new generation" I believe. The programs airmon, aircrack and airodump have been around a long time, and I think the ng versions are so called because they're the latest and greatest...

Suffixing program names with -ng isn't a naming tradiion that's very widespread. In over 4 years of linux use, I don't think I've seen any programs with the ng suffix other than the aircrack-ng group.

[Paqman]

In over 4 years of linux use, I don't think I've seen any programs with the ng suffix other than the aircrack-ng group.

EnvyNG?

[OutOfReach]

Im trying to learn more about some of the things that I'm typing in to certain utility programs so I can know better what its doing as opposed to following others directions blindly. Here and there I am picking things up but a search on this is dead. So, What does "-ng" mean or is it just a weird naming convention? ex: Airmon-ng eth1

It's just be a naming convention.

[sandyd]

EnvyNG?
its missing a dash in between envy and ng ;)

[t0p]

EnvyNG?

In over 4 years of linux use, I don't think I've seen any programs with the ng suffix other than the aircrack-ng group. And Envy-ng...

:p

[lykwydchykyn]

It's pretty common:

$ apt-cache dump |grep "\-ng"|grep ^Package:
Package: fillets-ng-data
Package: reportbug-ng
Package: lincity-ng-data
Package: fillets-ng
Package: libradiusclient-ng2
Package: lemonldap-ng
Package: linux-wlan-ng-doc
Package: xpilot-ng
Package: linux-wlan-ng-source
Package: libradiusclient-ng-dev
Package: xpilot-ng-utils
Package: linux-wlan-ng-modules
Package: aircrack-ng
Package: fprobe-ng
Package: ultrastar-ng-gstreamer
Package: xpilot-ng-common
Package: linux-wlan-ng
Package: liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl
Package: fillets-ng-data-cs
Package: liblemonldap-ng-portal-perl
Package: linux-wlan-ng-firmware
Package: fakeroot-ng
Package: ultrastar-ng-xine
Package: liblemonldap-ng-handler-perl
Package: syslog-ng
Package: etpan-ng
Package: ultrastar-ng
Package: xpilot-ng-server
Package: scribus-ng-doc
Package: procinfo-ng
Package: xpilot-ng-client-x11
Package: liblemonldap-ng-conf-perl
Package: scribus-ng
Package: lincity-ng
Package: xpilot-ng-client-sdl
Package: bwm-ng
Package: lemonldap-ng-doc
Package: linux-wlan-ng-0.1.15-modules
Package: apt-cacher-ng

[RetchingRabbit]

That's good CLI work, lykwyd.
Very nice.

[LowSky]

NG stands for Next Generation at least in Envy's case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy_(software)

Probably stole it form Star Trek: Next Generation, which is ofter abbreviated
ST:NG, or ST-NG

Wow I'm being a nerd