util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities The stuff in the subdirectories mount, fdisk, disk-utils, text-utils, misc-utils, schedutils, sys-utils, getopt-* should be rather distribution-neutral, and installing it does no harm. On the other hand, the stuff in login-utils defines initial boot-time stuff, things that are done in different ways by different distributions. If you install it, your machine may not boot anymore, or you may be unable to login. No RPMs are provided - get yours from your distributor.