Washington Area Computer User Group

GNU/Linux CD of the Month

May 2005

All executable programs are for Intel x86 Linux distributions unless stated otherwise.

Size: 439,727,168 bytes

cogito v0.10. Free GNU General Public License source code and RPM executable by Petr Baudis. Cogito is a tool that enables human beings to work with the GIT database (below) similar to other software code management tools like CVS or Monotone.

GIT v0.7. Free GNU General Public License source code by Linus Torvalds and Petr Baudis. The GIT is an extremely fast and flexible filesystem-based database designed to store directory trees with regard to their history. The Linux kernel developers are currently using GIT to manage multiple branches of kernel source code.

Globulation 2 v0.8.15. Free GNU General Public License source code and executable RPM and Debian packages by the Ysagoon Team. Globulation 2 is an innovative, high quality real time strategy game. Despite the war oriented objective of wiping out the opponent, the game is not violent. The units are abstract X-shaped globules; there are no violent images, sounds or text. The player chooses the number of units for different tasks, and the units will do their best to satisfy the requests. This allows the player to manage more units and to focus on strategies. It can be played by a single player, through your Local Area Network (LAN), or through the Internet thanks to Ysagoon Online Game (YOG), a meta-server. It also features an integrated map editor and a scripting language for versatile gameplay or tutorials. Requires SDL libraries.

Mozilla Calendar v20050111. Free Mozilla Public License extension for Netscape 7.2, Mozilla 1.7.x, Firefox 1.0.x and Thunderbird 1.0.x by the Sunbird Team. Mozilla Calendar helps you keep track of your appointments, birthdays, holidays and tasks. Since Calendar uses the iCal standard, you can share event schedules with other iCal compatible programs, and publish and subscribe to online calendars. A couple of the features currently depend on the underlying product: Open URL works with Mozilla and Firefox. E-mail alarm works with Mozilla and Thunderbird.

Mozilla Sunbird v0.2. Free Mozilla Public License source code and executable programs by the Sunbird Team. Mozilla Sunbird is a standalone version of Mozilla Calendar (i.e. does not require Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox or Thunderbird). Otherwise, it is functionally equivalent to Mozilla Calendar (see description above).

GNU/Linux Distibution Updates - Security and bug fix monthly updates for Fedora Core 3.

Kernel Source - kernels 2.4.30 with optional 2.4.31-pre2 patch and 2.6.11 with optional 2.6.11.10 (stable) and 2.6.12-rc4 (testing) patches. Grsecurity 2.1.5 patches and administration utilities are included for 2.4.30 and 2.6.11.9 kernels, respectively.