Washington Area Computer User Group

GNU/Linux CD of the Month

July 2005

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

Size: 687,087,639 bytes

Canon Inkjet Utility v0.07. Free GNU General Public License source code by Jean-Jacques Sarton. CanonUtil is a utility program for Canon BJC and i-series inkjet printers to check, clean and align the printhead. It also reports the printer state (including ink levels), performs printer reset and power off, and toggles the autopower feature.

Eclipse SDK v3.1. Free Common Public License executable and Java code by The Eclipse Foundation. Eclipse is an open source software development project dedicated to providing a robust, full-featured, commercial-quality, industry platform for the development of highly integrated tools. The Eclipse SDK includes the Eclipse Platform, Java development tools, and Plug-in Development Environment, including source and both user and programmer documentation. The Eclipse Platform was originally developed by IBM as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java software, but also works for text editing and software development projects in other programming languages. Eclipse functionality can be extended through dozens of available plug-in modules. The Eclipse Platform requires a Java Virtual Machine (such as Sun's Java Runtime Environment or Development Kit 1.4.2 or later), X Window System and gtk2 libraries.

Epson Inkjet Utility v1.0.8. Free GNU General Public License source code by Jean-Jacques Sarton. Mtink is a utility for EPSON inkjet printers that reports on ink levels and printer state and performs nozzle check and cleaning. Ttink is the console-based counterpart. This beta version is not completely tested. A GIMP plug-in is also provided (gimp-mtink).

WINE - v20050628. Free GNU Lesser General Public License source code and RPM packages for SUSE 9.3 and Mandriva Linux. Wine is an implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix, allowing many unmodified Windows applications to run under Linux. It does not require Microsoft Windows, but can use native Windows DLLs if they are available. It provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader. This release includes major feature enhancements, including: Configuration settings have been moved to the registry; The graphical Wine configuration tool is now enabled; More MSI and OLE improvements were made; The DirectDraw directory was reorganized; Initial support for webcams was added; Lots of bugfixes were made.

GNU/Linux Distibution Updates - Security and bug fix monthly updates for Fedora Core 4.

Kernel Source - kernel 2.4.31 with optional 2.4.32-pre1 patch and kernel 2.6.12 with optional 2.6.12.2 (stable) and 2.6.13-rc3 (testing) patches. Grsecurity 2.1.6 patches and administration utilities are included for the 2.4.31 kernel.