Washington Area Computer User Group

GNU/Linux CD of the Month

August 2005

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

Size: 688,255,629 bytes

Album Cover Art Downloader v1.6.0. Free GNU General Public License Python code with RPM and Debian packages by Sami Kyostila. Here's a program that will semi-automatically download album cover images for your music collection. All you have to do is point it at the root of your music directory and for each directory, the program will download a set of corresponding (well, best guess) album covers from the Internet, from which you can choose one that suits your fancy.

Darik's Boot and Nuke v1.0.6. Free GNU General Public License boot floppy and CD images by Darik Horn. Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

FreeBASIC v0.14 beta. Free GNU General Public License source code and executable by Andre Victor et al. FreeBASIC - as the name suggests - is a completely free, open-source, 32-bit BASIC compiler, with the syntax the most compatible possible with MS-QuickBASIC, that adds new features such as pointers, unsigned data types, inline-assembly and many others. Documentation and example programs are included.

PyTraffic v2.5. Free GNU General Public License Python code and packages for Debian and Fedora Core 3/4 by Michel Van den Bergh. PyTraffic is a Python version of the board game Rush Hour created by Binary Arts Coporation. The goal is to remove the red car out of the grid through the slot on the right. To do this you have to slide the other cars out of the way. PyTraffic comes with about 19,000 puzzles ranging from intermediate to expert, and has an extremely smart hint facility which is able to find the best move in every position.

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-pre3 patch and kernel 2.6.12 with optional 2.6.12.5 (stable) and 2.6.13-rc6 (testing) patches. Grsecurity 2.1.6 patches and administration utilities are included for the 2.4.31 kernel.