Washington Area Computer User Group

GNU/Linux CD of the Month

September 2006

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

Size: 654,428,702 bytes

Bastille - v3.0.9/v2.1.1. Free GNU General Public License script packages for Mandriva, SUSE, Fedora Core and Debian (v2.1.1) by Jay Beale et al. The Bastille Hardening program locks down an operating system, proactively configuring the system for increased security and decreasing its susceptibility to compromise. An interactive option describes and provides a recommendation on each security setting with a menu interface. Bastille can also assess a system's current state of hardening, granularly reporting on each of the security settings.

OpenOffice.org - v2.0.3. Free GNU Lesser General Public License executable and Fedora Core 5 packages by the OpenOffice.org Project. OpenOffice.org (OOo) is an integrated office applications suite, including full-featured word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation and graphics programs. OOo uses the new OASIS OpenDocument format, the future-proof international standard for office software (ISO/IEC 26300), but also reads and writes Microsoft® Office file formats.

SudokuTool - v1.0. Free GNU General Public License source code by Eric Akers. Sudoku tool can help you create, play and solve sudoku games. The games can be randomly generated or manually input to start the game. Some of the features also include pencil marks and a save game option. Requires SDL and OpenGL, included with most distributions.

GNU/Linux Distibution Updates - Security and bug fix monthly updates for Fedora Core 5.

Kernel Source - kernel 2.4.33 with optional 2.4.33.3 (stable) and 2.4.34-pre2 (testing) patches and kernel 2.6.17 with optional 2.6.17.13 (stable) and 2.6.18-rc7 (testing) patches. Grsecurity 2.1.9 patches and administration utilities are included for the 2.4.33.3 and 2.6.17.11 kernels.