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September 2020 e-DVD

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September 5, 2020
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Welcome to Digit’s “e” DVD. Instead of limiting ourselves to physical media, we’re attempting to curate the best content from the WWW for you, and give it to you in monthly instalments. By the 15th of every month there will be a new e-DVD made available to buyers / subscribers of the Digit Magazine, so watch our homepage for updates.

While most of the following is content for your PCs, if you’re reading this from a mobile, scroll to the Mobile section to get some interesting downloads, apps and games, all recommended by Team Digit.

As always, remember to send us feedback about this exercise, and suggestions on how we can improve.

Featured Distro
  • Ubuntu : Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian mostly composed of free and open-source software. As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need tobe downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Linux Distros
  • Linux Mint: Linux Mint is straight up the most recommended and easy to use distros around at the moment. It is based on Ubuntu but ships with a bunch of extras including codecs and drivers, which makes it quicker to start using the distro.
  • Gentoo: Gentoo is used by a bunch of enthusiasts known as Gentoomen. The updates are regular, and the distro is optimised for your particular system, which is great. It is a bit of a toughie to get into though.
  • Slackware: Slackware is a distro for those who want to dive into the deep end of the Linux pool, and is one of the most basic and customisable distros around. The setup is incredibly fun or painful depending on how you look at it. It is easy to mess up your system if you are using Slackware, so proceed with caution.
  • Kali Linux: Kali Linux is the distro for those who want to try out hacking tools, or get into penetration testing in a more serious manner.
  • Ubuntu: Ubuntu is one of the easiest to use and well known distros around. Ideal for use in offices as well.
  • OpenSuse: OpenSuse is a distro geared towards software developers and system admins. It is one of the most used distros around the world, and is continuously updated.
  • Fedora: Fedora is the distro used by the creator of Linux, Linus Trovalds. This is a distro with plenty of support, and regular updates. It is associated with the RedHat distro.
  • ArchLinux: The ArchLinux distro is a simple and minimalist Linux distro. The updates are frequent. The distro is for more expert users.
  • Solus: Solus is a no nonsense distro designed for home computing. You can access most applications out of the box.
  • SteamOS: Based on Debian, SteamOS is a distro specifically made for gaming on Linux systems. It can be used as a general purpose distro as well. Check the hardware requirements though, they are on the higher side.
Internet Tools
  • Xvast browser : A fast Chromium based browser focused on security.
  • Ultra Viewer : UltraViewer helps you control your partner’s computer to support them as if you were sitting in front of their screen.
  • VRadio : Listen to your favorite radio stations like never before!
  • Syncthing : Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, whether it is shared with some third party, and how it’s transmitted over the internet.
  • Tribler : Tribler is a research project of Delft University of Technology. Tribler was created over nine years ago as a new open source Peer-to-Peer file sharing program. During this time over one million users have installed it successfully and three generations of Ph.D. students tested their algorithms in the real world.
  • Nativifier : Make native wrappers for web apps for any OS.
  • Rclone : Rclone is a command line program to manage files on cloud storage. It is a feature rich alternative to cloud vendors’ web storage interfaces. Over 40 cloud storage products support rclone including S3 object stores, business & consumer file storage services, as well as standard transfer protocols.
  • ProgTV : ProgTV – the simple but convenient and universal software for watching digital TV and listening to radio channels in Android, iOS and Windows.
  • XWiki Standard : The Advanced Open Source Enterprise Wiki. Use this to make your own wikis.
  • Wordpress : A desktop app that gives WordPress a permanent home in your taskbar.
  • Tweetz Desktop : Tweetz is a Windows 10 desktop twitter client. Its minimal design mimics gadget style applications. Used to monitor current events.
  • ContaCam : This Video Surveillance and Live Webcam software for Windows is extremely easy on system resources, and does not contain unnecessary bloat. It is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user friendly and able to run on even the most moderate systems.
  • Snap Camera : Bring the magic of Lenses to your live streams and video chats on PC & Mac
Creator’s Toolkit
  • OCTGN : A virtual table top with an integrated player lobby and chat system that supports custom card and board games.
  • Philips Hue Sync : A software that allows you to sync your Philips hue lights to the content on your desktop.
  • World Maker : World maker is a tool to quickly create world maps with climate, elevation and civilization information.
  • Emojigun : A cross platform custom emoji sharing tool.
  • Drum On : DrumOn is a desktop application made with love and can be used to play drums right from your keyboard.
  • Picolay : Focus stacking, image processing, 3D, and more…
  • Pencil 2D Animation : An easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.
  • Virtual DJ : VirtualDJ 2021 uses advanced technology and the power of modern computers to revolutionize what DJs can do. With this new version you can mix in real-time the various components of your tracks (vocals, instruments, kicks, hihats, etc). This opens the door to new ways of mixing that were simply not possible before, and will forever change the way DJs mix.
  • Rectitude : A procedural texture generator and pixel art tool.
Courses
  • Biomedical nanotechnology : Biomedical nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field, which includes a diverse collection of disciplines. The applications of nanotechnology are gaining overwhelming response in almost all the fields. Especially in healthcare sector, tremendous developments have been achieved. For example, cancer diagnosis and therapy, medical implants, tissue engineering etc. In the coming years, the developments in this field are expected to fluorish and lead to several life saving medical technologies and treatment methods. Thus, the main objective of this course is to impart knowledge on biomedical applications of nanotechnology.
  • Ethics and Information Technology : Ethics and Information Technology focuses on the ethical dilemmas that exist where human beings, information objects, and social computing technologies interact. The course explores emerging ethical models from historical and cross-cultural perspectives and then applies these models to a variety of new and emerging technologies that are inherently social in their construction and use. Initial examples of issues that the course covers in discrete modules include: the integrity of digital content in a networked world; identity and avatars; and interpersonal engagement through online games and virtual environments. Students explore the technological underpinnings of associated technology systems, experiment with individual and group interaction with technologies, and examine the mechanics of ethical and unethical behaviors.
  • The Early Middle Ages : Major developments in the political, social, and religious history of Western Europe from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. Topics include the conversion of Europe to Christianity, the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of Islam and the Arabs, the “Dark Ages,” Charlemagne and the Carolingian renaissance, and the Viking and Hungarian invasions.
  • Quantum chemistry : This course is at the intersection of physics and chemistry, and provides the foundations of quantum mechanics.
  • Physics III: Vibrations and Waves : Vibrations and waves are everywhere. If you take any system and disturb it from a stable equilibrium, the resultant motion will be waves and vibrations. Think of a guitar string—pluck the string, and it vibrates. The sound waves generated make their way to our ears, and we hear the string’s sound. Our eyes see what’s happening because they receive the electromagnetic waves of the light reflected from the guitar string, so that we can recognize the beautiful sinusoidal waves on the string. In fact, without vibrations and waves, we could not recognize the universe around us at all!
  • Adventures in Writing : Welcome to Adventures in Writing, a series of graphic-novel style learning modules designed to help you learn more about and practice a range of effective written communication skills. You’ll immerse yourself in the adventures of Maya and Chris, using each module’s interactive exercises to apply what you’ve learned. Writing instructors in Stanford’s Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) designed the modules to reflect PWR’s philosophy that the best academic and real world communication practices require us to think about more than “correctness” or just getting things right-we must actively consider what we’re trying to achieve with a specific audience for a specific purpose. Through joining Maya and Chris on their adventures, you’ll develop your abilities to communicate in writing-from punctuation and style to argument-increasing the power of your language in the classroom and beyond.
  • Blockchain Fundamentals : Harness the power of blockchain and cryptocurrencies
  • Quantum Physics: an overview of a weird world : A primer on the conceptual foundations of Quantum Physics
Physics eBooks
Music
  • Unix Girl : A new 2020 album by Macclesfield based artist DJ Uchuu. This time the mad lad is heavily influenced by ‘Com Truise’.
  • The Colonists : Nostlagic and atmospheric synthpop for a future that never was from Sila Koriolisa
  • Exo Lunaris : This album is about relaxedness and being in connection to outer space. Synth and rock lovers need to hear it.
  • Night City : If Androids dream of electric sheep, this is the album they listen to while going to sleep.
Videogame Music
Roguelike games
  • Grid Rangers : The porcine menace has grown out of control. S.W.I.N.E. have seized the darknet. Using a match-3 tactical combat hacking interface, you must deploy the Grid Rangers to penetrate the S.W.I.N.E. intranet and take their mainframe down from the inside.
  • Ratropolis : Users are clan leaders for a small rat post, they will defend your rats from predators and monstrous creatures. User’s main goal is to build the largest ‘Ratropolis!’ Make your rats talk about it for a thousand years.
  • Time Beast : A hapless detective faces off against a time-bending entity which flings him from his 1970s office to the worst place imaginable – the year 2020.
  • Loot Keeper : Inventory management simulator gone roguelike!
  • Tempo Quest : The game is a Roguelike mixed with Dance dance revolution mechanic, 1 – 4 players local coop, with gamepad support, French and English languages.
  • Ducksoup Dungeon : Take control of one of the strange heroes in Ducksoup Dungeon and see if you can beat the dungeon. This is a small platformer-roguelike game made for the seven day roguelike challenge.
  • Dungeon Solitaire : A deck-building, dungeon-making, rogue-like card game made for the 2019 GMTK jam!
  • There is only power : There is Only Power is a strategy / roguelike. Build a small army, learn spells and find artifacts to enslave a kingdom before its citizens overthrow you. The world, your spell list, the artifacts and opportunities for recruitment are randomly set up each game to give you a unique challenge.
  • Brogue : As in its predecessor Rogue, the goal of Brogue is for the player (represented by the character @) to descend to the 26th floor of the Dungeons of Doom, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and return to the surface.
  • Dungeons of Cor : Explore a procedural dungeon, kill all monsters to proceed to the next level. Go as deep as you can!
  • HyperRogue : You are a lone adventurer in a strange, non-Euclidean world. Gather as much treasure as you can before the nasty monsters get you. Explore several different worlds, each with its own unique treasures, enemies, and terrain obstacles. Your quest is to find the legendary treasure, the Orbs of Yendor. Collect one of them to win! Or just ignore your quest and collect smaller treasures.
  • Dungeon Chop Chop : Dungeon Chop Chop is a Co-Op Rogue-like
  • Reikon Dungeon : Reikon Dungeon is a real-time roguelike dungeon crawling game where the player gets to explore infinite dungeons and hunt down deadly monsters.
  • Streets of Rogue : Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of RPGs like Deus Ex.
  • Ascend : A reverse roguelike with the insurmountable flaw where the hero continuously gets weaker as the game progresses.
  • Deepdive : Deepdive is a short procedurally generated diving roguelike about exploring the depths. Manage your oxygen, scan new species of fish, mine minerals, explore the depths, but be careful not to spring too many leaks in your helmet. Then, come back to your boat to upgrade your gear so you can go deeper next time.
  • Dungreed : Dungreed is 2D side-scrolling action game with a Rogue-LITE element.
  • Broken Signal : Jetpack & Overclock your way to the top of the radio tower and break the signal!
  • Photon Highway : Photon Highway is an arcade racer in which you drive on a procedurally generated road while trying to reach the end of the universe.
  • Hostile Takeover : Take control of a small team of contractors, hired by mysterious suits for impossible jobs against powerful corporations. Your contractors each have custom cybernetics that allow them to use a host of abilities, represented by cards. These cards are used in turn-based combat for actions such as movement, attacking, defending, and special abilities. Along with combat, you’ll also encounter events, character upgrades, and black market shops as you explore each corporation. Add and remove cards from your decks to customize each character to your liking!
Evergreen Games
  • Warframe : Warframe is the free to play model done right, with regular updates, a monetisation model that is fair to players. This is an incredibly complex game with a lot of things to do, and is a major time sink. Essentially you play as space ninjas who are on various missions through the solar system. This is science fiction like you have never seen it before, in any medium.
  • Path of Exile : This is another game that has been around for years, is free to play, and is constantly updated. The game has one of the most expansive skill trees in any game ever. You have to pick classes and clear dunjons. The hardcore mode has permadeath. This is RPG done right.
  • Shotgun Fun Fun : This is a fast paced platformer where you have to navigate around a map and take down as many zombies as possible, before you inevitably meet your death. Crazy, and addivtive.
  • Trackmania Nations Forever : The free version of the game has a stadium environment with thousands of user made tracks. Insane speeds, lots of room for stunts, and split second reactions are all necessary for you to win. This is one of the most popular racing games ever.
  • Altitude : Altitude is an over the top multiplayer game where you have to take a bunch of planes and eliminate enemies. The rounds are frenetic and short. The best thing is the football mode.
  • TeeWorlds : This is a crazy 2D multiplayer platformer. In the solo mode, you have to kill anything else that moves with an arsenal of weapons, or team up and play the deathmatch mode. Moving around requires constant use of a grappling hook, which is the entire charm of this game.

Monster movies
  • Destroy All Monsters : THIS was suppose to be THE LAST Godzilla movie – the 9th installment in the 1st Godzilla series. An alien species, known as Kilaaks, invades the Earth by taking control of all of the Earth’s monsters and using the monstrosities to destroy all the major cities throughout the world. Can mankind find a way to free the monsters from the Kilaaks’ control of them and find a way to eliminate this invading species from outer space?
  • All Monsters Attack : The tenth film in the Godzilla franchise, the movie was released in 1969. This is the Japanese cut with english subtitles.
  • Godzilla vs Hedorah : The 11th installment in the 1st Godzilla series. This entertaining feature film deals with the Big G contending against a monster derived from pollution… HEDORAH!!! Can the defender of Earth defeat this creature born of sludge? Is ALL LIFE on Earth doomed?

Snippets

Telegram bots
  • Gamee : This is the go to Telegram bot for playing fun games with your friends.
  • Trivia bot : A fun bot for taking trivia quizzes on a range of subjects.
  • Rextester : Something that coders will love, use python scripts directly in Telegram.
  • RSS Bot : Get stories from RSS and atom feeds directly to yout Telegram PMs.
  • Themer bot : A quick and easy way to create custom Telegram themes
  • LastFM bot : Share scrobbles, recent listens and check music compatibility with group members on TG.
Radio Show
  • The Late Alfred Hitchcock Presents : First broadcast in September 2010, The Late Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a 5 part series of dramatizations of stories deemed too unsuitable for the original Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series.

 

App watch
  • Oto Music : A new nifty offline music player for Android that comes equipped with chromecast support, gapless playback, sleep timer, and an inbuilt equaliser. The player also comes with a dedicated Dark Mode and Power Saver Mode. [Android] [iOS]
  • Horizon Camera : Horizon Camera allows users to capture landscape (horizontal) videos and photos no matter the orientation of the device. You can hold it upright, sideways, or even keep rotating while capturing, and the output will always be horizontal! [Android] [iOS]
  • Moj : Moj is a Made-in-India short video app that comes preinstalled with numerous filters, special effects, and editing tools. The app is available in 15 Indian languages such as Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Odia, and others. [Android] [iOS]
Mobile monthly
  • Brawlhalla : Brawlhalla is an epic free to play fighting game! Queue ranked or play with your friends on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch & Mobile via cross-play, F2P. [Android] [iOS]
  • Hell Rider 3 : A new part of Hellrider adventure! Become a member of a completely new story, enjoy the new 3D gameplay. [Android] [iOS]
  • WinWing : As an elite of the Falcon Squad, smash the riot forces and hunt down interstellar space invaders among the stars and secure the sci-fi universe with your fully-armed aircraft – WinWing! Peace through superior firepower at your fingertips! [Android] [iOS]
  • SoulWorker Anime Legends : Explore the world of SoulWorker on the latest release SoulWorker Anime Legends.. Through single player or collaborative gameplay, unearth challenging missions or team up to do PvP or PvE missions. [Android] [iOS]
  • Soda Dungeon 2 : Your favorite fizzy dungeon crawler is back! The Dark Lord has locked all sorts of legendary items, loot, and goodies up in his castle behind a seemingly endless guard of monsters, traps, and treachery. [Android] [iOS]
  • Emergent Fates : Personable characters, rich world history, and a thought provoking storyline are combined with beautiful water-coloured 2d graphics for an artistic and narrative experience, while multi-class levelling, turn-based battles and player-chosen skill development allow for deep customization and immersion. [Android] [iOS]
  • TALES OF CRESTORIA : TALES OF CRESTORIA is a brand-new Tales adventure for mobile! Step into this epic anime RPG game set in an original Tales series world, featuring a dramatic storyline and brand new characters! [Android] [iOS]
  • Battle Legion – Mass Battler : Massive 100v100 Unit Battles – Build an army and watch it fight idle-style – Plenty of units and skins. Endless fun! Battle Legion puts you in shoes of an aspiring commander, and as you rank up through unforgettable victories, so does your legion. [Android] [iOS]
  • SINoALICE : A RPG of a Unique Dark Fantasy World [Android] [iOS]
  • Guardian Tales : Begin your adventure in Kanterbury, a world in turmoil from the Invaders’ attack, destined to be saved by the Legendary Guardian! [Android] [iOS]
Gamer’s hub
  • Twitch : Experience the games you love like never before! Watch live streams and chat with devoted gamers around the world. [Android] [iOS]
  • Discord : Discord is your place to talk. Create a home for your communities and friends, where you can stay close and have fun over text, voice, and video. Whether you’re part of a school club, a gaming group, a worldwide art community, or just a handful of friends that want to spend time, Discord makes it easy to talk every day and hang out more often. [Android] [iOS]
  • Teamspeak 3 : Voice Chat Communication used by Professional Gamers. [Android] [iOS]
  • Mumble : Mumble – High quality, low latency voice chat [Android] [iOS]
  • StreamLabs : Go live with just a few taps to the largest social live video streaming platforms like Twitch, YouTube, and more! [Android] [iOS]
  • Guilded : Guilded is the best free app for staying connected with your gaming team. [Android] [iOS]
  • Powder : Powder is the only social app made especially for gamers. You can record your game clips, create compilations or montages in our editor, add filters and share them with the world. All in one single platform. All for FREE. [Android] [iOS]
  • Blizzard Battle.net : The Blizzard Battle.net Mobile App lets you stay connected with your friends wherever you are. Send and receive messages, participate in group chats, add new friends, and see what games everyone is playing – right from your mobile device. [Android] [iOS]
  • T-Jam : Jam now to create awesome Movie Intros. [Android] [iOS]
  • Warframe : Stay connected using Warframe companion app and get the latest news. Login using your PC, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, or Nintendo account to receive the best experience. [Android] [iOS]
  • Steam Mobile : With the free Steam app for iOS, you can participate in the Steam community wherever you go. [Android] [iOS]

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