...and for all the linux/*nix/*BSD heads, cdparanoia is the equivalent of EAC. It's kinda paranoid about ripping the correct data.

IMHO, the data in freeDB is getting much better. I seem to be finding fewer CDs that aren't known, and more that are 100% correct*.

* Correct in this context meaning with a reasonable interpretation of Artist/Album title/year, even if it isn't what we'd personally prefer in some circumstances (mix albums, classical, compilations etc).

Of the dozen or so CDs that I have acquired for/since Christmas, all but one were 100% correct, and that one just had a typo error in the title.