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We have witnessed Linux software and distributions that have made strides to help make everyone socially inclusive.

For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring Rhino Linux on the FIREBAT. Rhino Linux is a rolling release Ubuntu-based distribution with Pacstall and the XFCE desktop environment at its core.

April 2024 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

There are several different kinds of keyboards for PCs. The most common type is a physical, external keyboard that plugs into your PC. But you can use a virtual keyboard with Linux instead of a physical keyboard.

A screen-reader is a computer application designed to provide spoken feedback to a blind or visually impaired person. This type of software has been available since the mid 1980s.

A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a machine that hosts all the software and data needed to run an application or website. It’s called virtual because virtualization technology splits a server into multiple virtual machines. So with a single piece of hardware, multiple separate servers can be run.

CNC (also known as numerical control or computer numerical control) is the automated control of machining tools (such as milling machines, lathes, 3d printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods) by means of a computer.

Passive OS Fingerprinting is a more stealth, but far slower process and usually less accurate than a targeted active fingerprinting session.

One of the many strengths of Linux is its good range of open source software for artists, photographers, animators, and designers. With inexpensive hardware, free software, and a modicum of talent and inspiration, anyone can create professional-looking computer graphics.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS brings a raft of improvements including the 6.8 Linux kernel, a plethora of Toolchain upgrades, security improvements, as well as new management tools.

Are you a Linux sysadmin expert? If not, you probably need help with Linux system administration from time to time. Anything that makes Linux easier to use is always good news.

Ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital images.

Good duplicate finding software compares more than just a filename – including the file size – so it doesn’t remove files which are different to each other. You need reliable software. But always make sure you are making regular backups. And test the backups actually work.

A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files

Disk cloning software is not simply helpful for system backups. It has a wide range of other uses such as provisioning new computers in the workplace, restoring computers from a master image, and system recovery.

Blogger is an online content management system which enables its users to write blog with time-stamped entries. The service is owned by Google.

Fantascene is a wallpaper changer. But it’s not a bog standard changer. It plays video wallpapers on your background. With modern CPU and GPUs there are often buckets of spare system resources, so why not use them to make your desktop stand out from the crowd.

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a standard, popular and lightweight data text-oriented format based on JavaScript object syntax to represent structured data.

An electronic book (commonly abbreviated e-book) is a text and image-based publication which can be read on a computer or other digital devices such as an e-book reader.

Audioloader is a web based MPD client with special focus on playing music organized in folders. It’s free and open source software.