Literature management with Zotero

Reference management software like Zotero helps you easily record and organize citations and create bibliographies.

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Designing for newcomers

Artyom and Kyrill Zorin set out to design a user-friendly operating system, resulting in Zorin OS, a favorite among new users. Bruce talks to Artyom about Zorin OS and where the project is headed.

Illustrating mathematical concepts in video with Manim

Manim lets you program video sequences with a few lines of Python code to present mathematical problems in an engaging and scientifically accurate way.

Editing statistical data with gawk

With very little overhead, you can access statistics on the spread of COVID-19 using gawk scripts and simple shell commands.

Virtual flash cards

Anki brings a virtual flash card box to the desktop. Thanks to a useful collection of add-ons, you can adapt Anki to suit your needs, making it one of the most efficient learning tools.

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Ubuntu 21.04 and Fedora 34 Workstation

Explore gaming on the Lakka console

The Lakka Linux distribution comes with everything you need to play retro games and lets you install games directly in the user interface. All you need is a Raspberry Pi and, ideally, a simple gamepad.

Editing text at the command line with micro

Editing text at the command line doesn’t have to be daunting. Micro brings the ease and intuitiveness of a graphical editor to the Linux terminal.

Create diagrams with Dia

If you need to make the occasional diagram, Dia gives you professional results with a minimal learning curve.

Sparkling gems and new releases from the world of Free and Open Source Software

After watching Ubuntu help NASA with its first controlled flight on another planet, Graham spent far too much time this month visiting Mars in Elite Dangerous, via Proton on Linux.

A brain teaser game

Gbrainy can help you develop your logical thinking skills with a collection of brain teasers.

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Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

The sys admin’s daily grind: Users and groups

This time Charly investigates the three most frequently asked questions about user groups.

Document conversion from the command line

Pandoc lets you convert files from one markup format to another at the command line.

Python package simplifies algebraic equations

Whether he’s filling the bathtub with water or routing electricity through resistors – Mike Schilli juggles mathematical formulas with the assistance of the Python SymPy package.

Tox: Text, voice, and video chats without a central server

The Tox protocol uses file-sharing techniques for messaging and audio-video chats, which gives users a greater degree of privacy and freedom.

Choosing the Best Distribution

Which distribution is the best choice for you? It’s not an easy question, but maddog offers suggestions for finding the answer.

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This month in Linux Voice.

Experimental package management with Nix and NixOS

NixOS and the Nix package manager offer a promising new approach to the challenge of managing packages in Linux.