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Linux

Specialists

W

hilemostof us are

usingthelatest

LinuxMint,Ubuntu,

Arch andso on,

there are a greatnumberof

lesser-knowndistros availablethat

are reallyquiteinterestinganda

littlequirky.

That’s thebeautyof Linux:

you’re notstuckwithonetheme,

desktopor wayof doingthings.

You canchopandchange,

evolveandevencomeupwith

somethingyourself.

If youhavea spare PCavailable

or youhavea virtualmachine

projectto tryoutforthenew

year, thencheckoutsomeof

theseobscure Linuxdistros.

Mathbuntu

As thenamesuggests,

Mathbuntuis a mathematics

versionof Ubuntu,whichbundles

Sage,Maxima,Geogebra,R and

Netlogo,alongwitha collection

of free mathstextbooksandall

mannerof greatopen-source

mathematicalsoftware.

If youfancygivingit a go,head

togoo.gl/F020a2.

Lesser Known

Distros

DavidHayward has

beenusingLinux

since Red Hat 2.0

in schools,businesses

and at home,which

eithermakes him

very knowledgeable

or a glutton for

extremepunishment

Somethinga littledifferentthisNewYear?

PoseidonLinux

If you’re intoyour

oceanographyor sea-based

sciences,thenPoseidonLinux

couldbethedistro you’re after.

It’s nowonversion7.0,

basedonUbuntu14.04

andfeatures someleading

mapping,Bathymetry, GIS

andseafloorterrainsoftware

amonga collectionof

journalsandpapersof an

oceanographicnature. For

more informationgotogoo.

gl/6CL9QE.

Vinux

Vinuxis a distro thathasbeen

cleverlydesignedforthose

whoare visuallyimpaired.

There’s theOrca On-Screen

Reader, supportforBraille

displaysanda more improved

accessibilityfunctionality

thananyotherdistro – or

operatingsystem– we’veever

comeacross.

Sterlingworkindeedfrom

theVinuxteam.If you’re

interested,youcanfindmore

informationatgoo.gl/9kLJCL.

MadboxLinux

Madboxis an extremely

lightweightdistro withthe

Openboxwindowmanager, SLiM

displaymanageranda veryscaled

downandstreamlinedsystem

behindit.

It’s availableona 600MB.iso

andlooksrathersplendid.For

more info,checkoutthemain

websiteatgoo.gl/HGzVvz.

SatanicLinux

SatanicLinuxis a distro that’s

oftenamusedus,notjust

becauseit’s cateringforthose

wholeantoward inverted

pentagramsandgoatsblood,but

alsobecauseit strangelyprovides

linksto otherdistros thatare

more of a religiousfeel.

Sadly, mostof thefrontpageis

NSFW, so I won’t providea link.

Butif youare more of a Linuxfor

thedamneduser, thenI’msure

youcanGoogleit.

Anyway, that’s fourexamples

to getyourteethinto– or rather

three if youprefernotto dwell

onthedevilworshippingone.

Eitherway, there’s enoughto

intrigueor inspire youfora

possibleprojector to getinto

somethinga littledifferentforthe

newyear.

As always,if youhavea lesser-

knownLinuxdistro youthink

wouldbe interestingto theMicro

Martcommunity, thenpleasedo

writein andtellus aboutit.

Alsoif you’vecomeupwith

a distro yourselfandyouthink

it’s somethingeveryonewould

benefitfrom,thenagainlet us

knowat theusualaddress.

jVinux:a Linuxdistroforthe

visuallyimpaired