Documentation

Manuals

Here you can find the guides you need to install, use, maintain, and contribute to the development of the FUSS distribution along with othe useful guides.

FUSS Guides

Online guides are in Italian. We also provided an English translation (best effort) of the three guides in PDF format:

There is also a very thorough guide by Dashamir Hoxha on how to test a complete FUSS installation with Incus, a powerful system container and virtual machine manager:

Useful Guides and Courses

Source code

Management of individual software projects and documentation is done with a GitLab instance that can be reached at the link

List of Applications

Below is the list of applications installed in FUSS.

Icon Software Description Package Category Preschool Primary School Middle School High School
Atril document viewer View multipage documents atril Office X X X X
Audacity Record and edit audio files audacity AudioVideo X X X
Avogadro Molecular graphics and modeling system avogadro Science X X
Blender 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and post-production blender Graphics X X
Browser web chromium Web browser chromium Network X X X X
Calibrate touchscreen Run the calibration tool for touchscreens xinput-calibrator System X
Calibre The one-stop solution to all your e-book needs calibre Office X X X
Catfish Versatile file search tool catfish Utility X X X
Cheese Take photos and record videos with the webcam by applying fun graphic effects cheese AudioVideo X X X X
Clementine music player Plays music files and Internet radio clementine AudioVideo X X X X
Clusterssh Control multiple SSH or RSH sessions from a single input window clusterssh System X
Code::blocks ide Configurable and extensible IDE codeblocks Development X X
Dia Edit your diagrams dia-common Graphics X X X
Dictionary A program that lets you consult several dictionaries xfce4-dict Office X X X
Editor bluefish Editor for web development bluefish Development X X
Evince Document viewer for the most popular formats evince Office X X X X
Evolution Manage your emails, contacts, and projects evolution Office X X
Ex falso Edit the tags of audio files exfalso AudioVideo X X
File manager Configure the Thunar file manager thunar XFCE X X X X
Filezilla Download and upload files via FTP, FTPS, and SFTP filezilla Network X X
Firefox esr Web browser firefox-esr Network X X X X
Firewall configuration tool An easy way to configure the firewall gufw Settings X X
Freecad Feature-based parametric modeler freecad-common Graphics X X
Fritzing Electronic Design Automation software fritzing Development X X
Fuss-speak Expert-system-based voice reader for the FUSS network with MP3 recording fuss-speak AudioVideo X X X
Gajim A GTK+ XMPP client gajim Graphics X X
Gamine Educational game for children gamine Education X X
Gcompris educational game Multi-activity educational game for children aged 2 to 10 gcompris-qt Education X X X
Gedit Edit text files gedit Utility X X X
Geogebra Creation of mathematical constructions and interactive applets geogebra Education X X X
Glabels Create labels, business cards, and covers glabels Office X X X
Gnome Calculator Performs arithmetic, scientific, or financial calculations gnome-calculator Utility X X X
Gnome disk management Disk management tool for GNOME gnome-disk-utility Utility X
Gnome software Application manager for GNOME gnome-software System X X
GNU Image Manipulation Program Create images and edit photographs gimp Graphics X X X
GNU octave Interactive programming environment for numerical computation octave Education X X
GNU solfege Ear training software solfege AudioVideo X X X X
Gnucash Manage your finances, accounts, and investments gnucash Office X X
Gnumeric Calculation, analysis, and information visualization gnumeric Office X X X
Gobby Collaboratively edit text files gobby Utility X X X
Goldendict An advanced dictionary lookup program supporting many formats. goldendict Office X X X
Gparted Create, reorganize, and delete partitions gparted System X
Gthumb image viewer View and organize your images gthumb Graphics X X X X
Gtkhash Calculate message digests or checksums gtkhash Utility X
Guvcview A video viewer and capture tool for the Linux UVC driver guvcview Graphics X X X
Handbrake Video transcoder handbrake AudioVideo X X
Hardware lister Provides information on hardware lshw-gtk System X X
Imagemagick (color depth=q16) Display and edit image files imagemagick-6.q16 Graphics X X
Imagination A lightweight slideshow maker using GTK+2 imagination AudioVideo X X X
Inkscape SVG vector graphics inkscape Graphics X X X
K3b Disc burning k3b AudioVideo X X
Kalgebra Graphing calculator kalgebra Education X X X
Kalzium Periodic table of the elements kalzium Education X X X
Kazam Record a video or capture a desktop screenshot kazam AudioVideo X X
Kbruch Exercises with fractions kbruch Education X X
Keepassx Cross-platform password manager keepassx Utility X X
Kgeography A program for learning geography kgeography Education X X X
Kicad EDA suite kicad Development X X
Kig Interactive geometry kig Education X X X
Kino Nonlinear DV video editing kino AudioVideo X X
Klettres Learn the alphabet klettres Education X X
Kmplot Mathematical function plotter kmplot Education X X X
Kolourpaint Drawing program kolourpaint Graphics X X X X
Kstars Desktop planetarium kstars Education X X X X
Ktouch Typing tutor ktouch Education X X X
Kturtle Educational programming environment kturtle Education X X X
Librecad A professional CAD system librecad Graphics X X
Libreoffice base Database manager, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite libreoffice-base Office X X
Libreoffice calc Spreadsheet program, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite libreoffice-calc Office X X X
Libreoffice draw Graphics editor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite libreoffice-draw Office X X X
Libreoffice impress Presentation program, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite libreoffice-impress Office X X X
Libreoffice math Math allows you to create and edit scientific formulas and equations libreoffice-math Office X X
Libreoffice writer Word processor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite libreoffice-writer Office X X X
Marble Virtual globe marble Education X X X X
Midnight commander File manager mc Utility X X
Mousepad Simple text editor mousepad Utility X X X
Mpv media player Multimedia player mpv AudioVideo X X X X
Mumble A low-latency, high-quality voice chat program for gaming mumble Network X X
Musescore 2 Create, play, and print sheet music musescore AudioVideo X X X
Nautilus Access and organize files nautilus System X X X X
Nextcloud client sync Nextcloud desktop synchronization client nextcloud-desktop Utility X X
Obs Studio Free and open-source streaming and recording software obs-studio AudioVideo X X
Onboard settings Edit Onboard settings onboard Settings X X X X
Openshot video editor An easy-to-use, quick-to-learn, and surprisingly powerful video editor openshot-qt AudioVideo X X X
Parole Modern and simple media player parole AudioVideo X X X X
Poedit Translation editor for gettext poedit Development X X
Potato guy A simple construction game suitable for children and adults alike ktuberling Education X X
Print settings Configure printer queues system-config-printer System X X
Pymol Molecular visualization and ray tracing pymol Science X X
Quod libet Listen to, browse, or edit your audio collection quodlibet AudioVideo X X X
Redshift Color temperature adjustment tool redshift-gtk Utility X X X X
Regolazione del volume pulseaudio Adjust the volume level pavucontrol AudioVideo X X
Remote viewer Access virtual machines remotely virt-viewer Network X
Revolt Better integration of Riot, a Matrix client, with desktop environments revolt Network X X
Ristretto Fast and lightweight image viewer ristretto Graphics X X X X
Scilab Scientific software package for numerical computations scilab Science X X
Scratch Programming system and content development tool scratch Education X X X
Screen-message Displays a short text in full-screen mode sm Utility X X X
Scribus Open-source page layout and desktop publishing (DTP) software scribus Graphics X X
Seahorse Manage your passwords and encryption keys seahorse Security X X
Sensors viewer plugin Display sensor readings xfce4-sensors-plugin Utility X X
Simple image reducer Reduce and rotate images in three or four clicks simple-image-reducer Graphics X X X
Simple scan Scan documents simple-scan Graphics X X
Soundconverter Convert audio files soundconverter AudioVideo X X
Stellarium Desktop planetarium stellarium Education X X X X
Step Interactive physics simulator step Education X X X
Sweet home 3d Interior design Java application for quickly choosing and placing furniture on a house’s 2D plan, with a 3D preview sweethome3d Graphics X X X
Synaptic software package manager Install, remove, and update software packages synaptic System X X
Tastieravirtuale florence Florence virtual keyboard florence Utility X X X X
Tellico Collection manager tellico Office X X X
Terminale di xfce Terminal emulator xfce4-terminal System X X
The Debian Guide Debian Reference Guide debian-reference-common Utility X X
Thunderbird Thunderbird is a free and open-source email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client thunderbird Network X X
Timeshift System restore utility timeshift System X X
Tux typing Educational typing tutor game starring Tux tuxtype Education X
Vim Edit text files vim-common Utility X X
Vlc VLC media player—the open-source multimedia player vlc AudioVideo X X X X
Wine Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X wine Utility X X
Winetricks Work around problems and install applications under Wine winetricks Utility X
Winff GUI for FFmpeg or avconv winff AudioVideo X X
Wxmaxima A graphical user interface for Maxima, a powerful computer algebra system wxmaxima Education X X
Xarchiver A GTK+-only archive manager xarchiver Utility X X X
Xfburn CD and DVD writing application xfburn Utility X X
Xfce4-screenshooter Application and panel plugin for taking screenshots xfce4-screenshooter Utility X X X
Xournal Take handwritten notes xournal Utility X X X
Xsane A program for working with scanners. It can be used as a scanning, copying, OCR, and fax tool. xsane Graphics X X X