For anyone looking to learn the basics of hacking, we hopefully have the right issue for you. Open source was always the home of hacking, and by that we mean trying to get things to work in ways for which they were never designed. A lot of that meaning has been lost over the years, however, and it’s something of a shame. Hacking can be a great learning experience, helping you to gain a greater understanding of how your systems work.
So, while we might be looking at Kali Linux, the world’s best-known hacking collection, we’re using it to play around with Python, understand the kernel, do some code compilation, examine our networks, and perhaps crack a few admin passwords on the way. It’s that heady combination of fun and education that I hear the kids love!
And what starts off as a bit of hacking fun can turn into a fullblown career, not just in, say, pen-testing, but this issue we’re looking at the home-brew Maestro Rust kernel, finalising our point-and-click adventure, building fun Pi projects, creating 3D-printable CAD models, adding plugins to our LXF shell, and coding games for the Commodore 64! That last one might not be that commercial these days, but it’s certainly enjoyable!