Everything You Need For Your Office Is Free!An Introduction to Open Source Software

GoalsTo explain what Open Source Software (OSS) is and isn’tTo show what kinds of software are available To show you where to find it, for FREE!

What is OSS?An operating system and/or applications software for which the source code is open for alteration by the publicGratis software made freely available to anyone under the GNU General Public License (GPL)Usually available for any OS (Linux, Windows, Mac)

What is available in OSS?Computer Operating Systems (OS)Office productivity applications (word processor, spreadsheet, etc.)Image editing applicationsIn short, everything you need to set up and run your office for FREE!

Office ProductivityGoogle Docs

Office Productivity

Office ProductivityGoogle DocsWord Processing, PDF Creation, Spreadsheets, Presentation, FormsCan collaborate with other Google Docs users on DocumentsFile SharingComes with any GMail accountAnd it’s FREE!

Office Productivity

Office ProductivityOpen OfficeWord Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawing, DatabaseFully MS Office CompatibleUsed by Governments, Schools, IT, Non-Profits, F/OSS AdvocatesStable, available for all OS’sAnd it’s FREE!

Image Editing

Image EditingThe GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)Edit Photos Crop ImagesDrawAvailable on all OS’sAnd it’s FREE!

Image Editing

Image EditingPaint.netEdit Photos Crop ImagesDrawAvailable on PC OnlyAnd it’s FREE!

Audio Editing

Audio EditingAudacityEdit Sounds Record AudioCreate MP3’sAvailable for all OS’sAnd it’s FREE!

Video Editing

Video EditingCam StudioEdit Video Record AudioExport video for the webAvailable for PC OnlyAnd it’s FREE!

True or False:You can run an office from a USB Flash Drive?

True

Portable ApplicationsPortableApps.comhttp://portableapps.com/Offers a variety of software in .paf format including OpenOffice and Mozilla Firefox

Portable ApplicationsThe Portable Freeware Collectionhttp://www.portablefreeware.com/FoxIT Reader (A PDF Reader for Firefox)Notepad ++CCleaner

Portable Applications100 Portable Apps for PC and Machttp://www.makeuseof.com/tag/portable-software-usb/Portable GamesPortable Media Tools (Audio / Video)Portable Security Software

TelephonySkypehttp://www.skype.com/Offers Skype To Skype CallsBusiness Plan AvailableSupports Video ChatAvailable in Portable format

TelephonyGoogle Talkhttp://www.google.com/talk/Can talk with other Google Talk users all over the worldCan transfer filesSupports Video Chat if both parties have web cams installed

PDF CreationPrimo PDF Creatorhttp://www.primopdf.com/PC OnlyCute PDF WriterPC Onlyhttp://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

PDF CreationPDF Creation is Native in OS-X for MacIn the lower-left of every Print dialog is a "PDF" button, you can save to a PDF and then convert to any format you want using Preview (the default OS X PDF/image viewer)

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ResourcesTerminologyGNUIts name is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix; it was chosen because its design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix codeOSSOpen Source Software

ResourcesTerminologyGPL or GNU GPLThe GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard StallmanCC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alikehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

ResourcesTerminologyTelephonyencompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other.