Open Source Software Gerald Logan [email_address]

Open-source software is computer software where the source code is available under a license that permits users to study, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software Open Source??

What Does This Mean To You? The source code is available Software does not cost If you have the ability to modify the code you may do so, but you must publish the source code.

The source code is available

Software does not cost

If you have the ability to modify the code you may do so, but you must publish the source code.

Opensource.org Has This To Say About It. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in. One of our most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community.

The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.

One of our most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community.

What Does This Mean To You? The peer review process means that anything you do will be evaluated by others and may be modified All the coders will review your work, if you break it, they will all work at fixing it Your data will be stored in an open format

The peer review process means that anything you do will be evaluated by others and may be modified

All the coders will review your work, if you break it, they will all work at fixing it

Your data will be stored in an open format

How Safe And Reliable Is It? When problems are found with open source software, it is generally fixed in hours. Companies tend to have patches ready in days.

When problems are found with open source software, it is generally fixed in hours.

Companies tend to have patches ready in days.

So How Good Is This Stuff? The internet runs on this software and always has The web server of choice, Apache runs 58.86 % of the web sites (last month) Firefox the most popular web browser is sitting at 15 % up 5 % in the last year.

The internet runs on this software and always has

The web server of choice, Apache runs 58.86 % of the web sites (last month)

Firefox the most popular web browser is sitting at 15 % up 5 % in the last year.

Why Haven't I Heard More About This? North America is the slowest region to embrace open source An attitude prevails that if you don't have to pay to rent it, it isn't worth using. North America can afford to buy software -the world can't.

North America is the slowest region to embrace open source

An attitude prevails that if you don't have to pay to rent it, it isn't worth using.

North America can afford to buy software -the world can't.

How Much Does Software Cost?

So Who Publishes This and Why ? The developers, at ground zero were dedicated programers who had a passion for the program Proof of concept - Linux Companies have also jumped on board. The largest and best known one would be IBM.

The developers, at ground zero were dedicated programers who had a passion for the program

Proof of concept - Linux

Companies have also jumped on board. The largest and best known one would be IBM.

Who Supports This? The community FAQs Manuals Howtos Discussion groups 18 000 000 hits on “howto apache”

The community

FAQs

Manuals

Howtos

Discussion groups

18 000 000 hits on “howto apache”

Lets Play….. All the titles I am showing run on three operating systems: Mac, Windows and Linux I will run the firestorm and then we will play….. I believe that time to play is the most important part of this workshop. Some of the web applications have demo servers.

All the titles I am showing run on three operating systems: Mac, Windows and Linux

I will run the firestorm and then we will play…..

I believe that time to play is the most important part of this workshop.

Some of the web applications have demo servers.

Open Office Word Processing Spreadsheet Presentation Database Draw

Word Processing

Spreadsheet

Presentation

Database

Draw

Word Processing Full featured Reads .doc documents Saves .doc, xml and odf. Test documents newsletter - fine. background image - not.

Full featured

Reads .doc documents

Saves .doc, xml and odf.

Test documents

newsletter - fine.

background image - not.

Spread Sheet A sheet was brought in from Excel Formatting is sometimes lost The interface is so familiar

A sheet was brought in from Excel

Formatting is sometimes lost

The interface is so familiar

Impress Imports other slide designs with no problem. The bells and whistles don’t always work The sounds and movies file types are rather particular.

Imports other slide designs with no problem.

The bells and whistles don’t always work

The sounds and movies file types are rather particular.

Draw This is vector based drawing package Objects can be resized and moved around. Opens .jpg, png, tiff and gif Only open office formats

This is vector based drawing package

Objects can be resized and moved around.

Opens .jpg, png, tiff and gif

Only open office formats

Database I am a Filemaker user I played around enough with this to make an address book. Click friendly

I am a Filemaker user

I played around enough with this to make an address book.

Click friendly

Abi Word Writes and saves .doc files with simple formating no problem. Simple to use Standard icons Mean lean writing machine. (90 menu items, 4 toolbar, Word has 131 and 18 Toolbars)

Writes and saves .doc files with simple formating no problem.

Simple to use

Standard icons

Mean lean writing machine. (90 menu items, 4 toolbar, Word has 131 and 18 Toolbars)

AbiWord Does not do a good job of importing Word Tables, footers and graphic formatting.. No background image in this example The display is not as crisp as Word No clipart, just pictures from the web(?)

Does not do a good job of importing Word Tables, footers and graphic formatting..

No background image in this example

The display is not as crisp as Word

No clipart, just pictures from the web(?)

Inkscape Vector based illustration program Layer tools Gradients More tools than I have ablity

Vector based illustration program

Layer tools

Gradients

More tools than I have ablity

GIMP

Tux Paint Easy to use No menus What you see is what you get…almost Blue scale? Arrows?

Easy to use

No menus

What you see is what you get…almost

Blue scale?

Arrows?

Even I can figure this one out!

Tux Type

Character Mode

Word Mode

Free Mind

NVU WYSIWYG Web editor. no html code… but It is easy to use It gets ackward if you try to make large sites. It is best for the student sites ( ? pages)

WYSIWYG Web editor. no html code… but

It is easy to use

It gets ackward if you try to make large sites. It is best for the student sites ( ? pages)

Stellarium 120,000 stars images of nebulae realistic Milky Way equatorial and azimuthal grids the planets and their satellites eclipse simulation

120,000 stars

images of nebulae

realistic Milky Way

equatorial and azimuthal grids

the planets and their satellites

eclipse simulation

Celestria The space simulation that lets you explore our universe Travel throughout the solar system

The space simulation that lets you explore our universe

Travel throughout the solar system

Sudoku This is the only single platform OS program I am showing. There are Mac versions on the net. http://www.sudokufun.com/widget.php

This is the only single platform OS program I am showing.

There are Mac versions on the net. http://www.sudokufun.com/widget.php

Moodle

Some Moodle Sites The conference eLearning site is run with Moodle Many schools are running it.

The conference eLearning site is run with Moodle

Many schools are running it.

ATutor U of T is the lead

U of T is the lead

SciQ Site on ATutor Very easy to use This site was just point and click from our website Demo server available http://courses.atutor.ca/login.php

Very easy to use

This site was just point and click from our website

Demo server available

http://courses.atutor.ca/login.php

Apache Started with a web server 56 % of the current market Most Linux distributions include this

Started with a web server

56 % of the current market

Most Linux distributions include this

Mediawiki Written for Wikipedia.org http://en. wikipedia .org/ wiki / Mediawiki

Written for Wikipedia.org

http://en. wikipedia .org/ wiki / Mediawiki

Wikipedia.org

Linux The first true open source project, started as a class assginment Runs the internet

The first true open source project, started as a class assginment

Runs the internet

Drupal

Drupal Add on Modules Content Management Systems Blogs Collaborative environments Forums Newsletters Podcasting Picture galleries

Add on Modules

Content Management Systems

Blogs

Collaborative environments

Forums

Newsletters

Podcasting

Picture galleries

WordPress Latest blogging technology Full standards compliance WordPress Pages WordPress Links WordPress Themes

Latest blogging technology

Full standards compliance

WordPress Pages

WordPress Links

WordPress Themes

Etcata.ca

Joomal Content management system Our webmasters current choice Online demo http://demo.joomla.org/

Content management system

Our webmasters current choice

Online demo

http://demo.joomla.org/

OpenCourseWare Provide free, searchable access to MIT's course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. Extend the reach and impact of MIT OCW and the "opencourseware" concept.

Provide free, searchable access to MIT's course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.

Extend the reach and impact of MIT OCW and the "opencourseware" concept.

Gerald Logan [email_address]

Gerald Logan

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