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Unlocking Free Software: Your Guide to Open Source World

Discover the world of open source software with this comprehensive guide. Learn about the Free Software Foundation, GNU Project, and essential software packages. Find out how to access high-quality software for free or at a low cost. Be empowered to make informed choices and enhance your digital experience.

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Unlocking Free Software: Your Guide to Open Source World

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  1. Hank Maier http://Copland.UDel.Edu/~hankudel http://www.MaierAssociates.com/ Freebies from the Web or The Things Bill Gates Never Told Me

  2. Overview • The Open Source • “non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through the OSI Certified Open Source Software certification mark and program..” • The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing. • Read more at http://www.opensource.org/

  3. OVERVIEW • Free Software Foundation • Welcome to the GNU Project web server, www.gnu.org. The GNU project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix"; it is pronounced "guh-NEW".) • Free software is a matter of freedom: people should be free to use software in all the ways that are socially useful. Software differs from material objects--such as chairs, sandwiches, and gasoline--in that it can be copied and changed much more easily. These possibilities make software as useful as it is; we believe software users should be able to make use of them. • Read more at http://www.gnu.org/

  4. Some Terms • Freeware - Free • Shareware – Free to download and try, Volunteer payment expected if you keep it and use it. May have expiration algorithm • “Nagware”- Every so often program “nags” user to buy it. • “Adware” – displays ads in banner. May be configurable for your interest, IMO don’t do it or you may attract SPAM • Demo Packages -

  5. Some Packages • Open Office (Comparable to MS Office, Can interchange documents with MS Office, Commercial version Star Office from Sun) • TextPad (superior replacement for NotePad) • AVG (Antivirus software comparable to Norton or Macfee) • AdAware (Eliminates spyware – if you don’t have it – get it!)

  6. Some Packages II • IRFANView (Free image processing software) • Utilities: • SamSpade (Evaluates Email to identify source of Spam, useful to IP addresses) • Link Sluth – Find broken links and other stuff about your web site • Check Ports (Usefull to watch for unauthorized / unexpected WEB activity on your PC. • Desktop Restore – Fixed your scrambled ICONs when Windows forget where you put them.

  7. Some Packages III • LINUX – A very nice UNIX alternate to Windows • Apache Web Server • PHP – “Easy to use” Web scripting language • MySQL • Full relational DB system comparable to Oracle or MS SQL Server, • Low cost hosting services tend touse MySQL

  8. Cost Savings • MS Office - $150 - $500 • Notron Antivirus $20 - $40 • Image viewer and editor $20 - $40 • Spywear eliminator $20 - $40 • Totals $210 - $620

  9. Pluses & Minuses – Good Stuff • High quality software • Very affordable software (Free or Mostly free) • Generally compatable - built to standards • Being a “little to a lot” GEEKY helps • “No geeky” needed --> TextPad, IRFANView, AVG, ADAware • “Little geeky” --> Open office • A Lot geeky --> Free LINUX (a “little geeky” buy a distribution of Linux

  10. Pluses & Minuses - Buyer Beware • Pick a reliable vendor • Research title first • Could be poorly written code resulting in danger to your PC • Could be a Trojan Horse / Virus – not likely if you do the above two steps.

  11. Where do I get FREEBIES • http://www.tucows.com/ • http://www.openoffice.org/ • http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php (AVG) • http://www.irfanview.com/ • OR the source of all knowledge • http://www.google.com • http://www.yahoo.com • Other search engines

  12. Demonstrations • OpenOffice • IRFANview • SamSpade • AVG • AdAware

  13. Conclusion • High quality software is available for Free or at least very cheep • Requires the user to look for it • Being a little geeky helps • I use the packages I discussed today

  14. Questions & Answers Q. How was this presentation developed?A. This presentation was prepared using Open Office !!! ): !!! Saved in Powerpoint Format Shown in IEYour Questions?

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