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The coming open source revolution(In your local libraries)
Buzzy NielsenLibrary Director
February 21, 2012This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution
United States license. http://www.creativecommons.org
Source: Richard Stallman, "The Free Software Definition" (GNU Project)
A philosophical match
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer.'
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A philosophical match
We want the information in our libraries to be freely available.
Why shouldn't our software be as well?
Linux Mint 12 - A 21st century OS
Linux Mint 12 - A 21st century OS
Linux Mint 12 - A 21st century OS
But you can still go old school
Comic source: http://xkcd.com/149/
Why we're switching
Reason #1 – Philosophy
Reason #2 – Cost
Reason #3 – Efficiency
Reason #4 – Adaptability
Reason #5 – Features
Reason # 6 – Security
A new public computing experience
The basics
Firefox(web browser)
Nautilus(file manager)
Public Fox BlockSite
Writer(word processor)
Calc(spreadsheets)
Impress(presentations)
Draw(design program)
The fun stuff
VLC(media player)
Brasero(burning utility)
Banshee(music player)
GIMP(image editor)
Calibre(ebook manager)
Firefox kiosks
Self checkout station
Catalogstation
Evergreen integrated library system
Customer relationship database
+ sophisticated inventory management
Open source adaptability
Open source CMS - Plinkit
Open source CMS - Plinkit
And on the backend - Wine
Pidgin and XMPP
Coming soon
GIMPImage editor
ShutterScreenshot utility
LibreOfficeImpress
Presentation program
Thank you
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