Open Source?

Open Office and other tools…

What is Open Source

• Open source software (OSS) began as a marketing campaign for free software[1].

• OSS can be defined as computer software for which the human-readable source code is made available under a copyright license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that meets the Open Source Definition.

What is The Open Source Definition?

Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria:

• Free Redistribution • Program to include Source Code • Derived Works permitted• No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups

What is The Open Source Definition?

• No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor • Distribution of License

The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed without the need for execution of an additional license by those

• License Must Not Be Specific to a Product The rights attached to the program must not depend on

the program's being part of a particular software distributionparties.

What is The Open Source Definition?

• License Must Not Restrict Other Software The license must not place restrictions on other software

that is distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open-source software.

• License Must Be Technology-Neutral No provision of the license may be predicated on any

individual technology or style of interface.

http://opensource.org/docs/osd

http://opensource.org/

What is Open Office?

• Open Office is a collection of free applications commonly used in the office environment

• Termed a “Productivity Suite” it can be likened to the more commonly used Microsoft Office.

• It consists of….

What is Open Office?

• Writer (like Word) for writing letters etc.• Calc (like Excel)• Impress (like Power point)• Draw (like Visio)• Base (like Access)• Math (a Formula editor)

Writer

Base

Calc

Draw

Impress

Math

Why Open Office?

• All the features. Zero cost. OpenOffice.org - the open-source, multi-platform, multilingual productivity suite that's free to use!

• Microsoft Office between £17 and £340?

• Kept Simple and with good performance on lower end PCs

When and who….

• Sun Microsystems founded the OpenOffice.org project in 2000,

• Sun continues to contribute significantly as a community member. (Sun’s drive for open source / collaboration extends to the OS / Java)

• Development is continued through OpenOffice.Org community.

Why Open Office?

• Available for multiple platformsLinux WindowsMac OS X on Intel and PPCSolaris

• Source Code available so can be compiled for other uses.

Where can I get Open Office?

• http://download.openoffice.org

• Version 2.4.1 is the current stable release - 127Mb Download Containing the core applications.

• Open Office 3.0 release candidate 1 – 128Mb (141Mb with JRE)

How do I install it?

• Download the install file

• Click and run the install file

• Follow the instructions.

Other Freebies lots and lots of plugins…..

• PDF Creation

• Templates downloadable freely from website

Open Office isn’t the only useful free

product

Other Plugins• PDF Creation using PDF995

Sofware995 Products

• Usable for free with a little advertising• ftp995 – FTP Client• OmniFormat – Image conversion utility (inc.

word to PDF)• PhotoEdit – Image manipulation• OpenOffice995 – Re-packaged version of open

office….

Making on the support….

What else can I get for free?

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression• Web Browsing

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression• Web Browsing

PostgreSQL

• The Worlds Most Advanced OpenSource database.

Maximum Database Size Unlimited

Maximum Table Size 32 TB

Maximum Row Size 1.6 TB

Maximum Field Size 1 GB

Maximum Rows per Table Unlimited

Maximum Columns per Table250 - 1600 depending on column types

Maximum Indexes per Table Unlimited

PostgreSQL

• SQL implementation strongly conforms to the ANSI-SQL 92/99 standards

• It has full support for subqueries (including subselects in the FROM clause),

• And while PostgreSQL has a fully relational system catalog which itself supports multiple schemas per database, its catalog is also accessible through the Information Schema as defined in the SQL standard

• Increment columns through sequences

PostgreSQL

• PostgreSQL runs stored procedures in more than a dozen programming languages, including Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, C/C++, and its own PL/pgSQL, which is similar to Oracle's PL/SQL.

Download Postgres

SQL Server Perhaps?

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression• Web Browsing

Anti Virus – AVG Free

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression• Web Browsing

VLC Media Player / Streamer

• VLC media player - the cross-platform media player and streaming server

• VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC Player

• Note to self.

DEMO MEDIA PLAYER HERE

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression• Web Browsing

Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression• Web Browsing• Password Safe

Jahshaka

• Demo Jahshaka Dave…

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression - no winzip present• Web Browsing

7zip

• Winzip costs money, 7zip is a free alternative

Other Free Software?

Mixture of Open Source / Free software• Enterprise class database server• Virus Scanning• Media Playing / Streaming• MP3 editing / recording• Video Editing• File compression - no winzip present• Web Browsing

Google Chrome• Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design

with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier

Firefox

Opera

Password Safe

Password Safe

Peer File Sharing – The Way Forward

• Bit Torrent - The global standard for accessing rich media content over the Internet

Azureus Vuze – Bit Torrent

Thanks

• Questions / Comments?