Title:
The Latest Open Source Software Available AndThe latest DevelopmentIn ICT
1. I!T"OD#CTIO!:
$%eanin& of Open Source Software
Open source software 'OSS( be&an as a mar)etin& campai&n for free software. OSS can bedefined as
computer software for which the human$readable source code is made available undera cop*ri&ht
license 'or arran&ement such as the public domain( Open source software is usuall*developed as a
public collaboration and made freel* [Link] permits users to use+ chan&e+ and improve the
software+ and to redistribute it in modified orunmodified form. It is ver* often developed in a public+
collaborative manner. Open sourcesoftware is the most prominent e,ample of open source
development and often compared to user&enerated [Link] source hardware refers to computer
and electronic hardware that is desi&ned in thesame fashion asfree and open source software'-OSS(.
Open source hardware is part of theopen source culturethat ta)es the open source ideas to fields other
than [Link] term has primaril* been used to reflect the free release of informationabout the
hardwaredesi&n+ such asschematics+ bill of materials and.C/la*out data+ often with the use of -OSS
todrivethe hardware.
0. T12 LAT2ST O.2! SO#"C2O.2"ATI!3 SIST2%'OS(0.1( %eanin& of open
source OS
An open source 'OS( operatin& s*stem is a set of pro&rams that schedule tas)s+ allocates stora&eand
presents a default interface to the user between applications. /ut this OS is free+ user havethe ri&ht to
use+ modif* and redistribute the software for better interoperabilit*
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DreamLinu, 5
DreamLinu, is a distribution that is based on Debian 67hee8*9 and usin& the latest
des)top
version of 4-C2 :.; on a Linu, <.1 =[Link], has >ust released this latest version on
?anuar* 010 after a lon& absence and wewill see if it can ma)e up for lost time.
7hen *ou@ve created a bootable LiveDAD of DreamLinu,+ *ou are &reated
b* a %ac OS 4 st*ledes)top with which most of the software pac)a&es *ou have installed are there
for *ou on the)ic)er bar b* default+ or *ou can+ still use the menu on the top left side of the screen and
accessthe pro&ram *ou want from there.
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#buntu 10.:
#buntu10.: release on 5 februar* 010+ code$[Link] .an&olinB+ the #buntudevelopers have
released the latest version of the popular Linu, distribution to their users. Thesi,$monthl* #buntu
release c*cle is or&anised so that ever* two *ears+ a version is labelled asaLon& Term Supportrelease
and 10.: is the latest of these. LTS versions were historicall*supported for three *ears on the des)top
and five *ears on the server side+ but with .recise+ thishas been chan&ed to five *ears of support for
both editions. The character of an LTS releaseimplies a focus on stabilit* and polish+ as it has to be
supported for a lon& time+ and with five*ears of planned support for the des)top version+ the #buntu
developer communit* has set itself a bi& tas) to fulfill. This is reflected in the chan&es that have been
included in the newestversion: new features are mostl* concerned with polishin& the user interface
and ma)in& theunderl*in& technolo&ies more stable.
<. The latest Open source application software
<.1( %eanin& of Open source application software
Application software is a defined subclass of computer software that emplo*s the capabilities of a
computer directl* to a tas) that the user wishes to perform. This should be contrasted withs*stem
software which is involved in inte&ratin& a computerCs various capabilities+ but t*picall*does not
directl* appl* them in the performance of tas)s that benefit the user. The termapplication refers to
both the application software and its implementation
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$%o8illa -irefo, 'seehttp:[Link]&Dfirefo,D(: a web client pro&ram 'for viewin&
andhearin& web pa&es( available for 7indows and %ac as well as Linu, and other #!I4
s*stems.24A%.L2 !O.0$OpenOffice 'seehttp:[Link]&D(: an office application
set 'for word processin&+spreadsheet manipulation+ picture drawin& and data base access( compatible
with all other ma>oroffice application sets such as Office and available for 7indows and %ac as well
as Linu, andother #!I4 s*stems.
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OpenOffice 'seehttp:[Link]&D(: an office application set 'for word
processin&+spreadsheet manipulation+ picture drawin& and data base access( compatible with all other
ma>oroffice application sets such as Office and available for 7indows and %ac as well as Linu,
andother #!I4 s*stems.
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