My Experience with Free and Open SourceTools1

Bama.S

Department of Information Science and TechnologyCEG Campus

Anna UniversityChennai

July 12 2011

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Most important in life?

I MoneyI HealthI CharacterI "If wealth is lost, nothing is lost"I "If health is lost, something is lost"I "If character is lost, everything is lost"

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Most important in life?

I Money

I HealthI CharacterI "If wealth is lost, nothing is lost"I "If health is lost, something is lost"I "If character is lost, everything is lost"

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Most important in life?

I MoneyI Health

I CharacterI "If wealth is lost, nothing is lost"I "If health is lost, something is lost"I "If character is lost, everything is lost"

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Most important in life?

I MoneyI HealthI Character

I "If wealth is lost, nothing is lost"I "If health is lost, something is lost"I "If character is lost, everything is lost"

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Most important in life?

I MoneyI HealthI CharacterI "If wealth is lost, nothing is lost"I "If health is lost, something is lost"I "If character is lost, everything is lost"

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Character

I HonestyI IntegrityI PatienceI KindnessI CourageI HumilityI CharityI Wisdom

Why are these coming into Open Source Technology?

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Character

I HonestyI IntegrityI PatienceI KindnessI CourageI HumilityI CharityI Wisdom

Why are these coming into Open Source Technology?

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Character

I HonestyI IntegrityI PatienceI KindnessI CourageI HumilityI CharityI Wisdom

Why are these coming into Open Source Technology?

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Flavors of Linux

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What is linux?

1. Hardware2. Device drivers3. Linux Kernel4. System Call interface5. Application

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Desktop Environment

I KDEI GNOMEI iceWMI XFCE

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Linux Directory Structure

I /bin - Contain elementary Linux Commands which can beexecuted by all users for system administration. Additionalprograms can be found in /usr/bin

I /boot - Contain files for booting the system (usually bymeans of LILO/grub). In some distributions, this directoryalso contains the kernel.

I /dev Contain all the device filesI /etc Contain the configuration files for the entire systemI /home Contain the home directories of all Linux users

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Linux Directory Structure

I /lib Contain several shared libraries or symbolic links tothem

I /lost+found Store lost filesI /mnt Contain subdirectories, such as cdrom or disksI /opt - Contain optional packages, which can be installed

laterI /proc - Contain subdirectories for all running processesI /sbin - Contain system administration commandsI /tmp - Contain temporary filesI /usr - Contains all application programs, the complete X

system, Linux source codes, etc.,I /var - Has variable files such as log files, mail and spool

files etc.,

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Windows vs Linux

I PriceI ReliabilityI EaseI SoftwareI HardwareI Open SourceI Support

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Windows vs Linux

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Windows vs Linux

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Windows vs Linux

I PriceI ReliabilityI Ease

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Windows vs Linux

I PriceI ReliabilityI EaseI Software

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Windows vs Linux

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I Open SourceI Support

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Some equivalent Software

I Gimp for Adobe PhotoshopI Blender for 3D studioI Gambas for VBI Mono for .NetI QT for Visual programmingI PythonI Latex for DocumentationI vym for mindmap

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Licenses - GPL

I GPL or "copyleft" family of licenses - Has the right to use,modify or distribute the software and the right to access thesource code

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/ormodify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License aspublished by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 ofthe License, or (at your option) any later version. This programis distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUTANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty ofMERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULARPURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for moredetails. You should have received a copy of the GNU GeneralPublic License along with this program. If not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

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Licenses - Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

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CoursewareMIT courseware is a web based publication of all coursecontent

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For Society

I One Laptop per Child - http://one.laptop.orgI Classmate PC - http://www.classmatepc.comI Sugarlabs - www.sugarlabs.orgI Accessibility

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Where can you help?

I Foss Community Projects - http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Projects/TaskList

I Projects from ilugc - http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Projects_List

I SABARI- Anna university’s initiative -code.google.com/p/sabari-au/downloads/list

I Educational toolsI Assistive tools

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How to get help?

I CEGLUG - Email to ceglug@googlegroups.com, visithttp://www.ceglug.org

I ilugcI Other linux forumsI Establish your own linux user group

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Revisit character

I Honesty - Work honestly with the source code and releaseit for free

I Integrity - Stick to the team consistently and stand up foryour software

I Patience - As you begin working with GNU/Linux, you’llnotice that you’re cultivating this quality :-)

I Kindness - Help others irrespective of caste, creed orculture

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Revisit character

I Honesty - Work honestly with the source code and releaseit for free

I Integrity - Stick to the team consistently and stand up foryour software

I Patience - As you begin working with GNU/Linux, you’llnotice that you’re cultivating this quality :-)

I Kindness - Help others irrespective of caste, creed orculture

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Revisit character

I Honesty - Work honestly with the source code and releaseit for free

I Integrity - Stick to the team consistently and stand up foryour software

I Patience - As you begin working with GNU/Linux, you’llnotice that you’re cultivating this quality :-)

I Kindness - Help others irrespective of caste, creed orculture

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Revisit character

I Honesty - Work honestly with the source code and releaseit for free

I Integrity - Stick to the team consistently and stand up foryour software

I Patience - As you begin working with GNU/Linux, you’llnotice that you’re cultivating this quality :-)

I Kindness - Help others irrespective of caste, creed orculture

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Revisit character

I Honesty - Work honestly with the source code and releaseit for free

I Integrity - Stick to the team consistently and stand up foryour software

I Patience - As you begin working with GNU/Linux, you’llnotice that you’re cultivating this quality :-)

I Kindness - Help others irrespective of caste, creed orculture

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Revisit Character

I Courage - Cultivate this habit to say "NO" to proprietarysoftware, especially pirated ones

I Humility - Even if you are working with open source 24 hrsa day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, you’ll notice thatyou’ve got to learn more and it’s more fun learning.

I Charity - Share, Give your knowledge in the form ofsoftware, documentation

I Wisdom - Have a good night sleep knowing that you’vedone something better for the society and for your self! :-)

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Revisit Character

I Courage - Cultivate this habit to say "NO" to proprietarysoftware, especially pirated ones

I Humility - Even if you are working with open source 24 hrsa day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, you’ll notice thatyou’ve got to learn more and it’s more fun learning.

I Charity - Share, Give your knowledge in the form ofsoftware, documentation

I Wisdom - Have a good night sleep knowing that you’vedone something better for the society and for your self! :-)

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Revisit Character

I Courage - Cultivate this habit to say "NO" to proprietarysoftware, especially pirated ones

I Humility - Even if you are working with open source 24 hrsa day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, you’ll notice thatyou’ve got to learn more and it’s more fun learning.

I Charity - Share, Give your knowledge in the form ofsoftware, documentation

I Wisdom - Have a good night sleep knowing that you’vedone something better for the society and for your self! :-)

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Revisit Character

I Courage - Cultivate this habit to say "NO" to proprietarysoftware, especially pirated ones

I Humility - Even if you are working with open source 24 hrsa day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, you’ll notice thatyou’ve got to learn more and it’s more fun learning.

I Charity - Share, Give your knowledge in the form ofsoftware, documentation

I Wisdom - Have a good night sleep knowing that you’vedone something better for the society and for your self! :-)

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Revisit Character

I Courage - Cultivate this habit to say "NO" to proprietarysoftware, especially pirated ones

I Humility - Even if you are working with open source 24 hrsa day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, you’ll notice thatyou’ve got to learn more and it’s more fun learning.

I Charity - Share, Give your knowledge in the form ofsoftware, documentation

I Wisdom - Have a good night sleep knowing that you’vedone something better for the society and for your self! :-)

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Thank-you

I Questions?

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