Transcript Welcome to my presentation - BCS Teesside & District Branch

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:
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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?
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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 platforms
Linux
Windows
Mac OS X on Intel and PPC
Solaris
• 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 Table
250 - 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?