Open Source Software

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Open Source Software another alternative

• Adapted from
• Ed Newmans TCEA 2005 Presentation

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Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?
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What do you know about modern internal-combustion
engines?
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What is Open Source?

• Open source software (OSS) refers to software
  programs that are distributed with the source
  codehence open source. The open source license
  allows users the freedom to run the program for
  any purpose, to study and modify the program, and
  to freely redistribute copies of the original or
  modified program.

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Open Sourceanother way of building software

• The software evolves more rapidly and
  organically.
• Users needs are rapidly met.
• New versions are released very often, tested by a
  community of users, resulting in superior quality
  software tested on more platforms.
• Security is enhanced because the code is exposed
  to the world.

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Is OSS really Free?

• Open source is often thought of as free software.
  In fact, one of the benefits is that anyone can
  use, modify, and redistribute the software
  without a license fee.
• While the code is free, the benefits have much
  more to do with the freedoms than the cost.
• Cost occur in the TCO.

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Great misconception

• OSS is an alternative to commercial software
• OSS is an alternative to proprietary software
• The greatest difference
• CONTROL

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FACT

• Microsystems, Apple Computer, Red Hat, Novell,
  and many other companies attribute significant
  revenue from strategies built on
  commercialization of open source software.

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Imagine

• the Freedom to choose
• control over your destiny
• connection to a global community
• Peace of Mind and confidence
• Innovation in teaching and learning technology.

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DISTROs

• Ubuntu
• http//www.ubuntulinux.org/
• Edubuntu
• http//www.edubuntu.org/
• Mandriva
• www.mandriva.com
• Fedora
• http//fedora.redhat.com/
• KNOPPIX
• http//www.knoppix.com/

http//distrowatch.com/
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Knoppix

• Bootable CD
• Try Linux on your Windows PC
• Great Troubleshooting Tool
• Reads NTFS
• Use for recovery
• Other Utilities

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Some Server Please!

• LAMP
• Linux, Apache, MYSQL, PHP
• WAMP
• Windows, Apache, MYSQL, PHP

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Moodle

• Course Management System (CMS)
• designed using sound pedagogical principles, to
  help educators create effective online learning
  communities
• Use it on any computer you have handy including
  webhosts
• It can scale from a single-teacher site to a
  40,000-student University
• Ohio State, Texas Tech, Mississippi State

http//moodle.org/
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Joomla (Content Management System)

• Portal or content system for hosting websites.
• Plug-in for blogs, wikis, forms, calendars,
  email

http//www.joomla.org
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• Personal blog software hosted or downloaded to
  host on your server.
• Supports multiple languages
• Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, German
• French, Italian, and more. . .

http//wordpress.com
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Mozilla

• Firefox (Web Browser)
• has an intuitive interface blocks viruses,
  spyware, and popup ads.
• Tabbed Browsing
• Thunderbird (Email Clint)
• Simple to use, powerful, and customizable,
  full-featured email application.
• Junk Mail Filters
• Anti-Phishing Protection
• Advanced Security

http//www.mozilla.org/
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OpenOffice.org

• OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and
  multilingual office suite and an open-source
  project. Compatible with all other major office
  suites, the product is free to download, use, and
  distribute.
• http//www.openoffice.org
• http//www.learnopenoffice.org/

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GIMP

• GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program
• Freely distributed piece of software
• Used for such tasks as photo retouching, image
  composition and image authoring.
• It works on many operating systems, in many
  languages.

http//www.gimp.org/
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Nvu (N-view)

• WYSIWYG Web page editor.
• Integrated file management via FTP.
• Reliable HTML code creation that will work with
  all of today's most popular browsers.
• Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using
  tabs.
• Tabbed editing to make working on multiple pages
  a snap.
• Powerful support for forms, tables, and
  templates.

http//www.nvu.com
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Nvu
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WINK (Tutorial Presentation)

• Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation product aimed
  at creating tutorials on how to use software.
• Capture screenshots, add buttons, explanation
  boxes, titles, etc.

http//www.debugmode.com/wink/
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Audacity

• A free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder.
• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings
  or CDs.
• Edit Ogg, MP3, and WAV sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds. Change speed
  or pitch of a recording.

http//audacity.sourceforge.net
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Audacity
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IHMC Cmap (concept mappings)

• construct, navigate, share and criticize
  knowledge models represented as concept maps.

http//cmap.ihmc.us
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PDF Creator

• PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows
  program.
• Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any
  other Windows application.

https//sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator
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Conclusion

• Open source opens learning Learn more at
  http//www.innovateonline.info
• Questions? Email Jerome Ciesiolka at
  ciesiolkaj_at_marshallisd.com
• For more resources, visit http//www.edlink12.net/
  OpenSource