Free Open Source Software

1. Free Open Source Software Elaine Chen Rod Library Feb 26, 2009

2. What is Open Source? • Open Source usually refers to software that is released with source code under a license that ensures that derivative works will also be available as source code, protects certain rights of the original authors, and prohibits restrictions on how the software can be used or who can use it. • Differing Definitions To really understand the question What is open source? in a complete and useful way, we must know who is asking the question. • Users of software • For users of software who have the skills to download and install software, open source means choice and freedom. • The choice comes from the huge amount of programs available. • None of this open source software costs money. • The freedom comes from the fact that the source code is available. If you want to change something, then you can, if you have the right skills. • Developers and Engineers • For developers and engineers, open source has many additional meanings. To those who found a successful project, open source can mean fame, recognition, and sometimes even money from consulting or other sources. • Other developers see in open source a masterful software development methodology founded on the virtues of collaboration, incremental evolution, and working code. • For most developers, open source is a both a source of tools to help solve problems and a constant source of exciting new things to learn. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/09/15/what-is-opensource.html

3. Why Free / Open Source Software (FOSS)? Cost savings Focus on integrating technology rather than worrying about finding funds Access to same tools at home Focus on concepts vs. proprietary tools Social collaboration; shared knowledge and parallels with science

5. Web Browsers Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Google Chrome http://www.google.com/chrome Opera http://www.opera.com/ Camino http://caminobrowser.org/ Mozilla for Mac Safari http://www.apple.com/safari/ Mac

6. Web Browsers Summary http://rodnet.lib.uni.edu/Web_Reports/2009fy/a0901/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

7. Office Productivity • OpenOfficehttp://www.openoffice.org/ • NeoOffice http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php (Mac) • AbiWord http://www.abisource.com/ • Google Docshttp://docs.google.com for working online • Google Docs example (document, presentation, spreadsheet, form) • Google Apps http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/included.html • Scribus http://www.scribus.net/ Desktop publishing

8. Wikis & Blogs & Social • Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ • pbwikihttp://pbwiki.com/ • Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com • ePALS http://www.epals.com/ • WordPress http://wordpress.org/ create your own blogs • Elgg http://elgg.org/ create your own social network

9. Communication • Skypehttp://www.skype.com/ • Google Talkhttp://www.google.com/talk/ • AIM http://dashboard.aim.com/aim • Pidgin http://pidgin.im/ multi-protocol instant messaging • Jabber http://www.jabber.org/

10. Images • Gimp http://www.gimp.org/ (similar to Photoshop) • Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/ Vector graphics (similar to Adobe Illustrator) • Blender http://www.blender.org/ 3D modeling • Google Sketchuphttp://sketchup.google.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/SketchUpVideo

11. Screen Capture • Zscreen http://brandonz.net/projects/zscreen/index.html • Greenshot http://greenshot.sourceforge.net/ • Thumbalize (for Webpage) http://www.thumbalizr.com/

12. Screen Casting • CamStudio http://camstudio.org/ • Wink http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ • Jinghttp://www.jingproject.com/

13. Audio • Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/

14. Video • Windows Movie Maker • Jashaka http://jahshaka.org/ • Jumpcut http://jumpcut.com/ online video editing • JayCut http://jaycut.com/ online video editing

15. Web Editing • Nvuhttp://nvudev.com/index.php • KompoZerhttp://www.kompozer.net/ • Amaya http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ • Bluefish http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/ • SeaMonkeyhttp://www.seamonkey-project.org/

16. AntiVirus • Avast http://www.avast.com/ • ClamWin http://www.clamwin.com/ • Avira http://www.free-av.com/en/products/index.html

17. Utilities • Filezilla http://filezilla-project.org/ FTP • CoffeeCup http://www.coffeecup.com/free-ftp/ FTP • 7-Zip http://www.7-zip.org/ Zip • Wuala http://wua.la/ Social Online Storage • FOG http://www.fogproject.org/ Ghost • OpenVPN http://www.openvpn.net/ VPN • DropSend http://www.dropsend.com/ Send large file up to 1GB

18. Course Management Systems • Moodlehttp://moodle.org/ • http://classes.ala.org/ • Sakai http://sakaiproject.org/ • Claroline http://www.claroline.net/ • NineHub http://ninehub.com/ Free Moodle Hosting

19. Library Automation • koha http://www.koha.org/ • Kohausers http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=kohausers • emilda http://www.emilda.org/

20. Educational • Celestia http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Space • Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/ Planetarium • Tux Typing http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ Typing • Typing Webhttp://www.typingweb.com/ Free online typing • Tux Paint http://www.tuxpaint.org/ Drawing • Scratchhttp://scratch.mit.edu/

21. Bookmark, Search, & Citation • Diggo http://www.diigo.com/ • Qipit http://www.qipit.com/ • BibMehttp://www.bibme.org/ • CiteULikehttp://www.citeulike.org/

22. Other • Cmap http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Mind mapping • FreeMind http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Mind mapping • gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/ Flow chart • Zamzar http://zamzar.com/ File conversion • GanttProject http://ganttproject.biz/ • GnuCash http://www.gnucash.org/ Account software • Google chart http://code.google.com/apis/chart/types.html

23. Continued… • FET http://www.lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/ Scheduling software • Adeona http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html Laptop tracking

24. Quiz • What is Moodle? • What is gliffy? • What is emilda? • What is jing? • What is SeaMonkey? Congratulations!