Presentation on Free and Open Source Software - TechEd Talks 2017
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The TechEd Revolution Club at the University of Guyana organized an event focused on emerging technologies, discussing free and open source software (FOSS). Key topics included the definition of FOSS, its benefits, and various examples of FOSS used in different sectors, along with considerations for policy on FOSS in the public sector in Guyana. The event highlighted the importance of software freedom, security, and the development of local software capacity.
Presentation on Free and Open Source Software - TechEd Talks 2017
- 1. 1 Thank you.. The TechEd Revolution Club at the University of Guyana organised an event. The event consisted of a series of presentations from students and others related to emerging technologies. I am grateful to the to the TechEd Club for inviting me to this event. I enjoyed being among them.
- 2. 2 Free and Open Source Software TechEd Talk ‘17 University of Guyana 23 September, 2017 Vidyaratha Kissoon Email : Vidyak1@gmail.com
- 3. 3 We will talk about .. ● The definition of Free and Open Source Software, and why we should consider FOSS ● Examples of Free and Open Source Software ● Anything else you want as the time allows..
- 4. 4 Software development Source Code Programme in binary Compiliation
- 6. 6 FREE and open source software.. the freedoms..
- 7. 7 Free and OPEN SOURCE Software ● Free redistribution of the software ● Source code is available ● Derived works must be covered by a similar license ● Integrity of author's code must be preserved ● No discrimination against users ● No discrimination against fields of endeavour ● Distribution of license ● License must be technology-neutral ● License must not be specific to a product ● License must not restrict other software
- 8. 8 Free and Open Source software ● FOSS as a movement – ‘old’ and emerging technologies ● FREE means the four freedoms ● Some can be free as in $$$$ ● Not all ‘Free as in $$$$’ software is FOSS ● Some products are available with FOSS versions, pay for services, additional features
- 9. 9 Why we should consider FOSS.. ● Draft Policy for FOSS Use in Public Sector in Guyana https://github.com/Vidyaratha/FinalDraftFOSSPolicy ● Adherence to intellectual property rights, avoiding piracy ● Security, Reliability/Stability of many products ● Open standards and vendor independence ● Reduced reliance on imports, re-allocate costs for learning and adaptation ● Development of local software capacity ● Localisation
- 10. 10 Some F/OSS examples ● Operating Systems – Linux (Ubuntu, Linux Mint,etc ), FreeBSD ● Databases - MySql, PostgreSQL, MongoDB ● Web servers – Apache ● CMS/Web development– Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, Django ● Elearning – Moodle, ● TTCS OS for Windows - http://www.ttcs.tt/osswin/ ● Multimedia – VLC ● Graphics – GIMP, Inkscape, Blender (animation!) ● Design – BRL-CAD, FOSSCAD community, Blender ● Productivity – LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Koffice, Abiword
- 11. 11 Geographic Information Systems ● QGIS ● Other software on the OSGeo project ● (OpenStreetMap)
- 12. 12 Nano Technology - Tomviz
- 13. 13 UAVs/Drones ● Example : Dronecode ● Different industry players, governed under Linux Foundation ● Projects for comms, flight code, simulation, ground control, hardware , developer APIs
- 15. 15 Artificial Intelligence ● TensorFlow (Google) ● Caffe ● Apache Spark Mlib ● Apache Mahout ● ..and others
- 16. 16 Big Data ● R language and environment ● Apache – Hadoop, Samoa ● RapidMiner