1Name : Harikrishna Ram S/O Veerannathan. IC No. 970416-56-5265 Class : 4 RK Beta. Teacher : Pn. Suhaidha Binti Sulaiman. SMK SULAIMAN, BENTONG 28700. CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ICT (2013) LA2.S05.1 The Latest Open Source Software Available and the Latest Development in ICT
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Open Source Operating System is the most important program that runs on a computer that isfree to use, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified
forms. Every general-purpose computer must have an operating system to run
other programs. Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from
the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on
the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers.
2.2 Examples of Open Source OS
UBUNTU 13.04 (RARING RINGTAIL) (RELEASED ON 25TH APRIL 2013)
An operating system with Linux kernel based on Debian and distributed as free and open
source software. Ubuntu uses the Unity Desktop as its default desktop environment. It is
named after the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu, which can be translated as "humanity
towards others" or "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity". As
of 2012, according to online surveys, Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution on
desktop/laptop personal computers, and most Ubuntu coverage focuses on its use in that
market. However, it is also popular on servers and for cloud computing. Development of
Ubuntu is led by Canonical Ltd., a UK-based company owned by South African
entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth. Canonical generates revenue through the sale of technical
support and services related to Ubuntu. According to Canonical, the Ubuntu project is
committed to the principles of open source development; people are encouraged to use free
A Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source
software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel
,an operating system kernel first released on 5 October 1991, by Linux Dorval’s. Since the
C compiler that builds Linux and the main supporting user space system tools and libraries
originated in the GNU Project, initiated in 1983 by Richard Stallman, the Free Software
Foundation prefers the name GNU/Linux.
Linux was originally developed as a free operating system for Intel x86-based personal
computers. It has since been ported to more computer hardware platforms than any other
operating system. It is a leading operating system on servers and other big iron systems suchas mainframe computers and supercomputers: more than 90% of today's 500 fastest
supercomputers run some variant of Linux, including the 10 fastest. Linux also runs
on embedded systems (devices where the operating system is typically built into
the firmware and highly tailored to the system) such as mobile phones ,tablet computers,
network routers, building automation controls, televisions and video game consoles;
the Android system in wide use on mobile devices is built on the Linux kernel.
The development of Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source
software collaboration: the underlying source code may be used, modified, and distributed —
commercially or non-commercially — by anyone under licenses such as the GNU General
Public License. Typically Linux is packaged in a format known as a Linux distribution for
desktop and server use. Some popular mainstream Linux distributions include Debian (and its
derivatives such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and its derivatives
such as Fedora and Cent OS), Mandriva / Mageia , open SUSE (and its commercial
derivative SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), and Arch Linux. Linux distributions include the
Linux kernel, supporting utilities and libraries and usually a large amount of application
software to full fill the distribution's intended use.
A distribution oriented toward desktop use will typically include the X Window System and
an accompanying desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE Plasma. Some such
distributions may include a less resource intensive desktop such as LXDE or Xface for use on
older or less powerful computers. A distribution intended to run as a server may omit all
graphical environments from the standard install and instead include other software such as
the Apache HTTP Server and an SSH server such as Open SSH.