Foss tools and software

Olufemi Adeleye

Disclaimer

Anything I talk about is subject to change.

Free and Open Source Software, (FOSS)

Grant users the right to use, copy, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code

Non-free software is also called proprietary software. Free software should not be confused

with freeware

� The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.

� The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish.

� The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour.

� The freedom to distribute improve copies of your modified versions to others.

Endless Possibilities

� As students

� As lecturers

� As web developers

� As programmers

� As network managers

� As graphics designers…. FOR ALL

As a Student

�Gbrainy

�Sweethome 3D

�Libre Math Writer

�Gelemental

�Lybniz

�Calgebra

�Edubuntu

�Cad

�Cain

�Qelectrotech

�Open Office

�Calibre

�Chemtool

AS Lecturers

�FET

�Cain

�Qelectrotech

�Open Office

�Chemtool

�Cain

�Moodle

�Sage

�Quantum GIS

AS Web Developers

� Apache

� PHP

� Joomla

� Concrete

� PhpBB

� Word press

� Typo3

� Bluefish

� Cssed

� File Zilla

� Arora

� Boa

� Umbraco

AS Programmers

�Github

�Notepad++

�Codeblock

�Eclipse

�PHP

�Flawfinder

�Pyragua

AS Network Manger

� Bind9

� Putty

� OpenSSH

� Bird

� Bootp

� Darkstat

� Dynamips

� VNC

� Wireshark

AS Graphics Designers

� Libre Draw

� Gimp

� Mtpaint

� Pencil

� Blender

� Inkscape

� Archimedes

� Gimpshop

� KToon

Vuze

Azureus

Dream Studio

Mozilla Thunderbird

Open VPN

Arora

� Any Linux Distro (Ubuntu)

� Vlc

� Google chrome

� Mozzila Firefox

� Open Office

� Bibletime

� Ksnapshot

� Ark

� Winrar

� Bluemindo

Why use Open Source & Linux?

Speed, flexibility and Stability. Open source is very customizable Open Source tends to be high quality and economical. very little security holes & quick fixes. No worms, spyware, crashes, and no more blue screen of death. Strong communities for development and support.

Different Linux Distributions

� Debian

� Ubuntu

� Red Hat

� Fedora

� Centos

� Mandriva

� OpenSuse

� Slackware

� Phaeronix

� Arabbix

� Zorin

� Dream Studio

� LinuxMint

� Kubuntu

� Edubuntu

� Xubuntu

FOSS Alternative to Proprietary Softwares

Proprietary FOSS Microsoft Windows Any Linux Distro

Windows Movie Maker Jahshaka, VideoLAN Movie Creator,

Windows Media Player VLC Player, Mplayer

Microsoft Office OpenOffice, Libre Office, GNOME Office

Adobe Photoshop Gimp, Libre Draw, CinePaint , Gimpshop,

Picasa Shotwell, KPhotoAlbum, F-Spot

MSN messenger Pidgin, Mercury Messenger , aMSN

Microsoft Internet Explorer Firefox, Chromium, Miro, Konqueror,Epiphany

Google Earth Earth 3D, Marble

FL Studio Ardour, Jokosher,

Proprietary FOSS Adobe Acrobat Reader ePDFView, okular, Xpdf

Dreamweaver Quanta Plus, BlueGriffon

Microsoft Outlook Evolution, Thunderbird

Notepad gedit, leafpad, Scribes, tpad

uTorrent Transmission , qBittorrent

Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL

MATLAB Octave, Sage, Scilab

Microsoft Exchange Server Zimbra, Open-Xchange

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Apache HTTP Server

YouTube Downloader xVideoServiceThief

Corel Draw Inkscape, Open Office Draw, Libre Draw

MAKING MONEY WITH FOSS TOOLS

Conclusion

In a world without walls, who needs

windows?