Prepared by: Noor Azimah Hassan, ICT Dept. CFSIIUM.

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Prepared by: Noor Azimah Hassan, ICT Dept. CFSIIUM

LEARNING OUTCOMESAt the end of this session, you should be able to:

1. Define what is meant by the term “Open Source Software” (OSS)

2. Differentiate between OSS and Commercial Software

3. List the productivity software that is available from OSS domain

4. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of OSS5. Name Operating Systems that are available in OSS

domain6. Describe the basic functionality of an Islamic-Based

Open Source Operating System (Sabily)

Why OSS?The main objective:

to reduce the total cost of software ownership.

IntroductionOpen source software generally allows anyone to make a new

version of the software, port it to new operating systems and processor architectures, share it with others or market it.

The aim of OSS is to let the product be more understandable, modifiable, duplicable, reliable or simply accessible, while it is still marketable.

The free software movement was launched in 1983. In 1998, a group of individuals advocated that the term free software be replaced by Open Source Software (OSS) as an expression which is less ambiguous and more comfortable for the corporate world.

Many people claim that the birth of internet, since 1969, started the open source movement.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) that started in 1985, intended the word free to emphasis on positive freedom to distribute rather than a negative freedom from cost.

DefinitionOpen Source defines a boundary on the usage,

modification and redistribution of open source software.

Software licenses grant rights to users which would otherwise be prohibited by copyright. These include rights on usage, modification and redistribution.

It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner.

Open source software is the most prominent example of open source development and often compared to user generated content.

OSS vs. Commercial Software

Productivity Software

Advantages and Disadvantages

OSS Operating System

Islamic-based Open Source OS - SabilySabily is an OS that is customized specifically for Muslims. The Ubuntu OS is used as a groundwork for developing

Sabily. Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux distribution whose goal is to provide

an easy-to-use, up-to-date, stable and free system, also for companies.

Sabily customizes Ubuntu by removing, modifying and adding software, and also customizes the graphic design to make a system adapted to Muslims.

This is a community work done by voluntaries coming from all over the world (France, Tunisia, Egypt, Indonesia etc.).

You can as well participate, as a developer, a graphic designer, a tester or if you just want to share your ideas.

Sabily Features

Sabily Features

Sabily Features

Main Features of SabilyThe main software:

Zekr and Mus-haf Othman (Quran study tools), Minbar and Firefoxpraytimes(prayer times

applications), Monajat (application that popups prayers every

predetermined time), Hijra (islamic calendar) WebStrict (parental control tool).

Arabic languageCustomized graphic design

Main Features of SabilyOther software:

OpenOffice (word processor, spreasheet, presentation)

Firefox (web browser)Pidgin (instant messaging)F-spot (photos management)Gimp (image manipulation program)and other multimedia software (video/audio)