[W2l] Welcome to FOSS Summary

[Ori Idan]

‎That is how we did it every year, make demo as first presentation and then
give the introduction to FOSS.
I am wiling to give the introduction to FOSS.
I think your summery is fine.

-- 
Ori Idan


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Here is the up-to-date summary of the two Welcome-to-FOSS presentations.
> I'm
> now leaning towards making the "Demo" presentation the first one.
>
> Maybe I should move them to wiki.osdc.org.il . Hmmm...
>
> Regards,
>
>        Shlomi Fish
>
> Welcome-to-Linux / Welcome-to-FOSS abstract
> -------------------------------------------
>
> * Introduction:
>    - What is Free Software/Open Source:
>        - source code
>            - analogy to wikipedia. (?)
>                - Edit/View source.
>        - The FSF Free Software Definition
>        - FOSS != Public Domain
>            - copyleft.
>                - some restrictions.
>                - share-alike
>            - permissive licences (BSDL, X11L, etc.)
>                - do what you want.
>                    - mostly
>        -
>
> * Examples of open source software:
>    - Firefox.
>    - OpenOffice.org
>    - Linux.
>        - what is an operating system.
>        - A free kernel.
>        - The GNU/Linux run-time.
>            - lots of names - X11 (X.Org), KDE, GNOME, OpenSSH.
>                - don't be alarmed.
>        - Other similar OSes (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD).
>        - Many distributions.
>            - all packaging the same FOSS components (with some
> modifications).
>            - Different glue, behaviour and features.
>                - Different bugs.
>        - Our recommended distributions:
>            - Fedora
>            - Mandriva
>            - Ubuntu
>            - links to pages with information about them
>                - material of previous presentations.
>            -
>
> * Advantages of open-source:
>    - May not cost money.
>        - gratis/costless/free-as-in-free-beer.
>        - freely distributable
>        - Note: it's ok to sell it!
>            - Story of Stallman selling tapes of GNU software to people who
>            could not download them from the Internet.
>    - Can be modified and enhanced:
>        - study the source to learn how the program works.
>            - for enlightenement.
>            - to compensate for lacking documentation.
>            -
>        - fix bugs.
>        - add new features.
>        - refactoring.
>        - forking
>    - Use the Internet for collaboration
>        - Bazaar model of development.
>            - Refer to the Cathedral and the Bazaar series.
>    - Better security and transparency.
>        -
>    - Not anti-commercial / anti-business.
>        - Many valid business models.
>            - Examples (?)
>        - Lots of profitable companies.
>        - As opposed to tangible goods (e.g: hammers, cars, food), software
>        once developed, can be mass-produced at zero cost.
>        - Many developers develop FOSS for fun and other benefits.
>        - Many developers get paid to develop it.
>        - Still room for non-free competition.
>        - See:
>            - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html
>            - http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/obj-oss/rev2/
>    - No vendor lock-in or product end-of-life:
>        - Volunteers can always use and maintain a program on their own
>        forking the last open-source version.
>    -
>
> *
>
> Demonstration:
> --------------
>
> * Firefox:
>    - tabs.
>    - frequent updates.
>        - with notifications.
>    - free-of-charge.
>    - themes
>    - Bookmark manager.
>    - Firefox personas
>        - http://www.getpersonas.com/
>    - ChatZilla - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16
>    - Split browser.
>    - StumbleUpon (?)
>
> * Inkscape:
>
> * OpenOffice.org:
>
> * VLC
>
> * Mozilla Thunderbird.
>
> * Audactity.
>
> * GIMP (?)
>
> * PeaZip / 7-Zip.
>
> * Games:
>    - Battle for Wesnoth.
>    - PySolFC.
>         - over 1,000 games.
>         - demo the hint system and the solver.
>    -
>
> * VirtualBox.
>
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Shlomi Fish       http://www.shlomifish.org/
> http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/ways_to_do_it.html
>
> Chuck Norris read the entire English Wikipedia in 24 hours. Twice.
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