2. What makes Open Source Great
In my experience Open Source applications are
developed to fill a need. Usually providing tools
similar to a commercial product, however the
commercial product is usually lacking some feature.
Open Source takes care of that.
3. GNU project
(GNU’s Not Unix)
• The Start of it all
• Initially announced in September of 1983
• GNU Manifesto published in March 1985
• Linus Torvalds released the Linux, a Unix-like
kernel in 1992 completing all the
requirements to spin off distributions such as
Slackware, Debian, Red-Hat and others
4. Sourceforge.net
• Used as a web portal for Open Source
Application development and distribution
• Provides and end users a resource to find
applications and support for applications
• Provides a location for developers to
collaborate on application development.
5. PFSense
• An open source Firewall platform
• Provides Enterprise grade features on a
modular platform for use in COTS hardware
• Extremely secure and high performance
system
6. XBMC
• A all in one cross platform media center
system
• Originally developed for use on modded
Microsoft Xbox systems
• Project matured to be able to run on both
stand alone PC’s and embedded hardware
7. Open Office.org
• One of the first successful open source
Microsoft Office replacements
• All the software you want and need on any
computer for free!
8. Android
• Started as a side project by a couple Google
engineers (Google encourages side projects,
even lists it as a employment requirement and
provides employees recourses such as
workshops for said projects)
• Changed the game in the mobile phone
industry allowing manufactures to compete
on a feature level with Apple
9. FreeNAS
• Started using Pfsense as a base for a storage
platform to provide more features than
commercial NAS equipment
• Allows users to Build their own NAS appliance
or Server using COTS reducing Cost barriers
• Highly secure and high performance platform
with unlimited potential
10. Gparted
Gnome Partition Editor
• Provides a Graphical interface for managing
partitions on hard drive systems
• Project developed a bootable CD spin off to
use on systems not running Linux
• Open source replacement for Partition Magic
• Developed at a time when major OS vendors
were not shipping an easy to use partition
manager as part of their Operating System
11. Clonezilla
• An Open Source disk imaging platform
• Uses a Bootable CD to clone system hard
drives
• Similar to Norton Ghost, however provides
more advanced features
• Able to be installed on a server and boot and
image desktops/laptops over a network
12. Mozilla- Firefox
• One of the first successful Open source
Browsers
• Of the Open Source Browser market this is the
market leader
• Provides a secure and customizable browser
platform for a individualized browser
experience
13. VLC Media Player
(Video LAN Player)
• A simple media player that plays virtually
every media format
• Has media conversion and streaming
capabilities
• Developed as a cross platform device works
on Windows, Mac, Linux and has some mole
device support