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What is Linux?What is Linux?Its Implication for Education
I am the real big man around here
Linux was created by me!!!!!!
Icreated it as a hobby while I was a student
began working on the program in 1991 but released the kernel in 1994
used C to write the program
Other features of LinuxOther features of LinuxUnix-like
GNU General Public License
Free and Open Source
WOWWOW
Free So Linux is free I do not have to spend
my money. Its nice to get something free.
I am Mr. Tux, and
I am free!
It’s freeIt’s free
It’s free
It’s free
It’s free
It’s free, it’s free, it’s free
I don’t have to purchase it
That’s not really it, free in the
sense that with Linux you
can do whatever you want -
liberty
Oh No
Liberty Liberty
Liberty, not price
Oh, I seeOh, I seeI can do anything
with Linux
So are you concerned about protecting your idea/work. I mean that copyright thing
Copyright and Copyright and technologytechnology
In these times it is so easy to copy and distribute things on the internet since there is no policethere.
“software should not have owners’. ( Murphie and Potts, 2003, p.71)
Okay But I still believe
that
However my work is protected by
copyleft
CopyleftCopyleft
What is that ?
COPYLEFT
makes the software free and requires that
all modified and extended version of the
software is free as well.
ReminderReminderSince the Linux source code is
available to all users.
It means you are at liberty to: run the program study how the program works distribute copies improve program, and release
your improvement (and modified version in general) to the public, so that the whole community benefits
Linux encourages Linux encourages students to bestudents to beCreative
Collaborate
Innovative
An activist speaksAn activist speaks"Education should be promoting
the free exchange of ideas and sharing ideas“
"It's a case of demonstrating the value of peer review and the academic process of building things."
David Mandel
Big savings for schoolsBig savings for schools
Did you know that Schools can save up to 75% of their budget by using Linux with open source productivity software
Benefits to schoolsBenefits to schoolsLow cost
• Software -• Hardware –
Network friendlyFlexibleCompatibleFast and easy
installationHigh security Open Source
Disadvantages of using Disadvantages of using LinuxLinuxUnderstanding – Requires alot of
time and patience to learn to useAlternative Programs – There are
still some Windows programs for which there are no alternatives
No legal comeback if software does not suit you