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Meaning of Open Source Software (OSS )
Open source software (OSS) is defined as computer software for which the source
code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided
under a software license that meets the Open Source Definition or that is in the
public domain. This permits users to use, change, and improve the software, and to
redistribute it in modified or unmodified forms.
Meaning of Hardware
A computer's hardware consists of the physical components necessary to operate
and interact with a computer. Since a computer's primary language is
binary,devices are necessary to convert our input into that language. The binary
code coming out of the computer must also be translated into something usable for
the operator.
Meaning of Software
Software is often divided into two catagories-application and system software.Application
software uses the computer system to perform useful work or provide entertainment
functions beyond the basic operation of the computer itself.System software is designed
to operate the computer hardware, to provide basic functionality, and to provide a
platform for running application software. System software includes- Operating system,
an essential collection of computer programs that manages resources and provides
common services for other software. Supervisory programs, boot loaders, shells and
window systems are core parts of operating systems. In practice, an operating system
comes bundled with additional software (including application software) so that a user
can potentially do some work with a computer that only has an operating system.Device
driver, a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is
attached to a computer. Each device needs at least one corresponding device driver; thus a
computer needs more than one device driver.Utilities, software designed to assist users in
maintenance and care of their computers.
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machine.Kubuntu was sponsored by Canonical Ltd. until 2012, and thereafter by Blue
Systems. During the changeover, Kubuntu retained the use of Ubuntu project servers and
existing developers. Latest release is on April 17 2014.
Fedora Linux
Fedora (formerly Fedora Core) is an operating system based on the Linux kernel,
developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Fedora
contains software distributed under a free and open source license and aims to be on the
leading edge of such technologies.Linus Torvalds, author of the Linux kernel, uses
Fedora on all his computers. Latest release is on December 17 2013.
Open Office
OpenOffice.org (OOo), commonly known as OpenOffice, was an open-source office
suite. It was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice, which Sun Microsystems
acquired in 1999 for internal use. Sun open-sourced the software in July 2000 as a
competitor to Microsoft Office, releasing version 1.0 on 1 May 2002. The project was
closed by Oracle Corporation, the then-owner of Sun, in April 2011. Active successor
projects include Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice and NeoOffice.OpenOffice.org's
default file format was the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/IEC standard, which
originated with OpenOffice.org. It could also read a wide variety of other file formats,
with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office.OpenOffice.org contained a word
processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation application a drawing application,a formula
editor, and a database management application.OpenOffice.org was primarily developed
for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Solaris, and later for OS X, with ports to other
operating systems. It was distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
version 3 (LGPL); early versions were also available under the Sun Industry Standards
Source License (SISSL). It was released on 12 February 2014.
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Wi-Fi networking
Apple AirPrint and Google Cloud
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Features
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selections of fine anddetailed components.
- Content
SmartWatch
The Samsung Galaxy Gear is a smartwatch produced by Samsung Electronics in the
Samsung Gear family of devices. Unveiled during a Samsung Unpacked event in
Berlin, Germany on September 4, 2013, the device serves as a companion for all
Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets which run Android 4.3 or newer; on
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launch, this included the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition.
Originally released as an Android-based device,Samsung replaced the operating
system with Tizen through a May 2014 software update.The Galaxy Gear was
released to a generally negative reception; it was criticized for the lackluster design
of its interface, the inadequate implementation of some of its software, the few apps
available, its poor battery life, and its dependency on Samsung Galaxy phones and
tablets.The Gear's successor, the Gear 2, was released on April 11, 2014.
6.0 Conclusion
Open-source software development is the process by which open-source software (or
similar software whose source code is publicly available) is often developed. These
are software products available with its source code and under an open-source license
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to study, change, and improve its design. Examples of popular open-source software
products are Mozilla Firefox, Google Chromium, Android and the Apache
OpenOffice Suite. In the past, the open-source software development method has been
very unstructured, because no clear development tools, phases, etc. had been defined
with development methods such as dynamic systems development method. Instead,
each project had its own phases. More recently, however, there has been much better
progress, coordination, and communication within the open-source community.
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