Republic of the Philippines

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

Office of the Vice President for Branches and Campuses
TAGUIG CITY BRANCH

Living in the IT Era

Activity #4

BSED - ENG 2-1

Submitted by: Pena, Cevastian

Daniel C.

Submitted to: Prof. Elvin Catantan

Deadline: July 4, 2022

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“THE COUNTRY’s 1st POLYTECHNICU”

 Republic of the Philippines
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Office of the Vice President for Branches and Campuses
TAGUIG CITY BRANCH

FOSS ACTIVITY

1. Make a list of the proprietary software being used by the people in your institutions or by
an IT friend.

a) Windows OS
b) MS Office
c) WinRAR
d) Adobe Creativity Suite Productivity Software

2. Search at least 3 FOSS software for each proprietary software from your list.

a) Windows OS
- Linux
- Chromium OS
- Free BSD
b) MS Office
- MS Teams
- Google Meet
- MS Word
c) WinRAR
- Bandizip
- PeaZip
- ZARchiever
d) Adobe Creativity Suite Productivity Software

Gen. Santos Ave., Lower Bicutan, Taguig City 1772; (Direct Line) 837-5858 to 60; (Telefax) 837-5859;
website: www.pup.edu.ph email: taguig@pup.edu.ph

“THE COUNTRY’s 1st POLYTECHNICU”

 Republic of the Philippines
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Office of the Vice President for Branches and Campuses
TAGUIG CITY BRANCH

- Adobe AI
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere

3. Search the price of the proprietary software when using or subscribing to it.

a) All of my aforementioned proprietary softwares are free except

for the three Adobe applications which costs 12,469.60 php per
month subscription

4. Write a recommendation on what software your institution or your friend should use, and
why.

a) I want to suggest MS Office like Word and Excel because they

can be used in creating files and documents for different
endeavors like office works, schoolworks, etc. Aside from that,
Gmeet and Zoom are a must too if you are doing online classes.

REFERENCES:


https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjZyqOitdX4AhXPrZ
YKHf1EDoYYABADGgJ0bA&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESbOD2z1HPc
wxZ5a7Ew2SSlg6wnLi6JXd3YdUokCq6Mdgc5aiEXJvobJ9n8bA-q-
KsE6Gl58dhfmrfwYQb3UCzB89bFaiHI-
Lf7xRLgAZMeepm1qOTrxa5MULTcbu9MFcu36V2VVEYJe16_ZBm1g&sig=AOD64_1
S8t1JHqBVV06pzLZ1dj-
TcNTvHg&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwif2ZuitdX4AhXYilYBHXeGDRwQ0Qx6BAgCEAE

 https://alternativeto.net/software/microsoft-teams/?license=opensource

 https://www.journaldev.com/53773/top-best-windows-alternatives

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website: www.pup.edu.ph email: taguig@pup.edu.ph

“THE COUNTRY’s 1st POLYTECHNICU”