Using Open Source Software

Computers have become part of our daily lives. Almost every day we use our computers to our daily work. There are so many alternative software (software) that we can use to do the work of the Office and our homes. One is the open source software software or OSS. In the Indonesian Language is referred to as open source software.

Using Open Source Software

 

Open-source software began with a campaign to provide and use free software. In addition any software including open source software (open source) has the source code (source code) that is free to be downloaded and redistributed with rules and adhere to certain ethics. Development was done by a specific community and they will mutually exchange information to develop software in order to get better.

Why Use Open Source Software?


Why you should use open source software? In everyday work with computers, we may often use some commercial software that was already well known as Microsoft Windows as the operating system, Microsoft Office as the Office applications, Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw as applications for design and drawing, Microsoft Visio as an application for creating diagrams, Microsoft Outlook to read and receive e-mail or Microsoft Project as an application to do project management. However, did you know that the software mentioned above have the license price of the units of hundreds to thousands of dollars per software? If you invest your money to buy some original software into the computer, of course you have to spend thousands of dollars to the cost of a computer. Of course you also don't want to break the law by using illegal software not?

Because that's what is available a wide range of open source software that can be downloaded for free and redistributed freely. In addition, because it was built by a community of mutual exchange of information throughout the world, this type of software is evolving pretty well.

What are the Alternative Open Source Software?


Here are some types of open source software that can easily get You in lieu of paid software You are expensive:

Linux

You can replace Microsoft Windows you use every day with Linux operating system. The operating system that was first developed by Linus Trovald this has been the best alternative to replace Microsoft Windows. Many variants and Linux distribution developed with a very nice display. For example, Mandrake, Ubuntu and Fedora is a Linux distribution that is easy enough to use by lay people though.

Open Office

One of the most appropriate Office applications to replace Microsoft Office is Open Office. This software is developed specifically by a big company that is Sun Microsystem but is available for free. In an Open Office there are many applications that are able to replace Microsoft Office tasks. Even the Open Office is able to open a file that was saved with Microsoft Office formats.
   

GIMP

If you are happy doing the design and drawing, you can use application GIMP. You can modify Your photos and images and save it in various image file format. And this software can You get it for free as a replacement for the application Adobe Photoshop or Corel Draw that cost certainly expensive.   Microsoft Visio must be a good software to create diagrams. But did you know that you can also create diagrams with software that is free and legal? The software has a name him. With this software, you can create a variety of diagrams with attractive format.
   

Mozilla Thunderbird

You often receive e-mail in Microsoft Outlook? You can use an alternative mail application called Mozilla Thunderbird to receive, read and send your e-mail. Besides Mozilla Thunderbird is also equipped with a News Reader to read a variety of the latest news.

Gantt Project

If you are a commissioned doing project management, you certainly used to use Microsoft Project to perform this task. But you can also use an alternative free software i.e. Gantt Project which has the ability like Microsoft Project.

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