The role of free software in education. An introduction to GNU/Linux

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1 The role of free software in education An introduction to GNU/Linux

2 Software Source code (humans can read and write)

3 Software Source code (humans can read and write) Compiler

4 Software Source code (humans can read and write) Compiler Binary (computers can read and write)

5 UAL software Hidden source code

6 UAL software Hidden source code Privacy concerns Confidentiality NSA

7 UAL software Hidden source code Privacy concerns Confidentiality NSA Antivirus

8 UAL software Hidden source code Privacy concerns Confidentiality NSA Antivirus No confirmed confidentiality - ethics

9 Search and rank Google etc.

10 Search and rank Google etc. Library catalogue software Archive databases

11 Search and rank Google etc. Library catalogue software Archive databases Sharepoint and intranet

12 Search and rank Google etc. Library catalogue software Archive databases Sharepoint and intranet No academic rigour

13 Image processing Apply filters Develop raw images No academic rigour for photographers Fixed options - limiting creativity

14 Students must be creative with: Photoshop Illustrator InDesign...

15 Students must be creative with: Photoshop Illustrator InDesign... Prescriptive - limiting creativity

16 Long-term preservation Closed formats will always require a license Preservation not achievable

17 Summary Limiting creativity originality Ethical considerations ethics Unknown methodologies rigour Preservation long-term access

18 Summary Limiting creativity originality Ethical considerations ethics Unknown methodologies rigour Preservation long-term access

19 Richard Stallman From From: Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.usoft Subject: new Unix implementation Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 12:35:59 EST Organization: MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Free Unix! Starting this Thanksgiving I am going to write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU (for Gnu's Not Unix), and give it away free(1) to everyone who can use it. Contributions of time, money, programs and equipment are greatly needed. To begin with, GNU will be a kernel plus all the utilities needed to write and run C programs: editor, shell, C compiler, linker, assembler, and a few other things. After this we will add a text formatter, a YACC, an Empire game, a spreadsheet, and hundreds of other things. We hope to supply, eventually, everything useful that normally comes with a Unix system, and anything else useful, including on-line and hardcopy documentation.

21 Richard Stallman From From: Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.usoft Subject: new Unix implementation Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 12:35:59 EST Organization: MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Free Unix! Starting this Thanksgiving I am going to write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU (for Gnu's Not Unix), and give it away free(1) to everyone who can use it. Contributions of time, money, programs and equipment are greatly needed. To begin with, GNU will be a kernel plus all the utilities needed to write and run C programs: editor, shell, C compiler, linker, assembler, and a few other things. After this we will add a text formatter, a YACC, an Empire game, a spreadsheet, and hundreds of other things. We hope to supply, eventually, everything useful that normally comes with a Unix system, and anything else useful, including on-line and hardcopy documentation.

22 Richard Stallman From From: Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.usoft Subject: new Unix implementation Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 12:35:59 EST Organization: MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Free Unix! Starting this Thanksgiving I am going to write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU (for Gnu's Not Unix), and give it away free(1) to everyone who can use it. Contributions of time, money, programs and equipment are greatly needed. To begin with, GNU will be a kernel plus all the utilities needed to write and run C programs: editor, shell, C compiler, linker, assembler, and a few other things. After this we will add a text formatter, a YACC, an Empire game, a spreadsheet, and hundreds of other things. We hope to supply, eventually, everything useful that normally comes with a Unix system, and anything else useful, including on-line and hardcopy documentation.

23 What is free? 0,00 = Shared must distribute original or modified

24 What is free? 0,00 = Shared must distribute original or modified Open source as development model developed by the community

25 What is free? 0,00 = Shared Open source as development model must distribute original or modified developed by the community Open source as educational model examples to learn from

26 What is free? 0,00 = Shared Open source as development model must distribute original or modified developed by the community Open source as educational model examples to learn from

27 What is free? 0,00 = Shared Open source as development model must distribute original or modified developed by the community Open source as educational model examples to learn from

28 Richard Stallman From From: Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.usoft Subject: new Unix implementation Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 12:35:59 EST Organization: MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Free Unix! Starting this Thanksgiving I am going to write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU (for Gnu's Not Unix), and give it away free(1) to everyone who can use it. Contributions of time, money, programs and equipment are greatly needed. To begin with, GNU will be a kernel plus all the utilities needed to write and run C programs: editor, shell, C compiler, linker, assembler, and a few other things. After this we will add a text formatter, a YACC, an Empire game, a spreadsheet, and hundreds of other things. We hope to supply, eventually, everything useful that normally comes with a Unix system, and anything else useful, including on-line and hardcopy documentation.

29 GNU GNU = GNU's Not Unix Kernel + software

32 GNU GNU = GNU's Not Unix Kernel + software Linux kernel most popular

38 GNU/Linux GNU = GNU's Not Unix Kernel + software Linux kernel most popular

39 GNU/Linux GNU = GNU's Not Unix Kernel + software Linux kernel most popular Thousands of flavours

42 Debian 5.0 (Lenny) Gnome 2

43 Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) Gnome 3

44 fedora 19 Gnome 3

45 OpenSuse 10.3 KDE 3

46 OpenSuse 12.2 KDE 4

47 Ubuntu Gnome 2

48 Ubuntu Unity 3

49 ArtistX Linux

50 Ubuntu Studio Xfce

51 AV Linux 6.0 LXDE

52 Music GNU+Linux IceWM

53 GNU/Linux GNU = GNU's Not Unix Kernel + software Linux kernel most popular Thousands of flavours Let's chat and try a few flavours, but first...

54 Remember Using free/libre sofware is not about quality it is about principles

55 Remember Using it is Never share free/libre sofware is not about quality about principles complain about free/libre software and be nice to volunteers

a story of alternatives

a story of alternatives There was a time when computers were big... really big. For the next 30 or so years computers would find a place in the academic institution, government agency and corporation.