Intro to FOSS & using it in development
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The document introduces Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the context of Egypt's development, emphasizing its benefits such as reduced costs, enhanced security, and improved education. Key concepts include the four freedoms associated with free software and notable FOSS examples in various categories. The presenter, Ahmed Mekkawy, advocates for building an ecosystem in Egypt involving education, private sector engagement, and community support to leverage FOSS for national growth.
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Intro to FOSS & using it in development
- 1. Introduction to FOSS and using it in Egypt's Development By: Ahmed Mekkawy Ahmed @ linuxawy.org www.SpirulaSystems.com
- 2. About the Presenter Ahmed Mekkawy AKA linuxawy
- 4. FSF member.
- 7. One of the founders of OpenEgypt.
- 8. Founder & CTO of Spirula Systems.
- 9. What will talk about Introduction to FOSS
- 10. FOSS concepts
- 11. Why FOSS is suitable for Egypt
- 12. How to use FOSS in developing our beloved country
- 13. How it all started Richard Stallman (RMS) and the printer driver.
- 14. Left MIT to create GNU (Gnu's Not Unix).
- 15. Stop companies monopoly of the users (us).
- 16. Linux Trovalds, the Finnish guy.
- 17. Kernel + GNU tools = GNU/Linux OS
- 18. Concepts Unix
- 19. GNU tools
- 20. Linux kernel
- 21. GNU/Linux
- 24. Distributions.
- 25. Free != Free from charge, Free == Freedom
- 26. Open Source is a development methodology
- 27. Free Software is a social movement.
- 28. 4 Freedoms Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program for any purpose.
- 29. Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works and adopt it to your needs. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
- 30. Freedom 2: The freedom to distribute copies.
- 31. Freedom 3: The freedom to improve the program and release your improvements to the public so that the whole community benefits
- 32. FOSS Examples OS: GNU/Linux
- 33. Programming languages: C/C++, Ocaml, PHP, Python, Ruby, Lua, … etc.
- 34. Servers: Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Nginx, Postfix, … etc.
- 35. Desktop application: Firefox, Chromium, LibreOffice, VLC media player, … etc.
- 36. FOSS outside the Software world IMHO, FOSS is the father of the concept of crowd sourcing , which is used in lots of projects, most notable one is wikipedia.
- 37. Strategic View Why FOSS and Egypt ?
- 38. Why we need FOSS Financial: Reduced Cost.
- 40. Local companies. Security: Backdoors.
- 41. Foreign Specialists. Strategic: Losing foreign companies/countries control over our infrastructure. Eduction: Rising the technical knowledge. Socially: Decreasing the digital gap.
- 43. Why Egypt? Human Resources.
- 46. Arabic Market.
- 47. What to do We are trying to figure this out in OpenEgypt.
- 48. The keyword is ' ecosystem '
- 49. Make these entities interact and be in mutual benefit mode: Education and Training
- 50. Private Sector
- 51. Government
- 52. R & D
- 53. FOSS Communities and Non-Profit Organization.
- 54. Thank You