What is open source software?
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The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing.
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Linux comes will all the source code. If you want other stuff for Linux try the links below.
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Tell the guy that windows is not open source.Open source means you can freely distribute and modify it within the GNU GPL licence agreements.\nUnix is an operating system and a language. Open unix varieties are known as BSD and Linux- both are kernel types.\nUnix on the market is produced by Bell Labs and Hewlett Packard.\nThe person who gave you the wikipedia reference is helping you a lot.\n\nYou can add unix to windows with cygwin.
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Typically programs can be packaged in one of two ways. Either as source code or as binaries. \nMost proprietary software that you get off the shelf comes as a binary release only, as the vendor does not want to distribute the precious source code to their software. But many open-source applications do release their software as an alternative to binary distributions. \nSource code releases require a compiler to build the binaries before the software can be run. It is useful to hafe the source code to applications which you may be trying to run on various platforms.\nCompiled binaries can only run on the hardware/operating system for which they were compiled. This means that an binary release  compiled for a PC running Windows will not work on a PC running Linux, and certainly not on a Mac running OSX.\nIf everyone were running Windows on PC hardware, binary distributions would be the most conveniant way to distribute software, because not every machine is equipped with a compiler (and it takes alot of time to compile some things). Because the user community now runs a variety of hardware and operating systems, software releases are often distributed along side binary releases for the most common platforms.\n\nNote that this does not apply to Java. Java is truely platform independant, and compiled binaries do not differ from platform to platform.
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Freeware is some that is free to use. You do not have to pay to use it or register. It is yours to keep and use.
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nope... the joy of open source... why not ask again and see if you get a different answer.
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Try clamwin: free open-source software.
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Openoffice is a free open source office program. It includes a spreadsheet program called calc.\nTim
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I would check sourceforge.net -- great forum for all that is open source.  They have search capabilities...etc that you'll probably find what you need.
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Here's a list of open source PM software.  I can't comment on which is the best, but obviously it depends on exactly what you're trying to do.
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Open systems have a lower initial cost but because there is no single vendor, it is more difficult to support.  It is not difficult to find people who are already trained on Sun, Microsoft, Novell, etc platforms and applications but it is much harder to find people who know the open-source systems.  If something goes wrong, there's no company backing the product up--- you are on your own to fix the problem. It all depends on if you have people who can fully manage the open systems and if those people will be around for a long time.
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Linux is a different type of Operating System. It is unix based system and you really need to learn about it before you use it or else you will not enjoy it.\n\nLinux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License , the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone. Click on the link below to find out more about the operating system that is causing a revolution in the world of computers.\n\nhttp://www.linux.org/info/index.html
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Take a look at http://www.sourceforge.net. They have a lot of open-source development tools and the like.
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Linux is a computer operating system and its kernel, which also happens to be free and open-source.\n\nControl Unit- part of a CPU or other device that directs its operation.\n\nHardware register- a placeholder for information about some hardware condition, configuration, or buffer\n\nProcessor register- a component inside a central processing unit for storing information, such as a memory address, or the inputs or results of a computation\n\neeprom- Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory\n\nbus - subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers\n\nLAN - Local Area Network\n\nWAN - Wide Area Network or Wireless Area Network
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Commercial software = software sold by license for a fee\n\nShareware = software sold by license for a fee, but the software is typically available for download and the fee is requested and expected, but not demanded\n\nOpen Source Software = software that is free to use, modify, and distribute, however if it is modified, the modifications are required to be licensed as Open Source as well\n\nFreeware = software that is free to use, modify, and distribute (unless otherwise specified)\nPublic domain = broad term that typically refers to open source or freeware...\n\nHope that helps.
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Mozilla Firefox is a free, open source, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and hundreds of volunteers.[1] The browser began as a fork of the Navigator component of the Mozilla Application Suite; Firefox has since become the foundation's main development focus (along with its Thunderbird mail and news client), and has replaced the Mozilla Suite as their official main software release.
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Open Office is basically a free version of Microsoft Office, you will love it! \n\nOpenOffice.org is a free and open source office suite, including word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing and database components. It is available for many different platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Unix-like systems with the X Window System including GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X. It is intended to be compatible with, and to be a free alternative to Microsoft Office. It supports the OpenDocument standard for data interchange and can be used at no cost.\n\nOpenOffice.org is based on the codebase of StarOffice, an office suite developed by StarDivision (acquired by Sun Microsystems in August 1999). The source code of the suite was released as an open source project in July 2000 with the aim of breaking the market dominance of Microsoft Office by providing a lower-cost, high-quality, and open alternative. The source code for the application is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).\n\nThe project and software are informally referred to as "OpenOffice", but project organizers report that this term is a trademark held by another party, requiring them to adopt "OpenOffice.org" as its formal name,[1] and abbreviated as OOo.