OPEN SOURCE

         Introduction

 Meaning of open source software

    Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software is developed in a collaborative public manner. Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source development and often compared to (technically defined) user-generated content or (legally defined) open-content movements. It is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. Open source software is the most prominent example of open source development and often compared to user-generated content.

Meaning of hardware

    Computer hardware (usually simply called hardware when a computing context is implicit) is the collection of physical elements that constitutes a computer system. Computer hardware is the physical parts or components of a computer, such as the monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, hard disk drive (HDD), system unit, example graphic cards, sound cards, memory, motherboard and chips, and so on, all of which are physical objects that can be touched (that is, they are tangible). In contrast, software is instructions that can be stored and run by hardware.

Meaning of software

  Computer software or simply software is any set of machine-readable instructions that directs a computer's processor to perform specific operations. Computer software contrasts with computer hardware, which is the physical component of computers. Computer hardware and software require each other and neither can be realistically used without the other. Software includes website, programs and many more that are coded by programing languages such as C, C++, Java, etc.

The Latest Open Source Operating System (OS)

2.1 Meaning of open source OS

       An operating system is a set of programs containing instructions that coordinate all the activities among computer hardware resources. Most operating system perform similar function that includes starting a computer, provide a user interface, managing program, managing memory and configuring devices. Some operating system also allows user to control a network and administer security.

               Open Source Operating System is any operating system that is free to use and which provides the original code where the source code is available (under a copyright license) to the public, which enables them to use, modify / enhance the operating system, and redistribute the modified (or unmodified) form of the operating system. The advance user can modify the code of the operating system to make it works better for them in starting the computer or a likely user interface.