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<h4>Wikipedia articles</h4>
 
<h4>Wikipedia articles</h4>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Wikipedia article on the subject of free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source]
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*{{wp|Free_software|Free software}}
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==== Organisations ====
 
==== Organisations ====
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*[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html FSF Free software definition]
 
*[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html FSF Free software definition]
 
*[http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php OSI Open source definition]
 
*[http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php OSI Open source definition]
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*[http://perens.com/works/articles/State8Feb2008 "State of Open Source Message: A New Decade"] (Bruce Perens 2008)
 
*[http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar The Cathedral and the Bazaar] - an interesting essay on why the 'bazaar' model of open-source software development works well.
 
*[http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar The Cathedral and the Bazaar] - an interesting essay on why the 'bazaar' model of open-source software development works well.
  
 
==== Software links ====
 
==== Software links ====
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_software_packages Wikipedia list of open source software packages]
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*http://www.ubuntu.com Free and open-source linux-based operating system
*http://www.linux.org Free and open-source operating system
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*http://www.OpenOffice.org Free and open-source office productivity software - word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, database etc.
*http://www.OpenOffice.org Free and open-source office productivity software - word processor, spreadsheer, presentation software, database etc.
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*http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Free and open-source web browser
 
*http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Free and open-source web browser
 
*http://www.gimp.org Free and open source 2D bitmap-graphics editor
 
*http://www.gimp.org Free and open source 2D bitmap-graphics editor
*http://www.blender.org Free and open-source 3D graphics modeller, animator and renderer
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*[http://sourceforge.net/docs/about SourceForge.net] - world's largest Open Source software development web site
  
==== Foot note ====
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There are many more quality free and open-source software listed in [[examples of free and open-source software]]...
*The content management software that manages this website is open source and is called [http://wwww.MediaWiki.org MediaWiki]; and the server computer that hosts it is running a version of the Linux operating system called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian Debian] which in turn is running the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server Apache http server] program (which runs 60%, or so, of websites worldwide), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Php PHP] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysql MySQL] database.
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==== Footnote ====
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The content management software that manages this website is open source and is called [http://wwww.MediaWiki.org MediaWiki]; and the server computer that hosts it is running a version of the Linux operating system called {{wp|Debian|Debian}} which in turn is running the {{wp|Apache_HTTP_Server|Apache web server}} (that serves about 60% of websites worldwide), the scripting language {{wp|Php|PHP}}, and the {{wp|Mysql|MySQL}} database.

Latest revision as of 00:49, 30 November 2008

Wikipedia articles

Organisations

Documents and articles

Software links

There are many more quality free and open-source software listed in examples of free and open-source software...

Footnote

The content management software that manages this website is open source and is called MediaWiki; and the server computer that hosts it is running a version of the Linux operating system called Debian 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg which in turn is running the Apache web server 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg (that serves about 60% of websites worldwide), the scripting language PHP 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg, and the MySQL 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg database.