Prepared by: Noor Azimah Hassan, ICT Dept. CFSIIUM
LEARNING OUTCOMES
 At the end of this session, you should be able to:
1. Define what is meant by the term “Open Source Software”
(OSS)
2. Differentiate between OSS and Commercial Software
3. List the productivity software that is available from OSS
domain
4. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of OSS
5. Name Operating Systems that are available in OSS domain
6. Describe the basic functionality of an Islamic-Based Open
Source Operating System (Sabily)
Why OSS?
 The main objective:
 to reduce the total cost of software ownership.
Introduction
 Open source software generally allows anyone to make a new
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version of the software, port it to new operating systems and
processor architectures, share it with others or market it.
The aim of OSS is to let the product be more understandable,
modifiable, duplicable, reliable or simply accessible, while it is
still marketable.
The free software movement was launched in 1983. In 1998, a group of
individuals advocated that the term free software be replaced by
Open Source Software (OSS) as an expression which is less
ambiguous and more comfortable for the corporate world.
Many people claim that the birth of internet, since 1969, started the
open source movement.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) that started in 1985, intended the
word free to emphasis on positive freedom to distribute rather than a
negative freedom from cost.
Definition
 Open Source defines a boundary on the usage,
modification and redistribution of open source
software.
 Software licenses grant rights to users which would
otherwise be prohibited by copyright. These include
rights on usage, modification and redistribution.
 It is 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.
OSS vs. Commercial Software
Productivity Software
Advantages and Disadvantages
OSS Operating System
Islamic-based
Open Source OS - Sabily
 Sabily is an OS that is customized specifically for Muslims.
 The Ubuntu OS is used as a groundwork for developing
Sabily.
 Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux distribution whose goal is to provide
an easy-to-use, up-to-date, stable and free system, also for
companies.
 Sabily customizes Ubuntu by removing, modifying and
adding software, and also customizes the graphic design to
make a system adapted to Muslims.
 This is a community work done by voluntaries coming from
all over the world (France, Tunisia, Egypt, Indonesia etc.).
 You can as well participate, as a developer, a graphic
designer, a tester or if you just want to share your ideas.
Sabily Features
Sabily Features
Sabily Features
Main Features of Sabily
 The main software:
 Zekr and Mus-haf Othman (Quran study tools),
 Minbar and Firefoxpraytimes(prayer times applications),
 Monajat (application that popups prayers every
predetermined time),
 Hijra (islamic calendar)
 WebStrict (parental control tool).
 Arabic language
 Customized graphic design
Main Features of Sabily
 Other software:
 OpenOffice (word processor, spreasheet, presentation)
 Firefox (web browser)
 Pidgin (instant messaging)
 F-spot (photos management)
 Gimp (image manipulation program)
 and other multimedia software (video/audio)