CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ICT

Name of candidate: Harneysia Jane IC.Number:950306-13-5952 Title: The Latest Development in Network and Communications Group member: Juliana Alah & Chelsi Jeffrey

1.0 Introduction
Open Source is an approach to design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to a softwares source code. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet, which provided access to diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities. Software is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices. Hardware is the physical aspect of computer, telecommunications, and other devices.

2.0 The Latest Open Source Operating System 2.1 Meaning Of Open Source OS
Open Source operating system is defined as an interface between hardware and user; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer which system acts as a host for the application that are run on the machine where is an approach to design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to a softwares source code.

2.2 Example Of Open Source OS Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an operating system which is based on Debian GNU/Linux distribution anddistributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu ("humanity towards others").

Ubuntu is designed primarily for use on personal computers, although a server editionalso exists. Ubuntu holds an estimated global usage of more than 12 million desktop users,making it the most popular desktop Linux distribution with about 50% of Linux desktopmarketshare. It is fourth most popular on web servers, though its popularity is increasingrapidly.Ubuntu is a fork of the Debian project's codebase. The original aim of the Ubuntuteam was to create an easy-to-use (freedom for users rather than freedom for programmers)Linux desktop with new releases scheduled on a predictable six-month basis, resulting in amore frequently updated system.Ubuntu's first release was on 20 October 2004. Since then, Canonical has releasednew versions of Ubuntu every six months[16] with commitment to support each release for eighteen months by providing security fixes, patches to critical bugs and minor updates to programs. It was decided that every fourth release, issued on a two-year basis, would receivelong-term support (LTS). LTS releases are supported for three years on the desktop and fiveyears on the server.As the time of writing, the latest LTS release is Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), releasedon 29 April 2010, while the latest normal release is Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), releasedon 28 April 2011

Kubuntu
Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDEPlasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop(kubuntudesktop) as well as the Unity desktop (ubuntu-desktop) on the same machine. Every package in Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu. It is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu. Kubuntu's Plasma desktop is fully customizable, much more so than a GNOME or Unity desktop is without extra tools or configuration file editing. Originally designed to ease transition for users from other operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows) by allowing a similar desktop layout, the KDE Plasma Desktop incorporates widget-centric modularity that allows the user to incorporate function similar to all other operating systems and also create new functionality not found in other operating system desktops. Desktop effects are integrated in the standard KDE SC 4 installation, and enabled by default if supported. It is worth nothing that because Ubuntu and Kubuntu use the same sources/origins for their software, any application intended for one is installable, and will work, on the other. This makes it very common to see Firefox on Kubuntu or K3B on Ubuntu.

3.0 The Latest Open Source Application 3.1 Meaning Of Open Source Application Software
Open Source application software can be defined as the general designation of computer programs for performing user task where an approach to design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to a softwares source code.

3.2 Example Of Open Source Application Software Ares

Examples of the latest application software are Ares in version 2.1.1 and release on 23 Jan 2009 is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file

including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc. You may now easily publish your files through