Packages and Applications

Section: Manager's overview >> About Open Source Software

There are a huge range of open source software packages and applications. You can find fuller details in the Packages & Applications section later in this book, but here are the main areas that are represented:

Operating systems:	Physical and virtual operating systems
Desktops:	Local desktops, online desktops
Applications:	Office productivity, accounting and finance, CAD and design, Desk Top Publishing, environmental management, ERP, educational, graphics, groupware, industrial, medical
Mobile:	Mobile device operating systems, mobile apps, app development
Networking:	Networking software, firewalls, network security & monitoring, SSL, network servers, email servers and clients, LDAP, data backup
Printing:	Printing projects, Linux printing
Software development:	Compilers, debuggers, programming languages, data analysis languages, version management, UML tools
Database:	SQL & non-SQL databases and database servers
Web access:	Web browsers, applications suites, browser technology, internet tools
Website development:	Website design, website content management, e-commerce packages, development frameworks
Web & Application servers:	Software stacks, web servers, application servers, java application servers
Cloud computing:	Cloud and virtual computing, cloud environments and applications

There is plenty of choice of open source software out there!

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