ICT SKILL ENHANCEMENT TRAINING ON

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
 Resolution # 12­0054

USE OF OPEN SOURCE 
SOFTWARE (OSS) FOR OFFICE 
PRODUCTIVITY AS AN ICT 
USAGE POLICY 

Resolution # 12-0054
Open Source Software:
 A matter of liberty, It's FREE

Freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve

the software

Run the program, to use software in the language of choice,

and use all software regardless of disability

Study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs

Rapid development cycles and speedy security releases

What's the Catch?

 Open Source Software is updated,
enhanced, and made more secure every
day as programmers all over the world
continue to improve it.

What's the Catch?

Don't be afraid of change. 
You might lose something good, 
but you'll gain something better.
­ Unknown 
 CHANGE
“If there's is no struggle
there is no progress” 
- Frederick Douglas
If it doesn't challenge you,
it doesn't change you!
Accept
Changes
Expect
Surprises
Getting Started
with Ubuntu
12.04
Second Edition
TOPICS

What is Ubuntu?
Reason why Ubuntu is for you
Ubuntu Desktop
Introduction to LibreOffice
What is UBUNTU?

Meaning for : Humanity to Others

(Zulu)
Bantu Languages of Southern Africa.
It is a classical African concept.

Several relationship with

Others
2004 – Mark Shuttleworth
– Successful South African
entrepreneur
– Canonical foundation
– Debian
 Circle of
Friends
Freedo Precisio
m n

Reliabilit Collaborati
y on
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!
Users love its friendly, familiar interface
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!

Its Safe

VIRUS FREE
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!

Access over 30000++ applications

for free
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!

Ubuntu is the perfect, safe platform for your

favorite web applications and services
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!

Create documents, spreadsheets,

and presentations and share
them with Windows users
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!
Upgrade to each new Ubuntu release
easily, every 6 months, for free
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!

Ubuntu is supported

Community
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!
Incredibly active community of
developers
Reasons why Ubuntu is for
you!

Ubuntu is FREE
 UBUNTU
Default
Global Desktop
Menu Menu Bar Indicator

Launcher
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What is LibreOffice?

LibreOffice is a freely available, fully-featured

office productivity suite. Its native file format is Open
Document Format (ODF), an open standard format
that is being adopted by governments worldwide as a
required file format for publishing and accepting
documents.
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Advantages of LibreOffice

• No licensing fees
• Open source
• Cross-platform
• Extensive language support
• Consistent user interface
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Advantages of LibreOffice

• Integration
• Granularity
• File compatibility
• No vendor lock-in
• You have a voice
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Minimum requirements

LibreOffice 4.0 requires one of the following operating

systems:

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

• GNU/Linux Kernel version 2.6.18, glibc2 v2.5 or higher, and
gtk v2.10.4 or higher
• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher
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How to install the software?

Information on installing and setting up LibreOffice on

the various supported operating systems is given here:

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/.