Fogwill, TVan Zyl, P2009-08-282009-08-282009-05Fogwill, T and Van Zyl, P. 2009. Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu. African Digital Scholarship & Curation Conference, South Africa, Pretoria, 12-14 May 2009. pp 11http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556African Digital Scholarship & Curation Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 12-14 May 2009. pp 11Open source software (OSS) is software for which the source code is made available under a software license that allows it to be used, modified and redistributed without restriction. As such, OSS is freely available for use and inspection and allows unconstrained customisation and modification for any particular need. For this reason, the South African national R&D strategy clearly identifies OSS as a vehicle for fostering local innovation and economic development. Besides these benefits, the use of OSS for scientific computing can significantly lower the barriers-to-entry for poorly funded research institutions in developing countries, while empowering scientists in those institutions to contribute and collaborate with their peers globally. Linux, an open source operating system, can run scientific tools for almost all scientific disciplines. This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of the Scubuntu 8.10 installation program, to determine whether it addresses the problem associated with installing scientific software on Linux.enLinuxOpen source softwareOSSScubuntu projectScubuntu 8.10Computer softwareSoftware installationDigital curationAfrican digital scholarshipEmpowering African scientistsCD-based installer ScubuntuConference PresentationFogwill, T., & Van Zyl, P. (2009). Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556Fogwill, T, and P Van Zyl. "Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556Fogwill T, Van Zyl P, Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Fogwill, T AU - Van Zyl, P AB - Open source software (OSS) is software for which the source code is made available under a software license that allows it to be used, modified and redistributed without restriction. As such, OSS is freely available for use and inspection and allows unconstrained customisation and modification for any particular need. For this reason, the South African national R&D strategy clearly identifies OSS as a vehicle for fostering local innovation and economic development. Besides these benefits, the use of OSS for scientific computing can significantly lower the barriers-to-entry for poorly funded research institutions in developing countries, while empowering scientists in those institutions to contribute and collaborate with their peers globally. Linux, an open source operating system, can run scientific tools for almost all scientific disciplines. This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of the Scubuntu 8.10 installation program, to determine whether it addresses the problem associated with installing scientific software on Linux. DA - 2009-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Linux KW - Open source software KW - OSS KW - Scubuntu project KW - Scubuntu 8.10 KW - Computer software KW - Software installation KW - Digital curation KW - African digital scholarship KW - Empowering African scientists KW - CD-based installer Scubuntu LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 T1 - Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu TI - Empowering African scientists: evaluating the CD-based installer for Scubuntu UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3556 ER -