Open Source Group at Jordan University of Science and Technology

JUST Open Source Group (OSG) is a student club created to promote the use and development of Open Source and Free Software. The main objective of the group is to support and distribute free and Open Source software.
OSG spreads the Open Source culture and philosophy by giving lectures and educational sessions, distributing free software, and by publishing papers, brochures and leaflets about Open Source applications.

OSG organized several courses in Open Source technologies during the last year. The courses, which were given by OSG members, have been attended by different B.Sc. and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Computer and Information Technology, as well as other faculties. the courses covered various subjects such as PHP, Python, Fedora linux, and UNIX.

On March 26, 2008, OSG celebrated the Document Freedom Day, a global day for document liberation with grassroots action for promotion of free document formats and open standards. OSG was officially listed as one of the three Jordanian teams, and one of the two hundreds international teams that organized the event.
The MozillaClub represents an independent section of the OSG. Although the club is not directly affiliated with any organization or corporation, it heavily supports Mozilla free applications. In March, OSG, represented by the MozillaClub, started a large campaign named "Firefoxed University". It consisted in the installation of Mozilla Firefox web browser on more than 700 PCs distributed on the 24 laboratories of the Faculty of Computer and Information Technology, which are accessible to the 18000 university students.
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Jordan University of Science and Technology

Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) was established in 1986 by a royal decree, and it is located in Irbid, the second largest city in Jordan, about 80 Km from the capital city Amman. JUST is a lead university in science and technology in Jordan with 51 undergraduate and 95 graduate programs and over 18000 students and 622 full time faculty members. Currently, JUST is hosting students from 41 foreign and Arab countries. JUST comprises distinguished and highly qualified staff members in diverse fields of knowledge and integral specialties who have good initiative in research as well as determination and high aspirations to participate in shaping the future of science and technology.

The University recognizes its obligations to contribute to the development of human and material resources of Jordan through the proper pursuit of knowledge and the achievement of academic excellence.
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