John decided that he needs an application software for carrying out his word processing and spreadsheet tasks. Instead o

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John decided that he needs an application software for carrying
out his word processing and spreadsheet tasks. Instead of buying
the popular Microsoft Office software suite, he has decided to use
Apache Open Office which is classified as an open-source office
document productivity suite. (i) State THREE (3) key
characteristics of an open-source software. (3 marks) (ii) Explain
the meaning of a software suite. (2 marks) (iii) State ONE (1)
advantage of installing a software suite. (1 mark) (b) State TWO
(2) similarities and TWO (2) differences between open-source and
shareware software. (4 marks) (c) John would like to archive all
his old data on his hard disk. Provide an example of a utility
software and explain how it can help to save storage space. (2
marks) (d) John would like to understand more about the functions
of Windows 11. Explain the FOUR (4) basic functions performed by an
operating system. (8 marks) (e) John would like to use a free
open-source operating system for his network server. (i) State one
possible open-source operating system that he can use for his
server. (1 mark) (ii) State ONE (1) advantage and ONE (1)
disadvantage of an open-source operating system as compared to a
proprietary server operating system like Windows Server 2022. (2
marks) (f) John intends to do a regular weekly backup using his 2TB
external hard disk. Explain the difference between doing a full
back up and an incremental backup.