Abstract
Since the rise of technology, many of the new folds of the new generations have been attracted to programming and computer science as their majors. This gave rise to large numbers of programmers all over the world with different skillsets and programming experiences. Open-source software (OSS) comes as a natural result of the wide variety of ideas that come to the minds of programmers and the collaborative nature of the field that emphasizes the creation of bigger software from smaller pieces of free and simple pieces. Open-source software has come a long way since the first piece of major OSS (the Linux kernel and its development [1]) and its importance in education has increased, this why this paper acts as a review of the current progress of OSS in education.