Live GIS Disc Press Release 44

=Starting build cycle for OSGeo-Live 7.9=

20 December 2013

We are starting the build cycle for version 7.9 of the OSGeo-Live DVD/USB/VM which will be released in March 2013, ready for several special events, including the OSGeo Code Sprint in Vienna, Spanish FOSS4G, French FOSS4G, FOSSGIS Germany, among others.

Our aim for this release is to focus on .deb packaging, which will make projects simple to install on all debian and ubuntu based distributions.

We would like to hear from anyone wishing to add new projects to OSGeo-Live, anyone wishing to extend or add translations, or anyone who has ideas on how we should shape the upcoming release.

IMPORTANT : Could all projects please reply to us with the preferred, stable version of software to be included in this release.

Key Milestones

 * 14 Jan 2014 All new applications installed, most old applications updated
 * 31 Jan 2014 Feature Freeze (all apps updated)
 * 21 Feb 2014 User Acceptance Test (all apps installed and working)
 * 14 Mar 2014 Final ISO sent to printers

[http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB ... full schedule]

OSGeoLive 7.9 Alpha1 released
We have released the first alpha version of OSGeo-Live, which builds upon Xubuntu 12.04.3 release along with updated versions of applications from UbuntuGIS repository. Feel free to start testing your applications in the latest release. Download Alpha 1

About OSGeo-Live
OSGeo-live is an XUbuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.