Live GIS Disc Press Release 78

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OSGeo-Live 11.0 - Need help translating and testing

4 July 2017

We're looking for help testing OSGeo-Live 11.0 beta1 and translating docs.

In particular, we need help:

  1. Testing. Run Quickstarts and verify they work. Join us on irc://freenode.net#osgeolive this weekend, 8 & 9 July 2017, for our testing sprint.
  2. Check if any new features need to be added to Project Overviews [2]
  3. Update review status in our spreadsheet [4]. (It really helps us know if an application has been reviewed, and by who).
  4. Translate docs that have been updated. (Note, our spreadsheet [4] lists a number of retired projects which need updating in the overview.rst contents page and metrics.rst page.) You find the documentation at [2]. Read how to get the documentation fom github and how to make pull request [3].

OSGeo-Live is scheduled to be the default installation at FOSS4G 2017 workshops. We strongly urge all workshop leaders to test OSGeo-Live now and provide feedback, while there is still time to tweak anything required for the workshop.

[1] Download: http://osprey.ucdavis.edu/downloads/osgeo/gisvm/gisvm/11.0/ Mirror: http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/11.0/

[2] https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-Doc

[3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Git_migration

[4] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q5BaEgQtgw4O1bXyeWMlM8XtAOhUgcjZ7Y2O0FZc2H0/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=2014800150

Key Milestones

19-Jun-2017 OSGeo-Live delivered to UAT (final application versions installed)
15-Jul-2017 OSGeo-Live translation finished
24-Jul-2017 OSGeo-Live Final ISO
14-Aug-2017 FOSS4G 2017 Boston

... full schedule

About OSGeo-Live

OSGeo-Live (http://live.osgeo.org) is a Lubuntu 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.