Live GIS Disc

The Arramagong Live DVD & GISVM contains a collection of the best Geospatial Open Source software, pre-configured with sample data. The DVD and Virtual Machine are available for download at http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd.

Contact Us

 * Mailing List: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo
 * The mailing list is archived at Gmane and Nabble


 * IRC: irc://freenode.net#foss4g (until we get too busy and need a new channel)

Subversion
svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd
 * Subversion: For config files and build scripts. You should always update from the server before editing a file, and always check the diff is as you intended before committing.
 * Repository: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd
 * On Linux systems: access Subversion using:

The first think you can do to test your svn install is update the users list: cd gisvm/trunk/ svn update contributors.csv svn diff contributors.csv svn commit contributors.csv
 * 1) to edit a file
 * 1) edit contributors.csv
 * 1) optionally check to see what has changed.
 * 1) check the file back into subversion

cd svn add svn propset svn:mime-type  svn commit
 * 1) to add a file
 * 1) create a file

svn move svn commit
 * 1) to move or rename a file

On windows, it is even easier, using Tortoise SVN which plugs directly into Windows Explorer.

To get commit access, you need to create yourself a user id, as explained below, then ask cameronDOTshorter.AT.lisasoftDOTcom to add you to the "osgeo" user group.

Downloads

 * ISO hosting: See the SAC:ISO Mirroring page.
 * Downloads at: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd
 * To get ssh access to the download box, create a user id, as described below, and then ask cameronDOTshorter.AT.lisasoftDOTcom to add you to the "Telescience" group.

Issue Tracker

 * Hosted at OSGeo's Trac system.
 * Please set the ticket's Component field to `LiveDVD` as we share the tracker with other OSGeo projects.

OSGeo User Id

 * Create an OSGeo id: http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid, which is required to edit the wiki, commit to svn and create an issue in the issue tracker.

Passwords
The disk username=user, password=user

Right now https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/passwords.txt is copied to the Desktop when main.sh is run to build the live image. If you want users to have access to an applications user/password please place it there.

Wiki pages

 * Live GIS Disc Quick Start
 * GISVM Build - the Arramagong LiveDVD shares most of the build process with the GISVM project.
 * Live_GIS_Disc_Packages
 * Live GIS Disc Testing
 * Schedule leading up to FOSS4G 2009.
 * Live GIS Disc FAQ
 * Live GIS Disc FAQ

Links to related projects

 * Arramagong Live DVD home page
 * GISVM home page


 * DebianGIS Live Image
 * Build scripts in DebianGIS's SVN


 * Omniverdi LiveCD project
 * List of live CDs from the GRASS download site
 * Gfoss.it live DVD
 * Portable GIS - Zero-install GIS for MS Windows on a USB stick
 * GIS Virtual Machine (GISVM)
 * Poseidon Linux

Links to Build tool options

 * The live-helper package - DebianLive home page
 * How-to for Ubuntu/Hardy


 * Gnewsense method
 * Remastersys
 * Debian\Ubuntu Tricks
 * Ubuntu Help Way

Use Cases
There are multiple use cases for this product:

This will contain a wide variety of applications, preconfigured with some sample data and containing introductory tutorials. It should be able to function completely offline, at least within the scope of the tutorials, and should provide an introduction to many products. This is very much a Live DVD, and as such should be conservative with regards to size (it will be run from RAM). This seems to be a more involved version than the Demo DVD, including more involved material, including train-the-trainer style material. This is targeted at those who will be teaching others, be it in workshops or university classes/labs. My expectation (mleslie: feel free to correct me) is that this is more likely to be installed on machines and used as a teaching resource, as opposed to a toy to play with, as with the Demo DVD. This will require material developed through the. This need was seen in Cape Town, where the bandwidth seems to be a very limiting factor. Using the DVD to install either a complete OS, a set of packages to an existing Linux, or Windows installers completely offline is of great value in the developing world. Would it be of greater value to lose the Edu or demo material and put in complete application documentation?
 * Demo DVD that can be handed out at conferences.
 * Education DVD
 * Workstation Install DVD