Live GIS Disc

= About =

OSGeoLive provides bootable ISO-Images and Virtual Machines which allow users to try out fully-operational versions of popular Free Geospatial Software without the need to install a thing. Everything is set up for you ready to go: just reboot into it, glance at the help pages on the desktop, and go. The existing hard drive and operating system will not be modified in any way, everything happens in temporary system memory. As such it will run a bit slower than the "real thing" and you may want to grab a USB flash drive to save or transfer files with. You can load and boot a live-image completely from a USB stick too if you prefer.

We do this in large part by maintaining automated build scripts which collect many OSGeo programs and sample data-sets together, and then combine them to form the Live disc or VM itself. By tweaking these scripts users are free to make their own custom distributions, for example localized in their own language and with local map data.


 * For the 2009 FOSS4G conference a snapshot of Free Geospatial software has been collected onto the Arramagong Live DVD and VM.
 * The Arramagong Live DVD & VM 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. Refer to Live GIS Disc Quick Start to get started.

= Key Links =

Quick Start

 * Live GIS Disc Quick Start

How to add a project to OSGeoLive

 * Live GIS Add Project

Build Process

 * Live GIS Build instructions

Package List

 * Package List and status

Schedule

 * Live GIS Disc Schedule

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)
 * Meeting Minutes

Downloads
http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd

Issue Tracker
Our bug and wish tracker is hosted at OSGeo's Trac system. To distinguish the LiveDVD project from other OSGeo projects, use the following conventions:
 * Component field
 * Set to `LiveDVD`


 * Keywords:
 * Version: Set to base arramagong release version: eg: 2.0 or 3.0 or 4.0 (not 3.0alpha1)
 * Application: Set to application with issue (use lower case): eg: "geoserver"


 * List of open tickets
 * Just those concerning the 2.0 release
 * Just those concerning the 3.0 release
 * List of tickets already fixed

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.

Subversion
svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk
 * 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/gisvm/trunk and web view
 * On Linux systems: access Subversion using:

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

The first think you can do to test your svn install is update the users list: 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.

FAQ

 * Live GIS Disc FAQ

Press Releases

 * FOSS4G 2009 Press Releases
 * 27 August 2009, FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 28 - Simple steps to get your project on the FOSS4G Live DVD
 * 6 September 2009, FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 29 - What Windows installers should be on the FOSS4G Live DVD + Live DVD Status.
 * 3 October 2009, Arramgong GIS Live DVD - off to printers
 * 16 October 2009, FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 35 - LiveDVD/VM on click2try Cover Email
 * 16 December 2009, Live GIS Disc Press Release 1 - Defining the next LiveDVD/VM
 * 14 January 2009, Live GIS Disc Press Release 2 - 3 weeks to Live DVD 3.0 feature freeze
 * 24 March 2010, Live GIS Disc Press Release 4 - LiveDVD project joins Google Summer of Code
 * 31 March 2010, Live GIS Disc Press Release 3 - Arramagong Live DVD 3.0 released
 * 10 June 2010, Live GIS Disc Press Release 5 - Building OSGeo Live DVD for FOSS4G 2010
 * 27 June 2010, Live GIS Disc Press Release 6 - 1 week till OSGeoLive Feature Freeze

History
Where have you used the LiveDVD? Please add here.


 * FOSS4G 2008
 * Handed out Live DVDs from the OSGeo stand


 * FOSS4G 2009
 * Handed out Live DVDs in every delegate's show bag. (Release: arramagong 2.0.3)


 * FIG 2010 - International Surveyors conference
 * Handed out Live DVDs from OSGeo stand. Provided 15 minute lightening talk about the OSGeo stack, promoting the LiveDVD. [Report], [presentation video]


 * FOSS4G 2010
 * Lightening overview of the full LiveDVD during plenary session, plus ...

= 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

= Links to related projects =


 * GISVM home page (GIS Virtual Machine by Ricardo Pinho)
 * 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
 * Poseidon Linux
 * GISLive - LiveDVD project from FOSSGIS e.V. (German language)

= 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