About OSGeo-Live

<a href="http://live.osgeo.org">OSGeo Live</a> provides bootable ISO-Images and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine">Virtual Machines</a> which allow users to try out fully-operational versions of popular Free Geospatial Software without the need to install a thing.

We do this in large part by maintaining automated build scripts which collect many <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OSGeo">OSGeo</a> 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.

Key Links

Quick Start

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Quick Start">Live GIS Disc Quick Start</a>

How to add a project to OSGeoLive

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Add Project">Live GIS Add Project</a>
<a href="Live GIS Disc Apply">Questions to answer when requesting to add an application to OSGeo-Live</a>

Including OSGeo-Live at your event

<a href="http://live.osgeo.org">OSGeo Live</a> provides a DVD, USB and a Virtual Machine which allow users to try out fully-operational versions of popular Free Geospatial Software without the need to install a thing. It also includes documentation and a comprehensive presentation.

This is the process to follow if you wish to make use of OSGeo-Live at your conference, workshop or similar event.

Tell Us

Add your event to our <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS History">Live GIS History</a> page and tell us how you would like to use OSGeo-Live on our <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo">email list</a> (or email <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Cameron_Shorter">Cameron Shorter</a> directly). Hearing how OSGeo-Live is used motivates us to keep going, and we plan releases around upcoming events.

Presentation

Conference attendees appreciate the <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation/index.html">OSGeo-Live Lightning Overview</a>, which explains the breadth of OSGeo software, abstract <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation/abstract.txt">here</a>. It is often presented by one of the conference organisors, or keynote speakers. You may wish to find a suitable speaker from the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="OSGeo Advocate">OSGeo Advocate</a> list. The presentation may be given as is, or modified to align with time constraints, presenter's interest, or conference focus. (For prior variants, see <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Presentation">Live GIS Presentation</a>.)

Handing out DVDs or USBs

OSGeo-Live DVDs and/or USBs are often handed out to all conference delegates, or a smaller number handed out from an OSGeo booth. DVDs are cheaper (around $2 per copy), but USBs provide a better experience as they are faster to boot up and run. You will need to:

Work out how to pay for the USBs/DVDs. Usually the price is factored into event budgets. This means you will require commitment from the event Organisors. However you may find an external sponsor, or for smaller print runs, you might find volunteers to print from their computers.
Source a local printer, preferably local. Printers typically require 2 weeks to do the print run, although they often will turn around faster if you pay more money.
Printing DVDs: The printer will require an <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html">ISO image</a>, and artwork for the DVD face and DVD sleeve. You may make use of existing <a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/artwork/sleeve/">artwork</a> or create your own.
Printing USBs: A 4 Gig USB is required for <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html">osgeo-live-mini</a> (8 Gig if you wish the full image with windows and mac installers). The process for installing USBs is described <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/usb_quickstart.html">here</a>. Note that it is important to ask the printer if they can create bootable USBs. (We have found that many printers are not familiar with the process). It is prudent to <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/osgeolive_quickstart.html">check</a> the first USB that is printed before printing the rest. You can also print a logo on the USB.

Workshops: For workshops, we recommend using OSGeo-Live from a <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html">Virtual Machine</a> or from a USB. Note that some computers can't boot from a USB. OSGeo-Live on a DVD is slow and as such is not recommended for workshops. However it is wise to have a few spare DVDs in case one of your computers can't boot from the USB. Note that OSGeo-Live we have heard some issues when running on Apple Macs, so if using Macs, please test first.
Poster: We have a <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Poster">Poster</a> which is useful for hanging on a wall of a conference booth.

Build Process

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Build">Live GIS Build</a> instructions

Package List

<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=13">Package List</a>
<a href="Live GIS Disc Packages#Package_wishlist">Future/wishlist</a>

Documentation

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Add Project#Documentation">Live GIS Add Project#Documentation</a>

Stable release: <a href="http://live.osgeo.org">http://live.osgeo.org</a>

Nightly build: <a href="http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/index.html">http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/index.html</a>

Translate

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Translate">Live GIS Translate</a> - translate process.
Docs ready to translate are marked "Final" in our <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13">status spreadsheet</a>.
<a href="http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/translation_status.html">Translation Status</a>

Artwork

You can find the artwork sleeves, background images, booklet at:

<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/artwork/">http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/artwork/</a>

Version 4.5

Review

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Review">Live GIS Review</a>
<a href="Live GIS Add Project#Quickstart_Review_Checklist">Quickstart Review</a>

Presentation

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Presentation">Live GIS Presentation</a>

Poster

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Poster">Live GIS Poster</a>

Workshops with OSGeoLive

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Workshops with OSGeoLive">Workshops with OSGeoLive</a>

Schedule

<a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tMRaCwabv7SiIG3moHEfMrQ&hl=en_GB">Live GIS Disc Schedule</a>

Contact Us

Mailing List: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo</a>

The mailing list is <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.osgeo.livedemo">archived at Gmane</a> and <a href="http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/OSGeo-FOSS4G-LiveDVD-f3777350.html">Nabble</a>

IRC: <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive">irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive</a> - <a href="http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeolive/">Logs</a>
- You can log into IRC from: <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/">http://webchat.freenode.net/</a> Enter a nickname, and set channel=osgeolive
- As of April 2014, we are meeting weekly on IRC, Thursday afternoon in the Americas, Thursday evening in Europe, Friday morning in Australia/New Zealand: <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=189&p3=224&p4=22&p5=240&p6=196&p7=215">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=189&p3=224&p4=22&p5=240&p6=196&p7=215</a>
<a href="Live GIS Disc Meeting Minutes">Meeting Minutes</a>

Downloads

Latest Stable Release: <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html">http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html</a>

Latest Development Release: <a href="http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/dev/">http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/dev/</a>

Older Releases: <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd</a>

Issue Tracker

Our issue tracker is <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?group=status&component=LiveDVD&order=priority">hosted at OSGeo's Trac system</a>, and you will need to create an <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid">OSGeo UserId</a> before you can login and edit issues. To distinguish the LiveDVD project from other OSGeo projects, use the following conventions:

Component field: Set to `LiveDVD`
Keywords: Version: Set to base release version: eg: 5.0, 5.5 (not 5.5rc1); Application: Set to application with issue (use lower case): eg: "geoserver"

<a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/report/10">List of open tickets</a>

<a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/report/11">Just those concerning the upcoming release</a>
<a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=closed&group=type&order=priority&component=LiveDVD">List of tickets already fixed</a>

OSGeo User Id

Create an OSGeo id: <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid">http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid</a> , which is required to edit the wiki, commit to svn and create an issue in the issue tracker.

Subversion

Repository: <a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk</a> and <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk">web view</a>

On Linux systems: access Subversion using:

svn checkout <a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk</a>

On MS Windows systems, install <a href="http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/">Tortoise Subversion</a>, which extends Windows Explorer to include subversion commands.

Commit access: To get commit access, you need to create yourself an <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid">osgeo user id</a>, then join our <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo">email list</a> and ask to be given access to subversion. In this email, you will also need to confirm that you will comply with our license guidelines. Write something like:

"Hi all, I'd like to contribute XXX to OSGeo-Live. Could I please get access to subversion. My osgeo-user id is: YYYY.

I confirm that my contributions to OSGeo-Live will be compatible with the OSGeo-Live license guidelines at the time of contribution."

The licenses used for the OSGeo-Live build scripts and documentation are:

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License for Quickstarts
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License for Project Overviews
LGPL version >=2.1 for the install scripts
One of the OSI approved Open Source licenses for installed applications
Public domain, CC-By-SA, and Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) for data

A project admin will then add you to the <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_group.py?group=osgeo">osgeo</a> user group.

Add your name to contributors list: The first thing you should do to test your svn install is to add your name the <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/contributors.csv">code contributors</a> or <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/translators.csv">translators</a> list(s):

cd trunk/doc

# to edit a file
svn update contributors.csv translators.csv

# Coders and creators of new content: edit contributors.csv
# please add your Name, Email, Country and Osgeo_id to the list, separated by comma
#  - Order alphabetical by first name,
#  - remove punctuation from email addresses to stop harvesting for junk mail

# optionally check to see what has changed.
svn diff contributors.csv

# check the file back into subversion
svn commit contributors.csv

# Translators: edit translators.csv
# same as above, but the order of columns is:
# Language, i18n code, Name, Country, Email, Osgeo_id
#  - Order alphabetically by language, then by first name
#  - remove punctuation from email addresses to stop harvesting for junk mail

Working with files:

# to add a file
cd <dir>

# create a file
svn add <file>
svn propset svn:mime-type <mime.type> <file>
svn commit <file>

# to move or rename a file
#  *** please use instead of 'svn add' + 'svn rm', otherwise the
#      development history gets lost and database space is wasted ***
svn move <old filename> <new filename>
svn commit <file>

A script to automatically set the svn props can be found <a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass-addons/tools/module_svn_propset.sh">here</a>. More SVN hints <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/HowToSVN">here</a>.
On MS Windows this can be made easy using <a href="http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/">Tortoise SVN</a> which plugs directly into Windows Explorer.

FAQ

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc FAQ">Live GIS Disc FAQ</a>

Press Releases

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="FOSS4G 2009 Press Releases">FOSS4G 2009 Press Releases</a>
- 27 August 2009, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 28">FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 28</a> - Simple steps to get your project on the FOSS4G Live DVD
- 6 September 2009, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 29">FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 29</a> - What Windows installers should be on the FOSS4G Live DVD + Live DVD Status.
- 3 October 2009, <a href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/10/arramgong-gis-live-dvd-off-to-printers.html">[n]</a> Arramagong GIS Live DVD - off to printers
- 16 October 2009, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 35">FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 35</a> - LiveDVD/VM on click2try <a href="FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 35 Cover">Cover Email</a>
16 December 2009, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 1">Live GIS Disc Press Release 1</a> - Defining the next LiveDVD/VM
14 January 2009, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 2">Live GIS Disc Press Release 2</a> - 3 weeks to Live DVD 3.0 feature freeze
24 March 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 4">Live GIS Disc Press Release 4</a> - LiveDVD project joins Google Summer of Code
31 March 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 3">Live GIS Disc Press Release 3</a> - Arramagong Live DVD 3.0 released
10 June 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 5">Live GIS Disc Press Release 5</a> - Building OSGeo Live DVD for FOSS4G 2010
27 June 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 6">Live GIS Disc Press Release 6</a> - 1 week till OSGeoLive Feature Freeze
21 July 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 7">Live GIS Disc Press Release 7</a> - OGC and OSGeo collaborate on documentation
3 August 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 8">Live GIS Disc Press Release 8</a> - 1 week to test the OSGeo-Live DVD
13 August 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 9">Live GIS Disc Press Release 9</a> - Testing OSGeo-Live on the USB
3 September 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 10">Live GIS Disc Press Release 10</a> - Video & DVD for OSGeoLive 4.0, the best GeoSpatial OpenSource
23 November 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 11">Live GIS Disc Press Release 11</a> - Goals and schedule for OSGeo-Live 4.5
11 December 2010, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 12">Live GIS Disc Press Release 12</a> - Contact application contacts
14 January 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 13">Live GIS Disc Press Release 13</a> - Last call for projects to be included on OSGeo-Live 4.5
13 February 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 14">Live GIS Disc Press Release 14</a> - Two weeks to translate Project Overviews
13 February 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 15">Live GIS Disc Press Release 15</a> - Two weeks to write Quick Starts
25 February 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 16">Live GIS Disc Press Release 16</a> - OSGeo-Live 4.5 ready for testing
28 March 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 17">Live GIS Disc Press Release 17</a> - OSGeo-Live 4.5 released
8 May 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 18">Live GIS Disc Press Release 18</a> - Call for interest in OSGeo-Live 5.0
4 June 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 19">Live GIS Disc Press Release 19</a> - Last call for new projects wishing to be included on OSGeo-Live
17 June 2011, <a href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2011/06/memoirs-of-cat-herder-coordinating.html">Memoirs of a Cat Herder - Coordinating OSGeo-Live volunteers</a>
9 July 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 20">Live GIS Disc Press Release 20</a> - One week to update of OSGeo-Live English Overviews and Quickstarts
18 July 2011, <a href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2011/07/project-overviews-quickstarts-for-new.html">Project Overviews & Quickstarts for New Zealand's SDI Cookbook</a>
2 August 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 21">Live GIS Disc Press Release 21</a> - Calling for OSGeo-Live Testers
30 August 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 22">Live GIS Disc Press Release 22</a> - OSGeo-Live 5.0 released
1 November 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 23">Live GIS Disc Press Release 23</a> - Call for interest in OSGeo-Live 5.5
17 December 2011, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 24">Live GIS Disc Press Release 24</a> - What version of applications should we be installing on OSGeo-Live 5.5?
16 January 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 25">Live GIS Disc Press Release 25</a> - Update OSGeo-Live 5.5 docs & installer
1 March 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 26">Live GIS Disc Press Release 26</a> - OSGeo-Live 5.5 released
30 April 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 27">Live GIS Disc Press Release 27</a> - Starting build cycle for OSGeo-Live 6.0
2 August 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 28">Live GIS Disc Press Release 28</a> - All OSGeo-Live java applications now working with OpenJDK 7
20 August 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 29">Live GIS Disc Press Release 29</a> - OSGeo-Live 6.0 released
31 October 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 30">Live GIS Disc Press Release 30</a> - Starting build cycle for OSGeo-Live 6.5
9 November 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 31">Live GIS Disc Press Release 31</a> - What version of applications should we be installing on OSGeo-Live 6.5?
3 December 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 33">Live GIS Disc Press Release 33</a> - One week to tell us to include your app on OSGeo-Live 6.5
18 December 2012, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 34">Live GIS Disc Press Release 34</a> - Update OSGeo-Live Project Overviews and Quickstarts
18 January 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 32">Live GIS Disc Press Release 32</a> - Targeting OSGeo-Live Quickstarts for OSGeo-Live 6.5
20 January 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 35">Live GIS Disc Press Release 35</a> - OSGeo-Live Project Overview deadline in 3 days
24 January 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 36">Live GIS Disc Press Release 36</a> - Two weeks to translate OSGeo-Live Documentation
26 January 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 37">Live GIS Disc Press Release 37</a> - OSGeolive Quickstart Hackaton Weekend
18 February 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 39">Live GIS Disc Press Release 39</a> - OSGeolive Quickstart Hackaton - Results
20 February 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 38">Live GIS Disc Press Release 38</a> - OSGeo-Live 6.5 released
16 May 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 40">Live GIS Disc Press Release 40</a> - Starting build cycle for OSGeo-Live 7.0
19 July 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 41">Live GIS Disc Press Release 41</a> - Update OSGeo-Live Project Overviews and Quickstarts
23 August 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 42">Live GIS Disc Press Release 42</a> - Final OSGeo-Live testing sprint this weekend
30 August 2013, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 43">Live GIS Disc Press Release 43</a> - OSGeo-Live 7.0 released
20 December 2014, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 44">Live GIS Disc Press Release 44</a> - Starting build cycle for OSGeo-Live 7.9
27 January 2014, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 45">Live GIS Disc Press Release 45</a> - Update OSGeo-Live Project Overviews and Quickstarts
14 February 2014, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 46">Live GIS Disc Press Release 46</a> - Final OSGeo-Live 7.9 testing sprint - call to action
19 February 2014, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 47">Live GIS Disc Press Release 47</a> - Two weeks to translate OSGeo-Live Documentation
12 March 2014, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 48">Live GIS Disc Press Release 48</a> - OSGeo-Live 7.9 released
14 April 2014, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 49">Live GIS Disc Press Release 49</a> - OSGeo-Live and Heartbleed vulnerability
4 May 2014, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS Disc Press Release 50">Live GIS Disc Press Release 50</a> - Starting build cycle for OSGeo-Live 8.0
11 August 2014, [Live GIS Disc Press Release 51]] - OSGeo-Live at FOSS4G-Europe Code Sprint

History

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS History">Live GIS History</a>

Project Metrics

Metrics from Ohloh: <a href="https://www.ohloh.net/p/OSGeo-Live">https://www.ohloh.net/p/OSGeo-Live</a>
OSGeo Live Translation Stats: <a href="http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/lang_stats.html">http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/lang_stats.html</a>

Google Summer of Code

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Live GIS GSoC 2014">Live GIS GSoC 2014</a>

Use Cases

There are multiple use cases for this product:

Demo DVD that can be handed out at conferences.
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).
Education DVD
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.
Workstation Install DVD
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?

Links to related projects

<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis">DebianGIS</a>. We encourage projects to package applications into Debian, which in turn is incorporated into Ubuntu.
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS">UbuntuGIS</a>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Enterprise_Linux_GIS">Enterprise Linux GIS</a> packages as RPMs for redhat based systems.
<a href="http://www.gisvm.com/">GISVM home page</a> (GIS Virtual Machine by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ricardo Pinho">Ricardo Pinho</a>)
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis/LiveImages">DebianGIS Live Image</a>

<a href="http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/debian-gis/">Build scripts in DebianGIS's SVN</a>

<a href="http://livecd.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=LiveCD&toc=livecd">Omniverdi LiveCD project</a>
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/cdrom.php">List of live CDs from the GRASS download site</a>
<a href="http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/LiveDVD-GFOSS.it">Gfoss.it live DVD </a>
<a href="http://www.archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html">Portable GIS</a> - Zero-install GIS for MS Windows on a USB stick
<a href="http://www.poseidonlinux.org/">Poseidon Linux</a>
<a href="http://www.fossgis.de/projekte_gislive.html">GISLive</a> - LiveDVD project from <a href="http://www.fossgis.de">FOSSGIS e.V.</a> (German language)

Links to Build tool options

The <a href="http://packages.debian.org/sid/live-helper">live-helper</a> package - <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive">DebianLive home page</a>
<a href="http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-customize-your-ubuntu-live-cd">Debian\Ubuntu Tricks</a>
<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization">Ubuntu Help Way</a>

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