Live GIS Disc Press Release 54

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OSGeo-Live 8.0 Released

25 August 2014

OSGeo today announced that the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection version 8.0 has been released, featuring more than fifty open source, standards compliant geospatial desktop applications, web applications and frameworks.

Release Highlights

This has been a major release, with the underlying system moving from XUbuntu to the lighter Lubuntu

Lubuntu 14.04 LTS
We have moved from Xubuntu to the lighter Lubuntu base operating system, which starts up faster, requires less RAM to run, and uses less disk space, making it a better choice for running in a Virtual Machine or from a LiveDVD.
We have upgraded to the latest 14.04 stable Long Term Support (LTS) release. LTS releases are put out every 3 years by Ubuntu.
Debian packaging
We have steadily been moving more of our projects to .deb packaging, which makes the projects easier to install both on OSGeo-Live and onto other debian based systems.
OSGeo-Live Lightning Presentation
The OSGeo-Live Lightning Presentation which explains the breadth of OSGeo software is now bundled with OSGeo-Live and available from the main help page. It is often presented by conference organizers or keynote speakers. The presentation may be given as is, or modified to align with time constraints, presenter's interest, or conference focus. Sources are, of course, open and included.
http://live.osgeo.org/livedvd/docs/en/presentation/
Applications
Thirty four geospatial programs have been updated to newer versions.

About OSGeo-Live

OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and Virtual Machine based upon Ubuntu Linux. It is pre-configured and ready to use, with a wide variety of robust open source geospatial software. It includes:

  • Over 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
  • Free world maps and sample datasets
  • Project Overview, and step-by-step Quickstart for each application
  • Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker's script
  • Overviews of key OGC standards
  • Translations to multiple languages

http://live.osgeo.org

Credits

Over 180 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged software.

Developers, packagers, documenters and translators include:


Sponsoring organisations

  • The Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo provides the primary development & hosting infrastructure and personnel for the OSGeo-Live project, and infrastructure for many of the software projects themselves.
  • LISAsoft provides sustaining resources and staff toward the management and packaging of software onto the Live DVD. http://www.lisasoft.com
  • Information Center for the Environment (ICE) at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support to the OSGeo Live project. http://ice.ucdavis.edu
  • Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens, provides hardware resources and development support to the OSGeo-Live project. http://www.ntua.gr
  • The DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS
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