OSGeoLive 12.0 Released, includes: close to 50 quality geospatial open-source applications
Cameron Shorter has announced the release of OSGeoLive 12.0, a major new update of the project's specialist Lubuntu-based distribution featuring a large collection of open-source geospatial software and free world maps. This version updates the underlying operating system to Lubuntu 18.04.
OSGeoLive is a bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows the user to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around. OSGeoLive provides pre-configured applications for a range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysis and manipulation of data. It also contains sample datasets and documentation.
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It provides pre-configured applications for a range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysis and manipulation of data. It also contains sample datasets and documentation.
To try out the applications, simply:
- Insert DVD or USB thumb drive in computer or virtual machine.
- Reboot computer. (verify boot device order if necessary)
- Press “Enter” to startup & login.
- Select and run applications from the “Geospatial” menu.
OSGeoLive is an OSGeo Foundation project. The OSGeo Foundation is a not-for-profit supporting Geospatial Open Source Software development, promotion and education.
Release Highlights
Highlights for this release include:- Updated to Lubuntu 18.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release.
- Adopted Transifex Translation tool, and made our documentation generation process more efficient
- Version updates to many of the included packages – see CHANGES.txt
It includes:
- Close to 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configure
- 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
- Translations to multiple languages
