Cameron Shorter has announced the release of OSGeoLive 12.0, a major update to the project's specialized distribution, based on Lubuntu, featuring a large collection of free open source geospatial software and world maps.
This version upgrade the operating system to Lubuntu 18.04 which was distributed at the International Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
About OSGeoLive
OSGeoLive is a project of OSGeo Foundation. The OSGeo Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the development of open source Geospatial Software, its promotion and education.
OSGeoLive it is a standalone bootable DVD, USB drive or Lubuntu-based Virtual Machine, which allows you to test a wide variety of open source geospatial software without the need to install something particular.
It is made up entirely of free software, which allows it to be freely distributed, duplicated and shared.
Provides pre-configured applications for a range of geospatial, including data storage, editing, visualization, analysis and manipulation.
It also contains documentation and sample databases.
This Lubuntu-based operating system is distributed in two live DVD ISO images of approximately 4GB in size each, one standard and one minimal, with fewer software packages.
They are dual-arch and hybrid ISO images that support both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware platforms and can be written to DVD discs or USB sticks.
Some of the best open source geospatial softwares are included in this distribution, such as OpenJUMP, AtlasStyler, GeoPublisher, GRASS GIS, gvSIG, Kosmo, OssimPlanet, Quantum GIS, SAGA GIS, SpatiaLite GIS, and uDig.
It also includes applications for crisis management, navigation, spatial data manipulation, maps, browser clients, and much more.
As mentioned, the distribution is derived from Lubuntu, which means that it borrows its graphical desktop environment.
It is made up of a single taskbar located at the top of the screen, from where you can navigate the main menu, launch applications, switch between virtual workspaces, and interact with running programs.
It is an excellent tool to demonstrate GeoSpatial Open Source, using tutorials and workshops, or providing new potential users.
About the new release of OSGeo Live
Highlights of this release include: Lubuntu 18.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release update.
Besides this toadopted the Transifex translation tool and made our documentation generation process more efficient; version updates for many of the bundled packages.
GeoLive 12.0 includes:
- Over 50 quality geospatial open source applications installed and preconfigured
- Free world maps and sample data sets
- Project overview and step-by-step quick start for each application
- Lightning presentation of all applications, along with the script
- Translations into multiple languages and much more.
Jeff McKenna, Co-Founder of FOSS4G and Chairman Emeritus of OSGeo, says:
»OSGeoLive 12.0 was a great success at the FOSS4G event in Dar es Salaam last week. Leveraged on hands-on workshops as part of the event, and used at the OSGeo booth for demonstrations, feedback received about OSGeoLive from attendees was overwhelmingly positive; they were really excited to bring the entire OSGeo stack into their communities and continue to share the passion for Open.
So much effort goes into every OSGeoLive release, from documentation to packaging to testing, that we must take a moment to thank those involved.
The entire OSGeoLive team deserves a big thank you. Thank you OSGeoLive team and congratulations on this launch. "
OSGeoLive 12.0 Download
Si you want to download this Linux distribution, You must go to its official website and in its download section you will be able to obtain the image of the system to be able to record it on a removable storage medium.
The link to download the distribution is this.
Additionally I can recommend you to use Etcher to save the image on a USB.