[OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo-Live 8.0 Released

[Anne Ghisla]

29 August 2014

Version 8.0 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection
<http://live.osgeo.org/> has been released, featuring over 50 open
source, standards compliant geospatial applications.

*Release Highlights* 

* Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS*
We have moved from Xubuntu to the lighter Lubuntu base operating system,
which starts up faster, requires less RAM, 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 14.04.1 stable Long Term
Support (LTS) release. LTS releases are put out every 2 years by
Ubuntu. 

* Debian packaging* 
We have steadily been moving more of our projects to .deb packaging,
which makes it easier to install programs on Debian-based systems such
as OSGeo-Live, and allows application of post-release fixes if
required. 

* Applications* 
34 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, pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software,
which can be trialled without installing anything. 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

Homepage: http://live.osgeo.org

Download details: http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

Post release glitches collected here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/8.0

*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, document writers and translators include:

Activity Workshop, Agustin Di­ez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Alan Beccati,
Alan Boudreault, Alessandro Furieri, Alexander Bruy, Alexander Kleshnin,
Alexander Muriy, Alexandre Dube, Alexey Ardyakov, Alex Mandel, Amy Gao,
Andrea Antonello, Andrea Yanza, Andrey Syrokomskiy, Andry Rustanto,
Angelos Tzotsos, Anna Munoz, Antonio Falciano, Anton Novichikhin, Anton
Patrushev, Argyros Argyridis, Ariel Nunez, Assumpcio Termens, Astrid
Emde, Barry Rowlingson, Benjamin Pross, Brian Hamlin, Bruno Binet, Bu
Kun, Cameron Shorter, Christophe Tufféry, Christos Iossifidis,
Cristhian Pin, Damian Wojslaw, Dane Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl, Danilo
Bretschneider, Daria Svidzinska, David Mateos, Denis Rykov, Diego
Gonzalez, Diego Migliavacca, Dimitar Misev, Dmitry Baryshnikov, Dominik
Helle, Edgar Soldin, Eike Hinderk Jürrens, Elena Mezzini, Eric Lemoine,
Erika Pillu, Estela Llorente, Etienne Delay, Etienne Dube, Evgeny
Nikulin, Fran Boon, Francois Prunayre, Frank Gasdorf, Frank Warmerdam,
Friedjoff Trautwein, Gavin Treadgold, Giuseppe Calamita, Grald Fenoy,
Grigory Rozhentsov, Guy Griffiths, Hamish Bowman, Haruyuki Seki, Henry
Addo, Hernan Olivera, Hirofumi Hayashi, Howard Butler, Hyeyeong Choe,
Ian Edwards, Ian Turton, Ilya Filippov, Jackie Ng, Jan Drewnak, Jane
Lewis, Javier Rodrigo, Javier Sanchez, Jesus Gomez, Jim Klassen, Jing
Wang, Jinsongdi Yu, Jody Garnett, Johan Van de Wauw, John Bryant, Jorge
Arevalo, Jorge Sanz, Jose Antonio Canalejo, Jose Vicente Higon, Judit
Mays, Klokan Petr Pridal, Ko Nagase, Kristof Lange, kuzkok, Lance
McKee, Lars Lingner, Luca Delucchi, Lucia Sanjaime, Mage Whopper,
Manuel Grizonnet, Marc-Andre Barbeau, Marco Curreli, Marco Puppin, Marc
Torres, Margherita Di Leo, Maria Vakalopoulou, Mario Andino, Mark
Leslie, Massimo Di Stefano, Matthias Streulens, Mauricio Miranda,
Mauricio Pazos, Maxim Dubinin, Michael Michaud, Michael Owonibi, Micha
Silver, Mike Adair, Milena Nowotarska, M Iqnaul Haq Siregar, Nacho
Varela, Nadiia Gorash, Nathaniel V. Kelso, Ned Horning, Nobusuke
Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Oscar Fonts, Otto Dassau, Pasquale Di
Donato, Patric Hafner, Paul Meems, Pavel, Pedro-Juan Ferrer, Pirmin
Kalberer, Raf Roset, Regina Obe, Ricardo Pinho, Roald de Wit, Roberta
Fagandini, Roberto Antolin, Roger Veciana, Ruth Schoenbuchner, Samuel
Mesa, Scott Penrose, Sergey Grachev, Sergio Banos, Simon Cropper, Simon
Pigot, Stefan A. Tzeggai, Stefan Hansen, Stefan Steiniger, Stephan
Meissl, Steve Lime, Takayuki Nuimura, Thierry Badard, Thomas Baschetti,
Thomas Gratier, Tom Kralidis, Toshikazu Seto, Trevor Wekel, Valenty
Gonzalez, Vera, Xianfeng Song, Yoichi Kayama, Zhengfan Lin 

*Sponsoring organisations*

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

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