<div dir="ltr">29 August 2014<br><br>Version 8.0 of the <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/">OSGeo-Live GIS software collection</a> has been released, featuring over 50 open source, standards compliant geospatial applications. <br>
<h2><span class="" id="Release_Highlights"><font size="4"><u>Release Highlights</u></font></span></h2>
<dl><dt><b> Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS</b></dt><dt><br></dt><dt>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. </dt><dt>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.</dt></dl>
<dl><dt><b> Debian packaging</b></dt><dt><br></dt><dt>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.</dt></dl>
<dl><dt><b> Applications</b></dt><dt><br></dt><dt>34 geospatial programs have been updated to newer versions. </dt><dt><u><font size="4"><br></font></u></dt><dt><u><font size="4">About OSGeo-Live</font></u><br></dt><dt>
<p>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:
</p>
<ul><li> Over 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
</li><li> Free world maps and sample datasets
</li><li> Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each application
</li><li> Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker's script
</li><li> Overviews of key OGC standards
</li><li> Translations to multiple languages
</li></ul>
<p>Homepage: <a href="http://live.osgeo.org" class="" rel="nofollow">http://live.osgeo.org</a>
</p><p>Download details: <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html" class="" rel="nofollow">http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html</a>
</p><p>Post release glitches collected here: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/8.0" class="" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/8.0</a></p></dt><dt><h2><span class="" id="Credits"><u><font size="4">Credits </font></u></span></h2>
<p>Over 180 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging,
documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in
building the packaged software.
</p><p>Developers, packagers, document writers and translators include:
</p><p>
</p><p>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 </p></dt><dt><h2> <span class="" id="Sponsoring_organisations"><u><font size="4">Sponsoring organisations</font></u></span></h2><p>
</p><ul><li> <a href="http://www.osgeo.org" class="" rel="nofollow">The Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a> provides development & hosting infrastructure for OSGeo-Live and many of the included applications.
</li><li> <a href="http://www.lisasoft.com" class="" rel="nofollow">LISAsoft</a> provides sustaining resources and staff toward management and packaging.
</li><li> <a href="http://ice.ucdavis.edu" class="" rel="nofollow">Information Center for the Environment (ICE)</a> at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support.
</li><li> <a href="http://www.ntua.gr" class="" rel="nofollow">Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens</a>, provides hardware resources and development support.
</li><li> The <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis" class="" rel="nofollow">DebianGIS</a> and <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS" class="" rel="nofollow">UbuntuGIS</a> teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages. </li>
</ul></dt><dt><p><br></p></dt></dl></div>