Hello GRASS and QGIS folks,<br>
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We want to announce that release of our third version, Poseidon Linux
2.0. We started this project on September 2004, with a initial release
on April 2005 (Poseidon Linux 1.2), second on July (1.3), and third
(2.0) now.<br>
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About Poseidon Linux - <a href="http://www.poseidon.furg.br">www.poseidon.furg.br</a><br>
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Poseidon Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution for academic and scientific use.
Poseidon Linux is a remastering from Kurumin, but differs from Kurumin
by adding a large number of programs of interest for GIS/Maps,
numerical modelling, 2D/3D/4D visualization, statistics, tools for
creating simple and complex graphics, programming languages and more. Also,
there are tools for daily use (like an office suite, internet browser,
instant messaging, chat, and lots of good stuff). Poseidon Linux runs on
two modes: live-cd and installed on HD. It has support only for
Brazilian Portuguese, but English and Spanish versions are coming soon.<br clear="all">
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Now, we are working on translations for our website, Spanish is 50% done, and English is almost done).<br>
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GRASS 6.0.1 (from Debian GIS) is included with spgrass and QGIS 0.7 (also from Debian GIS) with Grass Tools. Also included
is JUMP, GPSMan, GPSDrive, Terraview, and lots of good OSS.<br>
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Also, our foundation is already teaching courses and seminars about Poseidon and GIS Open Source Software in our country.<br>
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Please note: there is NO English/Spanish version of Poseidon Linux yet. We are working on
then right now. But, more translators (Portuguese to English) are
welcome.<br>
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Bye,<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Christian dos Santos Ferreira<br>Oceanographer. Msc.<br>Lab. of Fisheries Research and Hydroacustics<br>Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)<br>Rio Grande - RS - Brazil<br>Tel +55 (53) 32336528<br>Website:
<a href="http://poseidon.furg.br">http://poseidon.furg.br</a>