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<div dir="ltr">29 August 2014<br>
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Version 8.0 of the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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<dt><b> Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS</b></dt>
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</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>
<dd><br>
</dd>
<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://live.osgeo.org" class="" rel="nofollow">http://live.osgeo.org</a>
</p>
<p>Download details: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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<h2> <span class="" id="Sponsoring_organisations"><u><font
size="4">Sponsoring organisations</font></u></span></h2>
<p>
</p>
<ul>
<li> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.lisasoft.com" class="" rel="nofollow">LISAsoft</a>
provides sustaining resources and staff toward
management and packaging.
</li>
<li> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis" class=""
rel="nofollow">DebianGIS</a> and <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS" class=""
rel="nofollow">UbuntuGIS</a> teams provide and
quality-assure many of the core packages. </li>
</ul>
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