[OSGeo-Announce] OSGeoLive 15.0 alpha1 is ready for projects and testing

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Press Release 95: 15. June 2022 
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Press%20Release%2095

We are happy to announce that the first alpha version of OSGeoLive 15.0 
is available.

Please download the iso [1]

We would like to encourage all projects to test and update their 
installers if needed.

Please test and report any issues found [2].

Changelogs are available at [3].

Version 15.0 will use Lubuntu 22.4 [4]. The final version is planned to 
be ready in August 2022. Have a look at our schedule for the detailed 
steps [5].

You find a list of the packages. Please update the version for your 
software [6].

You are welcome to join our team! Are you interested in helping update 
translations to latest documents on Transifex [7] [8]?

Contact us
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If you would like to add a new project, help us to get in the cloud or 
have another goal you would like to work on and get involved you are 
very welcome.

Please join the OSGeoLive mailing list [9] or meet us on IRC Libera.chat 
channel #osgeolive [10] 24/7 till the release ;)

We also have weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 19 UTC 
https://meet.jit.si/OSGeoLive

You are welcome to join us.


About OSGeoLive
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OSGeoLive (​http://live.osgeo.org) is a ​Lubuntu based distribution of 
Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual 
Machine and USB.

You can use OSGeoLive to try a wide variety of open source geospatial 
software without installing anything.

OSGeoLive team

[1] 
http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/releases/15.0/osgeolive-15.0alpha1-amd64.iso

[2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/report/10

[3] https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/blob/master/CHANGES.txt#L4

[4] https://lubuntu.me/

[5] Schedule 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?ouid=117562597770546956812&usp=sheets_home&ths=true

[6] Packages 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q5BaEgQtgw4O1bXyeWMlM8XtAOhUgcjZ7Y2O0FZc2H0/edit#gid=690914723

[7] ​https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/

[8] 
​https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#Translate_on_Transifex

[9] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive

[10] IRC see Communication https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki