[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-Live 8.0 Released

[Angelos Tzotsos]

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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