[OSGeoLive] OSGeoLive Version 15.0 Released

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

31. October 2022
see News Item: 
https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeolive-15-0-released/

The OSGeoLive team are proud to announce the release of version 15.0 of 
the OSGeoLive GIS software collection.

http://live.osgeo.org

Release Highlights

Highlights for this release include:

-    Based on Lubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish [4]
-    New application ETF 
https://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/ETF_overview.html
-    Version ​updates [3] to most of the included packages.
-    The Virtual Machine version now includes applications that could 
not fit into the iso version. List of VM only applications available 
here.
-    Improved documentation supporting the languages: English | Deutsch 
| Español | Suomen kieli | Français | Italiano | 日本語 | Hungarian.

OSGeoLive 15.0 is ready to be used at events 
(​https://www.osgeo.org/events/)

Download [1]

Download the OSGeoLive 15.0 image at 
https://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

About OSGeoLive

​OSGeoLive is a ​Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source 
Software, available via a Virtual Machine, USB and DVD. OSGeoLive is 
pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which can be 
tried without installing anything.

It includes:

-    Close to 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
-    Translations to multiple languages

Credits

Hundreds of people have [12] directly helped with OSGeoLive packaging, 
documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in 
building the packaged software. Thank you to all involved.
Sponsoring organisations

  -   ​OSGeo - the Open Source Geospatial Foundation provides development 
& hosting infrastructure for OSGeoLive and many of the included 
applications.
  -   ​Information Center for the Environment (ICE) at the University of 
California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support.
  -   ​Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of 
Athens, provides hardware resources and development support.
  -   The ​Debian GIS and ​UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure 
many of the core packages.
  -   ​Okeanos is kindly providing Virtual Machines for building the 
OSGeoLive iso images.


Contact us

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. [11]

OSGeoLive team


About the Open Source Geospatial Foundation

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(4) 
organization to empower everyone with open source geospatial. The 
software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach 
and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal 
support for the open source geospatial community.

OSGeo works with GeoCat, OPENGIS.ch, camptocamp and other sponsors, 
along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, 
standards, data and education.

https://osgeo.org

[1] https://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

[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

[11] https://live.osgeo.org/en/contact.html

[12] https://live.osgeo.org/en/sponsors.html