| | 1 | = OSGeo-Live 11.0 Released = |
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| | 3 | 9 September 2018 |
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| | 5 | Version 12.0 of the [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live GIS software collection] has been released, and was distributed at the [http://2018.foss4g.org/ International Conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) in Dar es Salaam, Kenya]. |
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| | 7 | == Download == |
| | 8 | Download the OSGeo-Live 12.0 image at http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html |
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| | 10 | == Release Highlights == |
| | 11 | Highlights for this release include: |
| | 12 | * Updated to Lubuntu 18.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release. |
| | 13 | * Adopted Tansifex Translation tool, and made our documentation generation process more efficient |
| | 14 | * Version updates to many of the included packages |
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| | 16 | == About OSGeo-Live == |
| | 17 | OSGeo-Live is a [http://lubuntu.net Lubuntu] based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Virtual Machine, USB and DVD. OSGeo-Live is pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which can be trialled without installing anything. |
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| | 19 | It includes: |
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| | 21 | * Close to 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured |
| | 22 | * Free world maps and sample datasets |
| | 23 | * Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each application |
| | 24 | * Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker's script |
| | 25 | * Translations to multiple languages |
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| | 27 | Homepage: http://live.osgeo.org |
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| | 29 | == Credits == |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | Hundreds of people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged software. Thank you to all involved. |
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| | 33 | == Sponsoring organisations == |
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| | 35 | * [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo - the Open Source Geospatial Foundation] provides development & hosting infrastructure for OSGeo-Live and many of the included applications. |
| | 36 | * [http://ice.ucdavis.edu Information Center for the Environment (ICE)] at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support. |
| | 37 | * [http://www.ntua.gr Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens], provides hardware resources and development support. |
| | 38 | * The [https://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/ Debian GIS] and [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS] teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages. |
| | 39 | * [https://okeanos.grnet.gr/ Okeanos] is kindly providing Virtual Machines for building the OSGeo-Live iso images. |
