Starting build cycle for OSGeo-Live 6.5

Grass on OSGeo-Live

We are starting the build cycle for the 6.5 OSGeo-Live DVD/USB/VM which will be released in March 2013, ready for the FOSS4G - North America, Spanish FOSS4G, FOSSGIS Germany, among others. We would like to hear from anyone wishing to add new projects to OSGeo-Live, anyone wishing to extend or add extra translations, or anyone who has ideas on how we should shape the upcoming release.

Also, could all projects please reply to us with which stable version of their software should be included on OSGeo-Live 6.5.

Key Milestones

• 10 Dec 2012 All new applications installed, most old applications updated 
• 24 Dec 2012 Feature Freeze (all apps updated) 
• 28 Jan 2012 User Acceptance Test (all apps installed and working) 
• 18 Feb 2012 Final ISO sent to printers

... full schedule

OSGeo-Live 6.5 Alpha1 released

We have released the first alpha version of OSGeo-Live, which includes an update from Xubuntu 12.04 to 12.04.1 along with updated versions of applications from UbuntuGIS repository. Feel free to start testing your applications in the latest release. Download Alpha 1

About OSGeo-Live

OSGeo-Live is an XUbuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.