Welcome to OSGeo-Live 9.0

OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around.

It provides pre-configured applications for a range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysis and manipulation of data. It also contains sample datasets and documentation.

To try out the applications, simply:

1. Insert DVD or USB thumb drive in computer or virtual machine.
2. Reboot computer. (verify boot device order if necessary)
3. Press “Enter” to startup & login.
4. Select and run applications from the “Geospatial” menu.

Many applications are also provided with installers for Apple OSX and Microsoft Windows.

Quick Starts

• Getting started with the OSGeo-Live DVD
• Change language or keyboard type
• Install OSGeo-Live on your hard disk
• Run OSGeo-Live in a Virtual Machine
• Create an OSGeo-Live bootable USB thumb drive

Presentation

A half hour presentation, highlighting all OSGeo-Live applications, is available with slides, script, and abstract.