Welcome to OSGeoLive 12.0

OSGeoLive 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.

OSGeoLive is an OSGeo Foundation project. The OSGeo Foundation is a not-for-profit supporting Geospatial Open Source Software development, promotion and education.

Quick Starts

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

Presentation

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