[RELEASE] OSGeoLive version 12.0 is ready for your download! [LINUX]

With this post I'm going to try one of my favorite topics that I'm usually writing about: Linux. I would like to see if this topic is interesting for Serey community. Let's begin! # OSGeoLive 12.0 Cameron Shorter has announced the release of OSGeoLive 12.0, a major new update of the project's specialist Lubuntu-based distribution featuring a large collection of open-source geospatial software and free world maps.  This version updates the underlying operating system to Lubuntu 18.04: >"Version 12.0 of the OSGeoLive GIS software collection has been released. It was distributed at the International Conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Highlights for this release include: updated to Lubuntu 18.04 long-term support (LTS) release; adopted Transifex Translation tool and made our documentation generation process more efficient; version updates to many of the included packages. OSGeoLive 12.0 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 quick-start for each application; Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker’s script...." You can [read the rest of the release announcement](https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-live-12-0-released/) for more information and related links. ## [Download](https://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html) * [osgeolive-12.0-amd64.iso](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/osgeo-live/osgeolive-12.0-amd64.iso) (4,074MB, [MD5](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/osgeo-live/osgeolive-12.0-amd64.iso.md5), [pkglist](https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=osgeo&pkglist=true&version=12.0#pkglist)) # About OSGeo OSGeoLive is a bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows the user 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. OSGeoLive 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. # OSGeo Specifications OS Type | Linux | - | - | Based on | Debian, Lubuntu (LTS) Origin | USA Architecture | x86_64 Desktop | LXDE Category | Education, Live Medium Status | Active Popularity | 128 (69 hits per day) Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 176 (46), 6 months: 128 (69), 3 months: 92 (117), 4 weeks: 37 (315), 1 week: 21 (477) Average visitor rating: 7.5/10 from 2 review(s). # OSGeo Links OSGeoLive | Summary | - | - | Distribution | OSGeoLive (formerly OSGeo-Live) Home Page | https://live.osgeo.org/ Mailing Lists | https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive Documentation | http://wiki.osgeo.org and https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/osgeolive_quickstart.html Screenshots | http://distrowatch.com/gallery.php?distribution=osgeo Download Mirrors | https://sourceforge.net/projects/osgeo-live/files/ Bug Tracker | https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/report/ Where To Buy | https://distrowatch.com/osdisc?osgeo # OSGeo 11 (old) VIrtualBox Installation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N3QPx2_77Y # Feedback Did you ever heard of OSGeo? Or maybe used it? Do you have some popular cartography services in your local place? I wonder if there are special geo services in Cambodia that are mostly unknown to foreign people. Please comment on your ideas! *Have a nice distrohopping,* **Den Ivanov aka @sxiii from Random City**