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Reader supplied reviews for OSGeoLive
Average rating
7.3 from 3 review(s)
Version: 16.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-07-01
Votes: 3
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As a concept it is good, but as implemented, not so much. The main problem with this distro is that is is updated so infrequently that unless you get it when a new update is released, you will be getting very old versions of GIS software that do not give you a good representation of the current state of GIS software in Linux. For example, at the time of this review, July 2025, the latest version is 16.0 released on 2023-10-27. The UEFI bootloader in the ISO is flagged as insecure by secure boot.
For those who want to try GIS on Linux I would suggest rather installing an Ubuntu-based distro like Linux Mint and adding the UbuntuGIS software repository via PPA, and then installing GIS software from there (GRASS, SAGA, QGIS etc).
Maybe what OSGeoLive could be useful for is just for new users to get to know what GIS software titles are available in Linux, and they can then install more up-to-date versions of those.
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Version: 14.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-09
Votes: 103
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Well for what it is supposed to do I must say it does it pretty well, as a Geographer myself I have tried OSGeo a couple of times when I need to use geospatial software on any PC without the need of installing anything
The GUI is decent, it does not have "eyecandy" however I must admit that is funtional and for me that is a priority for a work machine, also it could be just me but the lighter interface does help when using QGIS due less stress on the CPU and more snapiness in the menus
Overall I would recommended for any geographer or GIS analyst to have it as a backup just in case you need to do something on the go without having to worry about installing everything in every PC, we need more projects like this in Linux!
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Version: 12.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-05-26
Votes: 0
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I did some research on how this would come over to a non-computer-savy user using a USB stick.
Some, but not much, configuration would be necessary.
:D
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Latest Reviews
Project: OSGeoLive
Version: 16.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-07-01
Votes: 3
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As a concept it is good, but as implemented, not so much. The main problem with this distro is that is is updated so infrequently that unless you get it when a new update is released, you will be getting very old versions of GIS software that do not give you a good representation of the current state of GIS software in Linux. For example, at the time of this review, July 2025, the latest version is 16.0 released on 2023-10-27. The UEFI bootloader in the ISO is flagged as insecure by secure boot.
For those who want to try GIS on Linux I would suggest rather installing an Ubuntu-based distro like Linux Mint and adding the UbuntuGIS software repository via PPA, and then installing GIS software from there (GRASS, SAGA, QGIS etc).
Maybe what OSGeoLive could be useful for is just for new users to get to know what GIS software titles are available in Linux, and they can then install more up-to-date versions of those.
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Project: OSGeoLive
Version: 14.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-09
Votes: 103
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Well for what it is supposed to do I must say it does it pretty well, as a Geographer myself I have tried OSGeo a couple of times when I need to use geospatial software on any PC without the need of installing anything
The GUI is decent, it does not have "eyecandy" however I must admit that is funtional and for me that is a priority for a work machine, also it could be just me but the lighter interface does help when using QGIS due less stress on the CPU and more snapiness in the menus
Overall I would recommended for any geographer or GIS analyst to have it as a backup just in case you need to do something on the go without having to worry about installing everything in every PC, we need more projects like this in Linux!
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Project: OSGeoLive
Version: 12.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-05-26
Votes: 0
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I did some research on how this would come over to a non-computer-savy user using a USB stick.
Some, but not much, configuration would be necessary.
:D
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