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OSGeoLive


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC


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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 370 (27), 6 months: 398 (31), 3 months: 312 (44), 4 weeks: 428 (26), 1 week: 421 (26)

Average visitor rating: 7.3/10 from 3 review(s).


OSGeoLive Summary
Distribution OSGeoLive (formerly OSGeo-Live)
Home Page https://live.osgeo.org/
Mailing Lists https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://wiki.osgeo.org/
https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/osgeolive_quickstart.html
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://sourceforge.net/projects/osgeo-live/files/
Bug Tracker https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/report/
Related Websites  
Reviews 12.x: Alv.me (Russian)
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2021-05-26: Distribution Release: OSGeoLive 14.0
 • 2019-09-11: Distribution Release: OSGeoLive 13.0
 • 2018-09-11: Distribution Release: OSGeoLive 12.0
 • 2017-08-09: Distribution Release: OSGeo-Live 11.0
 • More OSGeoLive releases...

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Feature 17.0 16.0 15.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.5 Feature
Release Date 2026-01-23 2023-10-27 2022-09-27 2021-05-22 2019-09-05 2018-09-04 2017-08-09 2017-04-05 Release Date
End Of Life                 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 4100-4200 4100-4200 4100-4200 4100-4200 4100-4200 4000-4100 4000-4200   Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Ubiquity Ubiquity Ubiquity Ubiquity Installation
Default Desktop LXQt LXQt LXQt LXQt LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE Default Desktop
Default Browser Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Default Browser
Package Format deb, snapd deb, snapd deb, snapd deb, snapd deb deb deb deb Package Format
Package Management                 Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice -- -- GOffice -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual de, en, es, fi, fr, hu, it de, en, es, fi, fr, hu, it de, en, es, fi, fr, hu, it de, en, es, fi, fr, hu, it Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Full Package List 17.0 16.0 15.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.5 Full Package List
Package 17.0 16.0 15.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.5 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.11 1.2.6.1 1.2.6.1 1.2.2 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.1.0 1.1.0 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 18.0.1 -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.6) 4.0.1 3.0.4 3.0.4 2.13.3 2.12 2.12 2.10.95 2.10.95 apparmor (4.1.6)
apt (3.1.16) 2.7.14 2.4.8 2.4.5 2.0.5 1.6.11 1.6.3 1.2.20 1.2.19 apt (3.1.16)
bash (5.3) 5.2.21 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4.18 4.4.18 4.3 4.3 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.20)
chromium (145.0.7632.159) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (145.0.7632.159)
cinnamon (6.6.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.7)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.7 2.4.1 2.4.1 2.3.1 2.2.7 2.2.7 2.1.3 2.1.3 cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.45.5 1.44.1 1.44.1 1.42.13 1.42.13 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (148.0.2) 144.0.2 116.0.2 103.0.1 88.0.1 68.0.1 61.0.1 54.0 52.0.2 firefox (148.0.2)
flatpak (1.16.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.3)
freetype (2.14.2) 2.13.2 2.11.1 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.6.1 2.6.1 freetype (2.14.2)
gcc (15.2.0) 13.3.0 -- -- 9.3.0 7.4.0 7.3.0 5.3.1 5.3.1 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.0.8)
git (2.53.0) 2.43.0 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.25.1 2.17.1 2.17.1 2.7.4 2.7.4 git (2.53.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.39 2.35 2.35 2.31 2.27 2.27 2.23 2.23 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (49.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.4)
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.0) 4.14.2 3.24.33 3.24.33 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.22.30 3.18.9 3.18.9 gtk (4.22.0)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.58 2.4.52 2.4.52 2.4.41 2.4.29 2.4.29 2.4.18 2.4.18 httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 31 29 29 27 24 24 22 22 kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.16) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.16)
LibreOffice (26.2.1) 24.2.7 7.3.7 -- 6.4.7 -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (26.2.1)
Package 17.0 16.0 15.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.5 Package
libselinux (3.10) 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.4 libselinux (3.10)
linux (6.19.6) 6.11 5.19 5.15 5.4 5.0 4.15 4.8 4.4 linux (6.19.6)
mariadb (12.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.2.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.0.1) 24.2.8 22.2.5 22.0.1 20.0.8 19.0.8 18.0.5 12.0.6 12.0.6 mesa (26.0.1)
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.7.17 mysql (9.6.0)
nautilus (49.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (49.4)
NVIDIA (590.48.01) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (590.48.01)
openjdk (25) 17.0.16 8u382 8u342 8u292 8u222 8u181 8u131 8u121 openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 9.6p1 8.9p1 8.9p1 8.2p1 7.6p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.1) 3.0.13 3.0.2 3.0.2 1.1.1f 1.1.1 1.1.0g 1.0.2g 1.0.2g openssl (3.6.1)
perl (5.42.1) 5.38.2 5.34.0 5.34.0 5.30.0 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.22.1 5.22.1 perl (5.42.1)
php (8.5.3) 8.3.6 8.1.2 8.1.2 7.4.3 7.2.19 7.2.7 5.6.22 5.6.22 php (8.5.3)
plasma-desktop (6.6.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.6.2)
postfix (3.11.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.0)
postgresql (18.3) 16.10 14.8 14.4 12.6 10.10 10.5 9.5 9.5.6 postgresql (18.3)
Python (3.14.3) 3.12.3 3.10.6 3.10.4 3.8.2 2.7.15 2.7.15 2.7.11 2.7.11 Python (3.14.3)
qt (6.10.2) 6.4.2 5.15.3 5.15.3 5.12.8 5.9.5 5.9.5 5.5.1 5.5.1 qt (6.10.2)
samba (4.23.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- samba (4.23.6)
systemd (259.3) 255.4 249.11 249.11 245.4 237 237 229 229 systemd (259.3)
thunderbird (148.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (148.0)
vim (9.2) 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.20 3.0.16 3.0.16 -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.22.0 1.20.0 1.20.0 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.14.0 1.9.0 1.9.0 wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.12 21.1.3 21.1.3 1.20.9 1.19.6 1.19.6 1.18.4 1.18.4 xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 16.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-07-01
Votes: 3


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


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


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.
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