OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Xubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.
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 OSGeo-Live applications, simply:
Many OSGeo-Live applications are also provided as Apple OSX and Windows installers.