On Tuesday 08 December 2009, jtd wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 December 2009, Ashik S wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > The Free Software Users' Group Thiruvananthapuram has sent the following
> > letter to the Chief Minister of Kerala as well as the secretary of state
> > for IT. ( link:
> > http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Letter_to_Chief_Minister_of_Kerala_on_IT
> >_P olicy_Violation ).
> >
> > "We, the Free Software Community in Thiruvananthapuram, understand that
> > the Kerala State IT Mission is setting up a new organization called KSDI
> > ( Kerala State Spatial Data Infrastructure ). They have put up a Request
> > for Proposals (RFP), on the IT Mission's website, for selection of total
> > solution providers for setting up a Geoportal and Clearinghouse for the
> > Kerala State Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSDI). The tender document
> > available for download in the above link describes an infrastructure that
> > could be completely supported by Free and Open Source Software, but it
> > calls for using proprietary solutions. The state's IT Policy mandates the
> > use of Free Software for government agencies and the tender document is a
> > blatant violation of this policy.
> >
> > Specific points that we wish to point out:
> >
> > 1. A clear violation in the stated IT policy : The tender document
> > specifically calls for the purchase of proprietary software (pages
> > 109-110) like
> >
> > Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>
> Debian Lenny, Ubuntu Karmic. However I presume that you want XP for use as
> a desktop for GIS, so take
any of these
USB stick:
* slaxGIS: All in one USB stick!
* FOSSGIS on USB Stick: All in one USB stick!
CDROM/DVD:
* ArcheOS: The first GNU/Linux distribution for archaeology (screenshots)
* DebianGIS Live Image - (development project)
* FOSS4G Toolkit CD - includes FOSS4G tools such as GRASS-GIS, MapServer,
GDAL, OSSIM, QGIS, PostGIS, Mapbuilder, Mapbender, Cartoweb, Appformap,
kaMap, Worldkit, Plone, PrimaGIS, and many other FOSS4G tools.
* FOSS4G2006: Lausanne/Switzerland GRASS Workshop LiveCD 2006
* FOSS4G 2008 live Workshop DVD: conference workshop "Practical
Introduction to GRASS and related software for beginners" Workshop. The DVD
is based on Kubuntu.
* geobuntu: Xubuntu based LiveCD with latest and greatest FOSSGIS tools
* GISAK - Knoppix based GIS LiveCD
* Italian GRASS DVD: Italian Kubuntu/The Open CD derivate with GRASS 6 and
QGIS + data + tutorials (the DVD also contains GFOSS software for MS-Windows)
* Ominiverdi LiveCD Project: Installable LiveCD with GRASS, QGIS, R,
PostGIS, sample data and much more Latest update
* OSGeo Live GIS Disc - The Live DVD contains a collection of the best
Geospatial Open Source software, pre-configured with sample data.
* Poseidon Linux: It contains GRASS, GMT and QGIS (all packages maintained
by DebianGIS) as well as SPRING GIS, Terraview, R, Octave, MB-System, OpenDX,
Lyx, Kile, Vis5D, etc.
* SOURCEPOLE GIS Knoppix: GRASS, UMN MapServer, MapLab
--
Rgds
JTD
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