Downloads of the latest version as always are available on the right-hand pane, as direct downloads and torrents.

Thanks to everybody who supported OpenDisc and volunteered their time this year, and wish you all the best for 2010!

Good luck to all the teams and we hope this year’s events are the largest and most successful yet.

As always, the latest version can be downloaded using the Download pane to the right of this post.

Thanks for bearing with us during the move!

We’d hoped that the next version of OpenDisc would have been running Kiwix but we’ve had teething problems, so 08.07 is still running the customised K-Meleon back-end. We’ll be posting the Kiwix version on our Subversion server soon for volunteers to help get it into shape, so if you’re interested keep an eye out for news and progress of that in the coming weeks.

Once we get the Kiwix powered OpenDisc up and running we can expand the software selection dramatically, and more importantly add more languages from the translation project, making OpenDisc truly multi-lingual.

In the mean time, be sure to share the latest version with your friends, family and workmates. The latest version can be found in the right panel beside this post, and more information can be found on the development blog.

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If you haven’t already checked it out, SpreadFirefox are holding a Firefox 3 release Download Day and everybody is invited to pledge now to download upon release day. It’s all in the hopes of breaking a Guinness World Record, and you’ll get a handy reminder email so you don’t forget.

We’re holding off releasing OpenDisc 08.07 for another week so we can include it, so if you’d like Firefox 3 on launch day (or would like to help the record attempt) just follow the link below.

• Avidemux – video editing
• Camstudio – screen recorder
• FreeCol – game
• FreeCiv – game
• Guido van Robot – programming tutor

Please help out by giving to friends, family, enemies and school teachers. Feedback and help greatly appreciated. Help make education accessible for all.

There is also a comprehensive guide on how to distribute your own versions of the OpenEducationDisc in schools, universities, libraries; and amongst friends and family. This disc should be fully working, but we would appreciate any feedback and suggestions so we can make the 08.05 release the best one yet. Beta is closed, download the latest version here.

Before we roll it out we’d like people to test it on their machines, so if you have the time to give it a spin, download the .iso file (we’ve pared it down to around 20MB) and give it a whirl. Once you’ve done that, visit the OpenDisc Kiwix Test Release forum topic and let us know how it performed. Any suggestions are also welcomed, either here or on the forums.

The rescheduling also allows us to expand the selection of programs on Open Disc, primarily from user suggestions on the forums – thanks due to everybody who has taken the time to submit and discuss new programs. A full list will be published closer to the time of release.

Throughout late 2007 contributors were taking updated screenshots which will appear on the next version, and as always the dedicated people providing translations have been collaborating to bring together what will soon be a multi-lingual Open Disc. This was originally slated for the next version, though the implementation of Kiwix has pushed that date into the very near future.

Some of the ideas suggested on the forums were to open the Open Disc wiki (currently for our translation project) for all purposes, and we’re pleased to announce that the new wiki will soon go live, with more information available for those interested.

As always, the best way to find out about new versions of Open Disc is to sign up for our no-fuss notification email, or by subscribing to our rss feed.