As always you can download the disc for free, or make a donation to receive OpenDisc via airmail anywhere in the world.

The updated programs are:

Audacity 1.3.13, Avidemux 2.5.5, Blender 2.59, CaRMetal 3.7.1, Celestia 1.6.1, ClamWin 0.97.2, Dia 0.97.1-2, DjVuLibre 3.5.4+4.7, FileZilla 3.5.1, Firefox 6.0.1, Freeciv 2.3.0, FreeCol 0.10.1, FreeMind 0.9.0, GnuCash 2.4.7, GTK 2.22.0-2, HTTrack 3.44-1, InfraRecorder 0.52, Inkscape 0.48.1, Maxima 5.25.0, Miro 4.0.3, Notepad2 4.2.25, LibreOffice 3.4.3, Pidgin 2.10.0, PokerTH 0.8.3, Really Slick Screensavers 0.2, RSSOwl 2.1.2, Scribus 1.4.0 RC5, SeaMonkey 2.3.2, Sokoban YASC 1.556, Songbird 1.9.3-1959, Stellarium 0.11.0, Sumatra PDF 1.7, Thunderbird 6.0.1, TightVNC 2.0.4, Tux Paint 0.9.21c, VLC 1.1.11, The Battle for Wesnoth 1.8.6, Workrave 1.9.4.

We’d originally planned to co-incide this release with the launch of our new home at http://opendisc.co/ but we’d rather release in time for Software Freedom Day. Stay tuned for the launch!

7-Zip 9.20, Avidemux 2.5.4, CaRMetal 3.5.4, ClamWin 0.96.4, FileZilla 3.3.5.1, Firefox 3.6.12, Freeciv, 2.2.3, FreeCol 0.9.5, GIMP 2.6.11, Inkscape 0.48, Miro 3.5, Pidgin 2.7.7, PokerTH 0.8.1, RSSOwl 2.0.6, Scribus 1.3.3.14, SeaMonkey 2.0.10, Sokoban YASC 1.551, Songbird 1.8.0-1800, Stellarium 0.10.6, Sumatra PDF 1.2, Thunderbird 3.1.6, TrueCrypt 7.0a, TuxMath 1.9.0, TuxType 1.8.1, VLC 1.1.5, Battle for Wesnoth 1.8.5, Workrave 1.9.2.

Be sure to give everybody you know the gift of open source this holiday season!

As usual you can download OpenDisc 10.12 from the pane on the right hand side, or browse the programs included on OpenDisc through the Programs section of the website.

And thanks to everybody who supported us and spread the word (and copies of OpenDisc!) throughout 2010. We’re looking forward to a bigger year in 2011 with a return of the forums, unveiling the new website and many new additions to the lineup. We hope you have a happy and safe time for the rest of 2010 and will see you in the new year!

• Mixxx – Mix your own music like a DJ
• MuseScore – Compose your own music
• Geogebra - Learn geometry and algebra
• BYOB – Learn how to program and make animations

You can also browse the full list of software included in 10.10.

As usual you can download OpenEducationDisc using the download links on the right hand pane.

10.09 features over 20 software updates:

Avidemux 2.5.3, ClamWin 0.96.2, DjVuLibre 3.5.23+4.6, FileZilla 3.3.4.1, Firefox 3.6.8, Freeciv 2.2.2, FreeCol 0.9.4, GIMP 2.6.10, InfraRecorder 0.51, Maxima 5.22.1, Miro 3.0.3, OpenOffice.org 3.2.1, Pidgin 2.7.3, RSS Owl 2.0.5, SeaMonkey 2.0.6, Sokoban YASC 1.543, Songbird 1.7.3-1700, Stellarium 0.10.5, Sumatra PDF 1.1, Thunderbird 3.1.2, TightVNC 2.0.2, TrueCrypt 7.0, VLC 1.1.3, Battle for Wesnoth 1.8.4.

You can either directly download OpenDisc on the right hand pane of this page, or browse this website to read more about the software included.

Dia 0.97.1-1, FileZilla 3.3.2, Freeciv 2.2.0, FreeCol 0.9.1, HTTrack 3.43-9C, OpenOffice 3.2.0, Pidgin 2.6.6, RSSOwl 2.0.4, SeaMonkey 2.0.3, Sokoban YASC 1.528, Stellarium 0.10.4, Thunderbird 3.0.2, VLC 1.0.5

As always, downloads are available on the right-hand pane of this page.

Regular users will notice our server migration has taken a little longer than expected – thanks to those who have offered their time and energy into making it happen thus far.

Avidemux 2.5.2, Dia 0.97.1, FileZilla 3.3.1, Firefox 3.6, Freeciv 2.1.11, FreeCol 0.9.0, TheGIMP 2.6.8, Guido Van Robot 4.3, HTTrack 3.43-9, Maxima 5.20.1, Miro 2.5.4, Pidgin 2.6.5, RSSOwl 2.0.3, SeaMonkey 2.0.2, Sokoban YASC 1.525, Songbird 1.4.3-1438, Stellarium 0.10.3, Thunderbird 3.0.1.

As for the rest of the site, we’re moving servers some time in the next fortnight and hope to be back to normal shortly afterwards.

OpenEducationDisc 10.01 has also been released (with a new backend powered by Kiwix), so the user experience between the two discs will be closer from now on.

Alliance 1.0.6, Avidemux 2.5.1, CaRMetal 3.1.1, DjVuLibre 3.5.22+4.5, FreeMind 0.8.1, FreeCol 0.8.4, Freeciv 2.1.10, GanttProject 2.0.10, Guido van Robot 4.1, InfraRecorder 0.50, Maxima 5.19.2, Miro 2.5.3, PokerTH 0.7.1, Songbird 1.2.0-1146, TuxGuitar 1.2, TuxMath 1.7.2, TuxType 1.8.0. All of these were nominated by users like you, so if you like a program visit our forums and let us know all about it!

Also, programs enjoying new versions are; ClamWin 0.95.3, FileZilla 3.3.0.1, Firefox 3.5.5, Inkscape 0.47, Pidgin 2.6.4, RSSOwl 2.0.1, Scribus 1.3.5.1, SeaMonkey 2.0, Sokoban YASC 1.518, SumatraPDF 1.0.1, TrueCrypt 6.3a, VLC 1.0.3.

As always, downloads are available on the right-hand pane of the website. Be sure to blog, tweet and share copies of OpenDisc 09.12 this festive season.

More information as usual can be found on the development blog.

Blender 2.49b, Celestia 1.60, ClamWin 0.95.2, Dia 0.97, FileZilla 3.2.7.1, Firefox 3.5.3, The GIMP 2.6.7, HTTrack 3.43-7, Neverball 1.5.4, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Pidgin 2.6.2, Seamonkey 1.1.18, Sokoban YASC 1.499, Sumatra PDF 0.9.4, Thunderbird 2.0.0.23, Truecrypt 6.2a, Tuxpaint 0.9.21, Tuxpaint Stamps 2009.06.28, VLC 1.0.2, Battle for Wesnoth 1.6.5.

If you missed out the first time, you can follow further updates via our Twitter page.

This release is notably the first OpenDisc released on DVD; regular users will remember our extended poll asking opinions of CD and DVD sized images, and with the overwhelming majority in support (and space becoming more of a premium) we decided to make the leap to DVD now, rather than remove software.¹

As the download size creeps forward, downloading such a large file becomes a concern for more people. We’ve looked at partnerships with different companies to provide physical media to people unable or unwilling to download OpenDisc, but in the end we’ve found that offering OpenDisc ourselves allows us to manage quality control and keep costs down.  Instead of just selling copies of OpenDisc, we’re trying something altogether different.

To reward donators (who make it possible to maintain this entirely volunteer project) each and every donation of or above $15 USD will receive two copies of OpenDisc, airmailed anywhere in the world for free. Why two copies? The packaging we’ve sourced cuts down on costs, and incidentally allows us to send two discs at no extra cost. Keep one yourself, and give the other to a friend!

More information can be found on the development blog.

Update: 08.10a is now available, which includes the milestone release of OpenOffice 3.0.0, and fixes a mastering bug that affected auto-run.

1. Disc authoring software shouldn’t let allow burning the image as a CD, but be careful to use blank DVD media when making copies of OpenDisc from now on.

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.