Overview
Ubuntu Astronomy Remix , is an Ubuntu GNU/Linux Operating System optimized version for the everyday professional or amateur astronomer. It ships with a selection of the most important astronomical applications ready for observation planning, star map generation, image processing and telescope control.
Ubuntu Astronomy Remix also ships with Octave and Gnuplot for numerical programming and data plotting, full installed OpenOffice suite and advanced LaTeX document processor LyX.
Ubuntu Astronomy Remix is also a live DVD, which means that you can try it before installing, or simply use it astronomical apps without modifiyng your hard drive.