I have released a new version of the Semi-Automatic OS v. 4, a free virtual machine based on Debian Linux, for the land cover classification of remote sensing images. It includes the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin and QGIS, already configured along with all the required dependencies (OGR, GDAL, Numpy, SciPy, and Matplotlib).
The main features are:
- based on Debian 8;
- available as 32 bit and 64 bit;
- includes QGIS 2.8.2;
- includes the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin v. 4.3.4;
- includes the PDF version of the User Manual of the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin and a sample dataset of Landsat images (available from the U.S. Geological Survey).