[Qgis-user] QGIS windows v's linux from a newbie perspective

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Darren,

If you are already familiar with Linux and have a Linux installation I
would recommend to use QGIS on Linux. It is also easier to install a
component or compile it yourself.

You are also more likely to get support on Linux or OSX since more
developers are using these platforms.

Also tools like GRASS are originally developed on Unix/Linux and later
ported to Windows.

If you aren't familiar with Linux and don't want to invest time, it will
also run fine on Windows or OSX.

Andreas

On Wed, April 1, 2009 1:41 pm, Darren Norris wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>  From a QGIS user (newbie) perspective which OS (Vista or openSUSE 11.1)
> will be easiest to install and maintain (put me in the same basket as
> one of the undergraduates with Agustin Loboto
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2009-March/004872.html ) .
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> I need QGIS for visualising and also editing / creating vector data held
> in GRASS (QGIS must have GRASS / python plugin) / MySQL (via eVIS -I
> have instructions how to install eVIS from source on openSUSE).
>
> Apologies for a slightly general question (long winded email) but I am
> hoping there are users who can share experiences to enable me to decide
> which OS will meet my needs best.
> I am starting a little GIS project with a tight deadline. I would like
> to do all this via open source. To deliver project results I would need
> GRASS, QGIS, MySQL and R to play nicely together.
> However many recent discussions have left me unsure about
> 1) whether using this combination of free software is a wise move at
> this time (based on a tight deadline and poor dial up connection I am
> not able to spend days reading forums or reinstalling / trying different
> installer settings / software versions) and
> 2) on which OS will it be the simplest to install and maintain.
>
> Just a short outline of what I will be doing:
> I can go 2 routes Vista or openSUSE. The work is for a single user (me)
> on a 32 bit laptop 2GB ram, 1.83 GHz processor.
> I will be mapping vector data (points = species locations, lines /
> polygons = survey transects and hydrology - rivers etc) to classified
> landsat images.
> I will probably use GRASS for the majority of GIS work (small scale)-
> one landsat scene at a time for image processing, hydrological analysis
> etc. Here I will also need R for additional spatial analysis so maybe
> windows isn't an option but that's for another list!
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-stats/2009-February/000919.html .
>
> Many thanks for taking the time to read this far and for any thoughts....
> Darren
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