[OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

[Bruce.Bannerman at dpi.vic.gov.au]

Hi Gary,

IMO:

I've been using:

- Windows in its various forms for 17 years.
- Unix in a variety of versions for 17 years.
- Linux (Debian, Ubuntu and Redhat) for 6 years.
- others e.g. MacOS, Mac OSX, VMS, DOS, etc for a number of years.


My preference is Linux. 

- Debian on the servers (for stability).
- Ubuntu on the desktop (for currency). Ubuntu is based on Debian with 6 
monthly updates.


Why?

- The open source development model tends to lead to more secure code 
(many, many eyes looking for bugs).
- Projects are normally Standards based. Therefore less susceptable to 
proprietry whims.
- The pace of development over the last six years has been phenomenal.
- Debian derived projects have an excellent package management system 
(apt-get) for keeping your systems current, upgrading etc.
- Linux puts fun back into computing if you're willing to read the manuals 
occasionally.

Bruce





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Hi everyone

I need advice from the experts

I am running Windows Server 2003 with Apache and Mapserver.
I currently have 9 sites running Mapserver 

The Center wants to move to Linux from SGI

I want to run

Mapserver with dbox (Steve, dbox run on Linux?)
Mapserver as WMS feed to MapBuilder.

On the database side is it 
1. PostGIS or PostgreSQL 
2. PostGIS and PostgreSQL (think I have to run PostGIS as front to
PostgreSQL).

Question: 
What do I gain by going to Linux?
What do I gain by staying in a Windows Environment?

Any thoughts appreciated!

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