[OSGeo-Discuss] linux distro preferences

[Cameron Shorter]

Petr,
If you decide to use a Debian based distribution, such as Ubuntu, you 
likely will appreciate the install scripts we use for the OSGeo-Live 
project:
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/

These install scripts are tested and verified every 6 months on Lubuntu, 
but most (all?) should work on any Ubuntu flavour.

You can customise main.sh to install just the packages you are 
interested in.



On 18/11/2014 12:06 am, Dan Little wrote:
> I've used the lot of them and some more times than not, it has come 
> down to client requirements for which distro needs to be used.
>
> I will ring a voice in favour of CentOS.  Maybe it's really in favour 
> of RHEL which is where I've spent quite a bit of time.  And really, I 
> think I'm in favour of using RPM.  I've found myself much happier 
> using RPM to build deployable packages for clients, including 
> localized RPM-install databases, than I have been using .DEB deploys.  
> It could be that I don't have the zen of Deb down yet, a complete 
> fault of my own, but RPM has been easier, it seems, for that type of work.
>
> That said, when I'm whipping up a light-weight sever or running things 
> on a laptop, I'll gravitate towards one of the Debian/Ubuntu variants 
> such as Mint, Bohdi, or raw-Debian for server stuff.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com 
> <mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Echoing Jo's note on Ubuntu LTS. Personally experience of Centos
>     was just too painful.
>
>     Best,
>
>     Mark
>
>     On 17 Nov 2014, at 12:32, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com
>     <mailto:jocook at astuntechnology.com>> wrote:
>
>>     We use Ubuntu LTS for our AWS servers. I know it wasn't part of
>>     the question, but we have two under very similar load, doing the
>>     same things, one with SSD and one without- and I would definitely
>>     recommend SSD.
>>
>>     Jo
>>
>>     On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:29 PM, George Silva
>>     <georger.silva at gmail.com <mailto:georger.silva at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I use Ubuntu for my servers. Some clients use CentOS.
>>
>>         Never tried OpenSuse and Debian.
>>
>>         On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Petr Suk <petrxsuk at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:petrxsuk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Hi all,
>>             I need to choose one linux distro for running our
>>             geospatial applications on AWS. It means running mainly
>>             GeoServer, MapServer, MapProxy, PostGIS and so on . I
>>             have my hot candidate but it's always good to know others
>>             opinion.
>>             I know that it is not as simple, but please, can you just
>>             write your favorite one?
>>             The shortlist is as follow:
>>             OpenSuse, Centos, Ubuntu, Debian
>>
>>             Thanks for your tips.
>>             Petr
>>
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