[GRASSLIST:8889] Re: Off Topic (Somewhat): Most commonly supported Linux Distro for Gr ass usage?

[Robert Nuske]

Eric,

I agree with Dylan absolutely. And feel, I should take up the cudgels for 
Debian. It was my first Linux Distro and I had no difficulties to install it 
at all. I mention that just because everybody keeps saying its good but hard 
to install. 
My first GRASS was from Debian binaries. But after getting all the developer 
packages via apt-get you wont have any problems with dependencies and its no 
hassle to install grass from cvs then. 

have fun,
  robert

Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> Eric,
>
> I would like to second the Debian suggestion. I have had great luck
> both with installing pre-compiled binaries for Debian, and compiling
> the latest CVS from source. If you want a real quick install I would
> recommend Ubuntu or Kubuntu, as they are based on Debian, and
> self-configuring.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dylan
>
> On Nov 4, 2005, at 4:09 AM, Patton, Eric wrote:
> > This is somewhat off-topic, I apologize. I am seriously considering
> > partitioning my hard drive to be able to run Linux on my workstation.
> > Can
> > anyone who has done this recommend the 'best' method (i.e., least
> > likely to
> > destroy my hard drive) of doing this? Partition Magic seems to get high
> > scores when Googled. But I would prefer using an open-source tool for
> > doing
> > this, I'm just apprehensive about software stability.
> >
> > Secondly, I was wondering what flavor of Linux is (I hate using the
> > word
> > best, because everyone has their own preferences, not trying to start a
> > flame war) optimal for using Grass. I should rephrase that - which
> > Linux
> > flavor is the most supported, if that question even makes sense. Or,
> > which
> > version do the developers and other old hands use?
> >
> > I want to be able to do away with Cygwin altogether and be able to
> > download/compile the latest cvs releases. Aside from trying out the
> > latest
> > and greatest, I want to help out with some Grass documentation (most
> > likely
> > man pages - am I crazy ;^)  ? ), and to do this I'll need to have the
> > latest
> > programs. I know from reading the messages in this list that there
> > have been
> > many improvements made since Sept 2, the date of my Cygwin binary.
> > Additionally, I want to be able to utilize the full potential of QGIS
> > (Grass
> > plugins don't exist on windows version of QGIS), so it only makes
> > sense to
> > use the OS with the more robust tools. And it just would be really
> > refreshing to get out from under the M$ thumb.
> >
> > I'm aware that before partitioning I need to backup all my files - we
> > have a
> > 1TB drive for this - and I've been tarring and zipping for about a
> > week now.
> > Tedious, but necessary. I will probably try out partitioning my home PC
> > first (as I don't really have too much worth losing on it) as a trial
> > run
> > before attempting my work PC.
> >
> > Any and all comments and suggestions are most welcome.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > ~ Eric.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Eric Patton
> >
> > Technologist, Geo-Spatial Data Services
> > Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic)
> > Natural Resources Canada
> > Bedford Institute of Oceanography
> > Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4A2
> >
> > Postal address: P.O. Box 1006
> > Courier address: 1 Challenger Drive
> >
> > Telephone: (902)426-7732
> > Facsimile:  (902)426-4104
> > E-mail:       epatton at NRCan.gc.ca
>
> --
> Dylan Beaudette
> Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
> University of California at Davis
> 530.754.7341

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