[GRASSLIST:8892] Re: Off Topic (Somewhat): Most commonly supported Linux Distro for Gr ass usage?

[Ed Davison]

On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 08:09 -0400, Patton, Eric wrote:
> 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? 

Again, as others have said, I do not intend to get into a flame war here
either but have some experience which is worthwhile.

I have been using Gentoo Linux for quite some time.  The downside to
Gentoo is that is ALL (yes, every bit of it) compiled from source.  So
the base install takes a bit longer than some/most.  But, once it is
compiled it is fully optimized for your hardware.  

Installing GRASS has been very easy on this distro as has GDAL and all
of the other supporting packages.  Once install command can get all that
is needed to get GRASS up and running.  

As to CVS, once GRASS has been installed all requirements will be there.
Then it is just a matter of downloading the CVS sources and running the
proper commands to compile/install it.  

My $0.02.
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Ed Davison
Sr. Systems Analyst
McCombs School of Business
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