[postgis-users] slackware and postgis/mapserv

[Darren Houston]

Hello Robert,

Maybe you would like to look at Gentoo as a server platform?

The benefit of Gentoo is there is really no version, just distros with
newer packages. You install what you want, when you want. So, for a GIS
server, you can install only the packages required for a lean, mean
Linux server. You use one command to update the packages. The downside
is that Gentoo is much harder to install than other Linux distros (such
as RedHat),but I found the on-line docs to be all I needed. I'm keeping
Gentoo as my server OS and Mandrake as my desktop OS (until I can try a
Gentoo desktop install and compare).

Hope this helps,

Darren H.

On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 09:00, Robert W. Burgholzer wrote:
> LIst members,
> This may be a bit off topic, but relevant to GIS servers and PostGIS . I am 
> considering switching from RedHat to Slackware, and am  wondering if there 
> are many (any?) users out there running postgis on Slackware, and their 
> general impressions. Also, if there are any other distros that are highly 
> recommended as a GIS server platform, please inform. My server is dedicated 
> to simple samba file sharing, and serving up PostGIS data, so this 
> important to have a platform that is easy to accomodate this function.
> 
> Thanks, and excuse if the posting is a little off,
> 
> r.b.
> 
> 
> Robert Burgholzer
> Environmental Engineer
> MapTech Inc.
> http://www.maptech-inc.com/
> 
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