[postgis-users] Linux versions?

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Daryll,

Darryl Watson wrote:

> Currently, I have PostGIS and PostgreSQL installed on a Windows server,
> which is annoying, because there are no command line utilities
> available.

It sounds surprising to hear that psql and the other utilities are
missing on PostgreSQL/Windows.

> So, since I don't have extra hardware for a Linux box, I
> want to install Linux in a VMWare virtual machine and run PostGIS from
> there.

Hmm, maybe CoLinux http://www.colinux.org/ or CygWin
http://www.cygwin.com/ can help you, too.

> My primary question is what Linux distributions do I want to avoid, and
> which work easily with PostGIS?
> My preferred distributions are Suse Linux 9.2, 9.3, Redhat Fedore Core
> 4, or Red Hat Enterprise 4.  I don't care for Debian or Ubuntu.

So you ask us a question and at the same time you tell us that you're
not interested in the correct answer? :-)

Markus