[postgis-users] GISVM - Free GIS Virtual Machine Pre-release

[Ricardo Pinho]

Chris Puttick wrote:
> 
>>
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> A pre-release version of "GIS Virtual Machine" is available at :
>> www.gisvm.com
>> GISVM is intended to be a full-feature GIS Workstation based
>> exclusively on free GIS software, including PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
>> 
>> Please feel free to download it and enjoy!!!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Ricardo Pinho
> 
> Any chance of a kvm version? There is a conversion tool that I'm led to
> believe is mostly effective. Also, has the VM been tested on VirtualBox?
> Just seems ironic to build an free software GIS Workstation and then
> require a non-free (in speech) software package to make it work...
> 
> Chris
> 

I'm sorry! This is a pre-release version exclusive under VMWare format
image.
I believe GISVM will be initially for MAC/Windows users where VMWare is, in
my opinion, the oldest and best "player" on the market. 
And btw, "VMWare Player" is Free and Open Source:
http://www.vmware.com/download/open_source.html

Nevertheless I believe that a "Standard Format" is the best solution and the
future release format for GISVM. As you probably know, VMWare and XEN are
working on the OVF format for a long time and probably will be the industry
standard in a near future:
http://www.dmtf.org/newsroom/pr/view?item_key=3b542cbc5e6fc9ede97b9336c29f4c342c02c4e9

I never tried it in KVM, but I have seen several posts about using
successfully vmdk in KVM.
If you find a solution, please tell me about it!!!

Best Regards,
Ricardo Pinho
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