[Freegis-list] Re: Best Linux Distribution for GIS

[Carlos Henrique Grohmann]

Sean, 

I agree that the best distro is the one you get more confortable with. I am a
Slackware user, and I can tell you that it is a very good distro when you have
to compile from the source (I already have problem with others..). Since you
are using Fedora, I don't see any trouble abaout packages, since rpm is almost
everywhere. If you find a package that doesn't have a rpm, you can use "alien"
(I think that fedora has this package) to convert from .deb. to .rpm, for
instance.
If you paln to complie stuff, be sure you have all dependencies.

best regards

Carlos
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        Carlos Henrique Grohmann - Guano  
  Geologist M.Sc - PhD Student at IGc-USP - Brazil
     Linux User #89721  - guano at usp dot br -
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>   Hello,
> 
> I'm currently using Fedora Core 1 on my Linux box and have had trouble 
> getting packages of popular GIS software. Where packages do exist, I 
> always seem to encounter some problem or decide to configure in some 
> way that forces me to install from source.
> 
> So, I'm asking you FreeGIS-listers: What Linux distribution do you 
> consider the best with regards to easily installing and maintaining GIS 
> software?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 	Sean
> 
> 
>