On 4/2/2014 2:57 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
On 04/02/2014 11:13 AM, David Strom wrote:
We have a project where people are using R & Grass & GDAL for various
sorts of Geoprocessing. The first server we put up is running Ubuntu
12.0.4, and we installed Grass, Gdal, etc. from repository(ies) - i.e.,
we didn't build it.
2nd server is running Centos, because of EMC SAN storage, thought it
might be easier because RedHat is supported by EMC, but not Ubuntu.
Installed Grass, GDAL, etc. from elgis repository.
Centos system can't create BigTiffs, but the Ubuntu system can (GDAL
page says BigTiff should be supported by default, I think0, so we're
wondering if we should switch that system over to running Ubuntu.
I wonder if anyone has any experience(s) to share in picking a Linux
distro, pro or con. I don't mean to complain about anyone's repository,
we just don't have that much time to devote to admin efforts, so we
would rather install FOSS from repositories, rather than having to build
everything.
Opinions, stories?
TIA
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In general, the current state of affairs, is the DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS
repositories are more up to date and managed than the ELGis
(Redhat/Centos/Fedora) group. I suspect it's simply a reflection of
people hours available and put into the respective systems.
The other option is the OpenSuse build service which has both Suse and
some Redhat builds (the main person behind this is also on Ubuntugis Team)
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/Application:Geo
OR I think the Postgis/Postgres teams have a somewhat up to date repo of
some stuff
http://yum.postgresql.org/packages.php
I'd assume the build difference in drivers is mostly dependency
libraries and compile time options. GDAL is tricky in that if you need
some formats you can't really avoid compiling it. Of course compiling
GDAL does not mean you have to compile everything else you need.
Or you can bug and bribe the package managers about why they didn't
include a particular format and what it takes to add it (non-free
formats, it's a licensing issue).
Thanks,
Alex
Disclaimer: I'm on the UbuntuGIS/DebianGIS lists and not the ELGis.
I'll echo Alex's sentiment that it is easier to get the OSGeo related
stack of packages on Ubuntu. I have recently been migrating my servers
from older Debian releases over to Ubuntu 12.10 LTS and have not found
it an issue except that I have had occasional issues with hardware
support on newer mother boards and controller cards.
At the moment (2 wks ago), I had trouble finding current GIS packages
for CentOS and had my client switch over to Ubuntu which is working out
fine.
A lot of people like RH and CentOS because you can get paid support so I
understand the need for support. It just seems to lag getting there by 6
month to a year in my experience.
-Steve
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