On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:37 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > As I can choose to invest in either windows or Linux, I would like to know > which of those two OS is most appropriate to with respect to OSM (and > Routing). Any recommendations here?
Are you asking regarding building or using OSM tools? I am guessing Russ's answer assumes 'using', so I will answer re 'building'. On Linux, the whole toolchain is free and Free. Linux doesn't have XP, Vista and 7 versions of the Api to re compatible with or trapped on. For many purposes, Java as a portable platform is a OS/device neutral choice. But artful choice of toolchain and technique is still necessary to fit into a java-enabled portable device. And Java still has a execution speed and space penalty against lower level languages and a coding speed penalty against higher level languages. As to hardware, one would think it costs the same, but since there are 'lite' editions of Linux, eg Xubuntu and Knoppix, five year old hand-me-down laptops are often free or cheap and can get a performance upgrade (which isn't what happens with an XP or Vista upgrade). -- Bill [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
