Hi Alex, Just out of curiosity where would those scripts be downloadable??? I've been trying to find them but didn't get them. Cheers,
Hugo On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]>wrote: > In fact it's been done for you already > http://live.osgeo.org > > The whole stack installed and setup together on a linux box. FYI the > scripts used to do all the installing are available if you want to pick > and choose what to install and it's all based on Ubunutu/Xubuntu so any > variant of those will work. > > Enjoy, > Alex > > On 05/01/2012 03:36 AM, António M. Rodrigues wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A quick question concerning QGIS (and other software - GRASS, R ...) on > > Linux. > > > > I have a MAC but at work I am thinking a getting a new machine, running > > Linux. After browsing the net for optional distributions, I came across > > ArchLinux. It immediately caught my attention with the phrase "A simple, > > lightweight distribution". > > > > The question is: the fact that it is "so lightweight", does it mean it > will > > be painstakingly hard to get every bits together in order to have all > > frameworks, all dependencies, etc, working in order to have a fully > working > > GIS workstation (QGIS, GRASS, R, ...)? > > > > Thanks. > > Regards, > > António > > > > ---------- > > > > On Tue, 1 May 2012 12:06:27 +0200, Agustin Lobo wrote: > >> Lee, > >> > >> 2012/4/29 Lee Hachadoorian <[email protected]>: > >>> Agustin, > >>> > >>> I suppose it depends on what you don't like about Ubuntu. I also use > > 10.04, > >>> and am planning on upgrading to 12.04 but keeping the GNOME desktop > >>> environment. > >> > >> Ii think you'll be disapointed... > >> > >> But if you're looking to get away from Ubuntu, what about the > >>> OSGeo-Live distro? It's based on Xubuntu and comes pre-loaded with QGIS > > and > >>> a bunch of other GIS software, as well as other goodies like R. I've > > used it > >>> occasionally to test some of the applications that aren't in the > regular > >>> Ubuntu repos. > >> That's a good way to get introduced to the different OSGeo applications, > > but > >> does not solve my problem. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> Agus > >> > >>> Best, > >>> --Lee > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Werner Macho <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > > Hi Agus! > > > > I am using LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) since more than a year now > > and I am very satisfied with it. > > Before I used Gentoo Linux (which also worked fine) but Gentoo was too > > much compiling time for me .. So I decided to switch back to something I > > use on servers since a long long time .. Good old debian .. But as plain > > debian is on one side rock solid - the other side is .. you always are a > > bit outdated .. Thats the reason why I choose the rolling release LMDE > > based on debian testing .. > > I never had a real problem using it and can recommend it for everything > > you want to do.. > > So on your side - if you want to switch away from ubuntu .. don't take > > linuxmint - it is based on ubuntu anyway (ok they try to not use unity - > > but the base is still the same).. just take LMDE .. debian, stable, with > > newer software from mint.. > > (I don't want to start a distribution flamewar here - it's just that I > > am really satisfied with it) > > just my 2¢ > > > > kind regards > > Werner > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Hugo Martins
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