On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > OSGeo Live maintains an svn repo: > http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/ > > The bin folder has the scripts, other folders have supporting files. > > See http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc for more details about the > build process.
looks like this page has been vandalized! > > Enjoy, > Alex > > On 05/02/2012 12:36 PM, Hugo wrote: >> 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 _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
