[OSGeo-Discuss] Ubuntu vs. Centos for GIS?

2014-04-02 Thread David Strom
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,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ubuntu vs. Centos for GIS?

2014-04-02 Thread Alex Mandel
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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ubuntu vs. Centos for GIS?

2014-04-02 Thread Brian H Wilson
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 I am switching my big noisy server from CentOS to Ubuntu Server even as we speak. The ONLY reason I

[OSGeo-Discuss] NASA Project using QGIS to Address an Oceans Related Issue

2014-04-02 Thread Emma Strong
Hello, I am a participant in the NASA DEVELOP National Program for college students and recent graduates. This term, my team's project focused on using open source GIS (specifically QGIS) in order to create tools and tutorials in an effort to aid beach managers in locating Sargassum (a type of