Petr, All will do, But since you ask for a recommendation: I recommend Debian. Their GIS team has grown a lot recently and debian has packaged many GIS packages [1], and has been providing security updates to them quickly in the past (see eg [2]). Definitely the upcoming "jessie" release will contain a large number of GIS packages out of the box.
Johan [1]http://blends.debian.net/gis/tasks/ [2] http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/m/mapserver/mapserver_6.0.1-3.2+deb7u2_changelog On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Petr, > If you decide to use a Debian based distribution, such as Ubuntu, you likely > will appreciate the install scripts we use for the OSGeo-Live project: > https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/ > > These install scripts are tested and verified every 6 months on Lubuntu, but > most (all?) should work on any Ubuntu flavour. > > You can customise main.sh to install just the packages you are interested > in. > > > > > On 18/11/2014 12:06 am, Dan Little wrote: > > I've used the lot of them and some more times than not, it has come down to > client requirements for which distro needs to be used. > > I will ring a voice in favour of CentOS. Maybe it's really in favour of > RHEL which is where I've spent quite a bit of time. And really, I think I'm > in favour of using RPM. I've found myself much happier using RPM to build > deployable packages for clients, including localized RPM-install databases, > than I have been using .DEB deploys. It could be that I don't have the zen > of Deb down yet, a complete fault of my own, but RPM has been easier, it > seems, for that type of work. > > That said, when I'm whipping up a light-weight sever or running things on a > laptop, I'll gravitate towards one of the Debian/Ubuntu variants such as > Mint, Bohdi, or raw-Debian for server stuff. > > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Mark Iliffe <markili...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Echoing Jo's note on Ubuntu LTS. Personally experience of Centos was just >> too painful. >> >> Best, >> >> Mark >> >> On 17 Nov 2014, at 12:32, Jo Cook <joc...@astuntechnology.com> wrote: >> >> We use Ubuntu LTS for our AWS servers. I know it wasn't part of the >> question, but we have two under very similar load, doing the same things, >> one with SSD and one without- and I would definitely recommend SSD. >> >> Jo >> >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:29 PM, George Silva <georger.si...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I use Ubuntu for my servers. Some clients use CentOS. >>> >>> Never tried OpenSuse and Debian. >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Petr Suk <petrx...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I need to choose one linux distro for running our geospatial >>>> applications on AWS. It means running mainly GeoServer, MapServer, >>>> MapProxy, >>>> PostGIS and so on . I have my hot candidate but it's always good to know >>>> others opinion. >>>> I know that it is not as simple, but please, can you just write your >>>> favorite one? >>>> The shortlist is as follow: >>>> OpenSuse, Centos, Ubuntu, Debian >>>> >>>> Thanks for your tips. >>>> Petr >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> George R. C. Silva >>> SIGMA Consultoria >>> ---------------------------- >>> http://www.consultoriasigma.com.br/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jo Cook >> Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 >> 7RL, UK >> t:+44 7930 524 155 >> iShare - Data integration and publishing platform >> >> ***************************************** >> >> Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. >> Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. >> 864201149. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Cameron Shorter, > Software and Data Solutions Manager > LISAsoft > Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, > 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 > > P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss