Hi, I've been involved with OSM for about a year, and with Linux for just a bit longer than this.
I currently dual boot & mainly use a EEE 1000 computer running windows XP, and also run EEEbuntu. Both operating systems have their pro's & cons, but I can quite happily use either of them for OSM work. JOSM & Potlatch both work well on either operating system. I've found ways of downloading tracks from my GPS using either system (GPSBabel works on both & converts the track to GPX quite happily). Personally I could have done away with Windows some time ago except I need access to two bits of software for my other hobbies, and I can't make them run on wine or find alternatives in Linux. But, Windows was easy to set up & use for OSM for the majority of the programmes I've tried. For me, the answer is dual booting: Windows XP in a 7.5GB partition (could do with being about 10GB really), Ubuntu on 6GB, & remainder as a shared drive formatted for windows that both Windows & Ubuntu/Linux can read (If you place the Java programmes such as JOSM here, you can use them from either operating system). Feel free to get back in touch if I can offer any more advice, but I am not an expert & can only tell you about what worked for me. Regards Nick (Tallguy) [email protected] wrote: > I have got the impression, that a lot on the OMS Scene seems to be Linux > based. > > 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? > > Henning > > > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
