Paul:
  Can you briefly explain how Centos differs from Fedora when it comes
to using PostgreSql and PostGis?

Bruce

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Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS / PostgreSQL binaries for
RedHat/ItaniumII?


On Jan 18, 2008, at 5:56 AM, dnrg wrote:

> Are there pre-compiled binaries available for
> PostGIS/PostgreSQL for RedHat/Itanium II.

Check with EnterpriseDB, they are the only ones I can imagine both  
with binaries for oddball architectures.

>  Is Itanium II
> really such a rare/boutique platform as ESRI seems to
> believe it to be by not supporting it fully?

Yes, yes it is. I wouldn't spend any money on it, myself, until it  
proves itself in the market (and it has had a lot of time to do so,  
with little avail thus far). It might be great, but so was the DEC  
Alpha.

> P.S. What's the "best" Enterpise class Linux for
> PostGIS/PostgreSQL? I hear Centos and WhiteHat are
> RedHat Enterprise without the logos.

Centos I have heard of. WhiteHat I have not. Yes, that is what they are.

> What Enterprise Linux do people here use for
> PostGIS/PostgreSQL (for personal work where there is
> little to no funding)?

Centos.

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