Re: [Qgis-user] Kubuntu of Ubuntu?

2012-10-05 Thread neil2
Thanks Etienne, that is very helpful. Neil On Thu, 4 Oct 2012 08:44:01 -0300, Etienne Tourigny wrote: Hi On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:24 AM, wrote: Hi, I am in the process of selecting a set up for QGIS. I have Windows and Apple OS but I think I will plump for Linux because it will give me th

[Qgis-user] Kubuntu of Ubuntu?

2012-10-04 Thread neil2
Hi, I am in the process of selecting a set up for QGIS. I have Windows and Apple OS but I think I will plump for Linux because it will give me the widest distribution options. But I have afew questions : a) I am assuming that if I write a python module for QGIS in Linux, I'll need to adapt i

Re: [Qgis-user] What hardware for QGIS

2012-06-07 Thread neil2
Hi, Thanks for the replies, very helpful. Looks like I will be going for Ubuntu VMs for Q-GIS, but a full seperate windows boot for Arc and Manifold. I assume I can reference any drive on the machine from Ubunto regardless of whether it is in a Windows file system or the Mac file system (i.

[Qgis-user] What hardware for QGIS

2012-05-31 Thread neil2
Hello, I am just getting to know QGIS having taken a brief two day overview course at GISRUK 2012 and realised that it really is becoming a practical alternative to Arc. One of the many attractions of it is the possibility to also escape from windows. So I am looking at buying an Apple Mac a