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ragnvald writes "Tried getting PHP Mapscript to work with your favourite Linux distro? Gone through hell trying to set up PostgreSQL, MySQL, Python, WMS and some modest test webpages?
HostGIS provides a very nice out-of-the-box-too-good-to-be-true slackerware-based distro which will make you the instant king of serverbased GIS using Linux.
These guys make a living out of providing serverbased GIS services. The rest of us are free to download their distro and install it for work or play:
http://www.hostgis.com/linux/
I should mention that I am in no way affiliated with the good guys at at HostGIS. I am just an extremely happy user."
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