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HostGIS Linux is a Slackware based Linux distribution. The main pre of HostGIS Linux is that it comes with several open source based GIS tools installed.^[1] For the less technically inclined compilation/installation of tools like UMN Mapserver might take a lot of time.^[2]

Some of the tools/packages installed are:

The usual amenities of Slackware Linux: compilers, Perl, etc.
Apache HTTP Server, with PHP
MapServer, and MapScript for PHP, Perl, and Python
PDFlib, with support built in to PHP, Perl, Python, and MapServer
PostGIS-enabled Postgres database server
MySQL Server
Webmin, phpMyAdmin, and phpPgAdmin for easy system administration
Example maps and map frameworks already installed, demonstrating Mapserver Web Widgets, Map-Fu, ECW images as data sources, PostGIS, MyGIS, WMS server and client, Flash output, OpenLayers, TileCache, and more.