GIS.lab runs on your Windows and Mac too

Since I have started my work on GIS.lab, I am receiving quite positive responses. In general, it seems that people like this idea, but in many cases they are not able to simply loose their favorite working environment by rebooting their machine to GIS.lab.  There is a clear demand to keep user's current Windows or Mac OS and run GIS.lab inside with all its benefits. In this post, I would like to explain possibilities of running both server and client sides on various operating systems.

GIS.lab server runs in virtual machine which successfully works without any difference on Linux, Windows or Mac. It is really up to your preferences which platform you will choose.

GIS.lab client can be launched as physical client machine where you will say goodbye to a system you are used to do your work until now, configure your machine to boot from LAN and enjoy a new GIS.lab environment. This option is, and always will be preferred, because it provides best performance.

In case you can't offer loosing your current system, there is already a possibility to launch GIS.lab client inside of your favorite Windows or Mac system in virtual client mode. This mode will boot the same client environment from LAN inside of VirtualBox machine and will keep your system. You can use GIS.lab client in a windowed mode, similar as it would be standard application or in fullscreen mode for best user experience.

For more informations how to install and use virtual client mode see our wiki page. 
Please, visit also our new Quick Start manual where you will find detailed step-by-step instructions how to install GIS.lab and create your first GIS project.