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Best Distro

  • 23-09-2008 08:22PM
    #1
    Larry_o_C
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭


    No no, I'm not looking to start a flame war! Was wondering what ye guys think is the best distro for programming?

    Yes I realise that's a bit vague, I have a fairly old lappie coming into my possesion. Will just be used for playing around on, I'd really like to get properly into Linux (and learn a few new languages along with shell scripting). Really want to get a feel for it. I've played around with Ubuntu (Wubi) and feel comfortable with that, should I go for a full install of Ubuntu or should I try something else?


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  • #2
    karlr42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 580 ✭✭✭karlr42


    Well, I'm a CS student running Ubuntu, and I can do perl with a text editor and the perl interpreter, c and c++ the same way, python, same deal,(all installed by default), and have Eclipse for Java. So it's good for programming, I would say.


  • #3
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,164 ✭✭✭corkie


    The Best distro is the one that suits your needs must.

    You have an old laptop, try a few of the live distros and see which one supports all or most of your hardware.

    If you want to learn about Linux. Installing and trying to get a vanilla distro (Slackware or gento) and then configure it to have all your hardware working.


    The next thing that people will choose or stick with a distro is package manager.

    I prefer debian (and apt) over an rpm based package manager.

    If i was going to be compiling or doing allot of development work, i would more than likely use a very stable distro like slackware.

    Regards,
    John.

    Aras25 | "The people who spoiled their votes on Friday 24th Oct took part in a legitimate political action, as is their right!"



  • #4
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Gentoo is great for c/c++ coding because all the header files for more or less everything are installed by default when you build the OS. :)

    Ubuntu's good too. The apt repositories are useful for installing headers and what not.

    What language do you intend coding in?


  • #5
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    I've seen loads of people saying Arch is amazing.

    You need to know what you're doing though.


    .


  • #6
    Jackz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭Jackz


    An Fear Aniar wrote: »
    I've seen loads of people saying Arch is amazing.

    You need to know what you're doing though.


    .

    :pac: is the package management tool.


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  • #7
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    +1 for Arch, it rocks:)


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