Actually the current file that Altus distributes for a linux install is pretty agnostic about which "distro" (flavor) or linux you install it on. I have it running on several machines/laptops here, including two chromebooks converted to run linux. One of the chromebooks is running archlinux and the other is running chrubuntu. There are some pre-required software packages (java and nickle come to mind) but the "new" shell script does most of ;the heavy lifting and seems to work fine.
Bob F. On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Steven Saner <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/30/2014 03:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I've heard a lot about Linux on this list, and I've got an older Windows >> machine that I could experiment with. What version of Linux should I go >> with? Ubuntu, Red Hat, Debian, whatever's on Raspberry Pi, or something >> else? >> > > Bdale and Keith can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the development > for the AltOS is done mostly under Debian, so you probably would do well to > use a Debian based distribution. For folks new to Linux and want a > workstation/laptop type environment, I would usually recommend Ubuntu. > Depending on how old your laptop is, you may need something lighter weight > than that, but then there are several different strains of Ubuntu each with > different requirements and features. > > All of that said, I am an old Slackware guy and likely will be to my, or > its, grave. But I'm self aware enough to know that it probably isn't the > best option for a beginner ;-) > > Good luck. > > Steve > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Steven Saner <[email protected]> KD0IJP > Andover, Kansas USA > > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum >
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