On 7/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ubuntu seems faster, but (unfortuntaley) their packages are not always > compatible with debian ones. They make their own package versions (same > like Suse/Novell, Redhat etc.). That might not be an issue for you, for me > that was a concern. F.e their Python version is not compatible with the > debian one.
The reason to choose one system over another would seem to me to be the availability of ancilliary software. For instance, if you want to use R (sorta like Splus), and it is better available for Debian than for SuSE, that would be a reason to prefer Debian. There certainly is a lot more in the way of ancilliary packages for Debian than for anything else; other distributions just don't integrate in as much stuff. But whether or not that is *actually* important depends on whether you need a bunch of extra software to do analysis of those "heavy duty computations." Other than that, if all the platforms offer suitable compilers with the options you need, they may *ALL* be sufficiently suitable. -- http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/linux.html "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." -- Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)
