Jason House wrote: > Saaa Wrote: > >> >> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >> > Saaa wrote: >> >>> When you'd be writing computer programs. >> >> >> >> But that would go like this: install eclipse, check how to compile under >> >> Linux and start programming. >> > >> > Nope :o). When you'll figure why not, that's where the fun starts. I'm >> > sure you know about the phenomenon "writing Fortran in C" etc. Installing >> > eclipse and starting programming as you would under windows would be a >> > moral equivalent. (Not that I would advise against using eclipse, which I >> > also like.) >> > >> > Andrei >> >> Then, how should I start, or: where do I learn how I should start? :D >> >> > > Another part of this thread reminded me. "Live CDs" provide an easy way to play around. Ubuntu's Live CD is not set up for programming though. I don't know if another live CD would be better. > > If you install ubuntu you'll want to add the "build-essential" package (sudo apt-get install build-essential). A similar thing can be done to install eclipse, subversion, or whatever your favorite stuff is... > > Maybe that would be a good starting point?
That, or with usb, or in virtualbox is all good. But I think the question was more where to start using the specific benefits of linux over other OS as a programming environment. Fedora 10 has a live-cd spin specifically aimed at developers, haven't used it though. http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
