If you decide to use Ubuntu, here's a link to how to set it up for developing Django using PyDev on Eclipse. The steps have been tested by several high school students, so they're fairly straightforward. (That doesn't mean you won't find a problem, however.)
https://www.dupontmanual.org/wikis/spectops//HOWTO:_Install_Ubuntu_Linux/HOWTO%3A_Install_Ubuntu_Linux There are some parts of the how-to you should skip, obviously. (Trying to set up an account on our server, for one.) HTH, Todd On Dec 9, 2007 10:14 AM, Horst Gutmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO the differences between the distributions out there shouldn't > really matter when it comes to GNU/Linux as a development environment. > You should always have the option to install whatever you want from > source. You might face some problems with some distros that use for > example very old version of whatever database system you want to use, > but again: Nothing that would completely keep you from developing > using Django. > > That said, the more popular a distro, the more help you will get from > other people, so you should focus on the big ones like Ubuntu, Fedora > etc. :-) > > - Horst > > > On Dec 9, 2007 3:57 PM, Andreas Pfrengle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > till now I've been experimenting with Django (development version) > > under Win2k. But Windows sucks. So I dare to make my first steps with > > Linux. Most of you will surely say I won't regret this decision ;-). > > But since I haven't any experience with Linux yet, I want to choose a > > distribution that is best suited for someone coming from the Windows- > > world AND suited to establish a Django development environment. Well, > > I'm not even sure if there will be any great difference between > > several distributions regarding these aspects. Any comment is welcome. > > > > Regards, > > Andreas > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
