Hi,
On Thu, Sep 23 at 06:30, Natalie Hooper wrote:
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> With the above in mind, which distro would you advise me to install on my
> new desktop? I was thinking of perhaps openSuse or Fedora but not too sure
> if there is one distro considered better for programmers?
With all the above in mind I'd suggest Ubuntu as being easy. Not really what
I'd call a programmers system but good enough for PC only GUI programming.
For hardcore embedded systems programming there's really no choice, Gentoo
all the way. No other system lets you set up an entire cross development
tool chain and library for a custom target with a single command. I've
currently got six cross development environments installed on my work machine
and a further three at home. Deleting them is likewise a single command so
I only keep the current working set.
Gentoo is okay for all the other features but will involve a lot of setup if
you want an intergrated multi-media experience. Installation takes a while
most of it waiting for things to compile, actual interaction required for a
minimal install is under 30 minutes. As for maintaining the system I probably
average about 10 minutes a week.
So for hardcore programming and PCB design I use Gentoo, but if I'm lazy or
for doing anything else I have a netbook with Ubuntu on it.
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