I assume that your netbook is using gOS? Then you should try the Ubuntu Version. gOS is based on Ubuntu and adds its own usability tweaks, but generally any software that runs on Ubuntu should run on (a later version of) gOS.
Ubuntu in turn is based on debian, so if a specific Ubuntu version isn't available you can try the Debian version. Redhat and Suse are completely different Linux distributions, (branched off from the "Linux family tree" very early on, just as Debian) and therefore they use a different software organiser (package manager), , and thus the .RPM "packages" for Redhat and Suse can't be (directly) used with gOS, which uses .DEB (Debian) packages. Redhat/ Suse and Debian also use different filing system organisation (they store things in directories with different names) which makes installing software from the "wrong" version more complex. However conversion programs from .RPM to .DEB do exist, but commonly you do not need to bother with them, as most of the time a Debian based version is avaialble. On 9 sep, 21:43, jenny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am interested in downloaded a statistical package called R on my gOS > netbook. For the Linux version of R, it gives the options of > 'debian,' 'redhat,' 'suse,' and 'ubuntu.' Will any of these work on > my netbook? (thanks from a linux newbie) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
