Thank you for your help, now I have a follow-up question: In addition to having those Linux options, there are several choices of Ubuntu - dapper, gutsy, feisty, and hardy. Which would you suggest?
On Sep 9, 4:59 pm, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
