All previous versions of gOS before gOS 3.0 are based on Ubuntu 7.10, also known as "gutsy gibbon". gOS 3.0 is based on its successor, Ubuntu 8.04, "Hardy Heron" (its possible the final version of gOS 3.0 will be based on Ubuntu 8.10, "Intrepid Ibex", which is due out any moment now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu In principle it shouldn't matter on which version you install an application, more important is the fact that Ubuntu, and gOS after 2.0 use the GNOME "desktop manager", a concurrent popular desktop manager is KDE. Many Linux applications are written either for GNOME (for example the photo viewer "eye of Gnome"), while others are specifically written for KDE (like KSquirrel a similar picture viewer for KDE). But most Linux distributions are still able to support both kind of applications, although their visual "style" might not fit the rest of the applications. On 10 sep, 00:08, jenny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
