Depends on what you need and your ability. RedHat has the reputation of being the easiest to install and maintain, although Mandrake is also catching up in the easy-install category.
Personally, I use Debian because I like the configurability of package selection it gives me. david -----Original Message----- From: SmiLeY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Finished a bot. But how do i build a linux release? i think im best of buying a 10-20 gig hd and installing linux. Shell i use mandrake or redhat? ----- Original Message ----- From: "botman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Finished a bot. But how do i build a linux release? > > can't i just export a makefile from windows? or will this not work when it > > comes to > > compiling for a linux machine? > > No, you can't cross-compile on a Windows machine and build a Linux .so shared > library. You will need to compile/test on a Linux machine. If you have a > spare harddisk, you can configure your PC to dual boot Windows or Linux. This > will NOT allow you to test the Linux version very well though. You can start > the Linux dedicated server and the bot code, but you won't be able to see > what's going on unless you have another machine on a LAN that you can run the > Half-Life client from. > > Jeffrey "botman" Broome > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
