Greetings Rick, Rick McGuire wrote:
I'll probably end up regretting this, but I finally broke down and installed VirtualBox on my new laptop. Any suggestions on which distro I should use for ooRexx development? (duck and run!).
1) LTS release of Ubuntu / Xubuntu. 18.04 is the newest LTS release. I personally prefer the Xfce desktop environment, so Xubuntu to get that. A clean, less complex UI. For example, to get a random wallpaper set on Ubuntu I had to build a XML file. With Xubuntu, just takes a text file with a list of fully pathed graphic files. Xfce is KISS to me... Keep It Super Simple.
Oh, and when you download the ISO, grab the base release of the LTS ISO, not the .1, .2 etc... updated. Sometimes Ubuntu slips updated kernels into the higher .x releases for hardware support reasons, which if you build on that then you become dependent on the updated kernel, not the base LTS kernel.
One tweak suggestion for Xubuntu... add a second panel at the bottom of the screen, set to autohide, and place the workplace switcher component on that panel. I run with 18 workspaces, aka Object Desktop Virtual Desktops. To add it, right click the top panel, go into panel preferences, and click to add a second panel.
2) Since IBM has snuggled up to RedHat, I suppose give a nod to that. Is Fedoria still a current free RedHat? VirtualBox PUEL is really nice. Be sure to install the corresponding extension pack. That is a separate download at each VirtualBox release. I am thankful, -- Michael Lueck Lueck Data Systems http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
