You are quite right :) It was the first thing that crossed my mind
after making that little discovery... Ubuntu is one of the very best
Linux desktops I've had the chance to work on. Fortunately, getting GCC
is as easy as "apt-get install build-essential". It still comes as a
bit of a shock after working with Linux for so long... but I suppose
there are enough flavors of Linux out there that it makes such a minor
complaint quite senseless- there's always one that will better suite
your needs.
Tom
Alex Esplin wrote:
On 9/10/06, Thom Metge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ubuntu is a great destkop... but
if you install off of their live CD, you should know before hand that it
does NOT include GCC... a slight oversight??
I don't know if it's an oversight as much as that they are trying to
go in a "desktop distribution" direction and the powers that be
consider that those who want to use it as a development platform will
know how to get GCC, as well as which version they want, as there are
several available in the Ubuntu repositories. On the same note, IMHO
the reason they don't include GCC in the standard install is to
lighten things up a little for the "desktop distribution" target
audience who will most likely never touch GCC.
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