John Culleton wrote: > On Sunday 02 August 2009 08:10:43 am John Beardmore wrote: >> Jeffrey Silverman wrote:
>>> ... I suggest Ubuntu, or, possibly even better, >>> Linux Mint, which is like Ubuntu++, but is just a bit less well >>> known. >> So what is it with Mint ? I've seen it highly praised in a >> number of places, but when I've looked at the mint web site, it >> mostly seems to boast about not being geeky and having a nice >> colour scheme. Technical stuff is not prominently displayed. I'm >> all for not putting off lay users, but... >> >> I assume if it's like U++ there's more to it than that ? Is >> there a technical edge ? Better testing ? Fewer bugs ? >> >> >> Cheers, J/. > > Try the Slax (note spelling) self loading disk (downloadable free) > if you are a programmer type. Or put Slackware itself on a spare > partition. > > Been using Slackware since the 1990s. All the tools needed to > compile the latest Scribus are there by default. I do an update to > e1.3.5 now and then, but use 1.3.3.13 for production. Had a look on the web site. It looks interesting, but no official 64 bit port is a bit of a shame. We've gone to 64 bit to loose the shackles of the 4 gig of RAM. The paradox is that it's under XP that we're short of memory, and under Linux that we can easily do something about it. Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
