Interesting for me too as I'm coming back to the linux world after a long gap. I have installed Anaconda , the 32 bit one and am happy to be able to do my coding locally as opposed to going on the cloud.
Gouri On Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 3:59 PM o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings > > A very interesting thread!! > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 1:02 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > | From: Stewart C. Russell via talk <[email protected]> > > > > | One gotcha I had with Anaconda was that it usurped the system Python > > | interpreter[s] in the user's path. Your /usr/bin/python won't change, > > | but the one seen by env as a user might. Causes endless fun when > > | installing packages. > > > > Thanks for the warning. > > > > This relates to my lightning rumination: "what is a distro?" > > > > As a Linux user, it has been very convenient to delegate several > > software maintenance tasks to the distro: > > > > - selecting > > - security auditing > > - configuring > > - testing > > - bug fixing > > - updating > > I'm not sure what you mean by 'updating'? > Are you expecting the distro to schedule the update? > Do you want the distro to inform you of newer versions? > Hmmmmmmmm - - - please? > > > > I may not agree with all their choices, but it sure makes life easier. > > I pick a distro based on how happy I am with the distro's choices. > > > > Sometimes I install software that isn't provided by the distro. A > > little more work for me, but not a problem. > > > > The trouble you mention comes from software that is partially from > > inside the distro and partly from outside. Python3 is part of Ubuntu > > 16.04. But, Anaconda, part of the Python system is not part of > > Ubuntu. I assume you install it with pip. > > > > If you actually change how Python3 behaves (as opposed to just adding > > stuff), your distro's software could misbehave -- some is written in > > Python3. > > > > Similar problems arise with TeX (CTAN) and with Perl (CPAN) and who > > knows what else. > > > > Another variant of the problem arises when you need something more > > modern than what the distro provides. This is accute in RHEL because > > it is so focussed on stability. > > > > I think that Canonical's "Snaps" (and flatpak.org's "Flatpak's) are > > meant to address this hard problem. I don't know how well this works. > > Regards > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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