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Re: gEDA-user: Some Linux distros to consider
Marc Moreau wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:15:23 -0700 (PDT)
> Jason Elder <sundevil724@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> I recently installed linux on my machine for the sole purpose to install gEDA. I went through a couple of Linux installations before I got gEDA to work and I would like to share my feedback. (Short answer below...see conclusion)
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>> There were 3 criteria I wanted the distro to fulfill be fore I chose:
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>> 1) It had to have Firefox 2.0 or later, 2) It had to have the latest version of OpenOffice, 3) I wanted the source code as well as development packages to be installed with a full install of the distro.
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> In these three regards, might I sugest Gentoo. That is the distro I use. The only thing that my be an issue is in your conclusion.
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>> My goal here was to find one that I can download, burn, install, have the latest version of firefox and openoffice, and then install gEDA with minimum hassle.
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> Gentoo is great IMO for the top three criteria, however it does require some tinkering. The "just works" quotient is pretty low. For a home where tinkering is okay, it's great. *nix experience is most decidedly required -- not a newbie distro.
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> my 2c.
>
> -Marc
>
CentOS has worked out fine for me. I actually chose it because I had to
have a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for another project. It just
happened to work will with gEDA.
Vaughn T.
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