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games4dummies3 · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 14

What Linux Distribution do you think is best for a beginning programmer?
I am currently learning C++ and then I will learn the MIPS Assembly Language. What are your thoughts?

blackdroid · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 564 Location: Sweden

any distribution that you are familiar with, it really does not make any difference. what you need is the toolchain and good editor/IDE, and that you can find on many platforms.. unix, win, MacOS.
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pixel · Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 791

What is important about a distribution is the way you like the packaging and the configuration system (which I think debian is the best here). Otherwise, all the nix distributions will offer the same development features.
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apache37 · Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 76

FreeBSD :p

I build those boxes up with basic config in 10 minutes.

ooPo · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:16 am Post subject:

New to linux? Something easy like Fedora Core or Mandrake I guess...

J.F. · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 2906

What drew me to Fedora Core 2 was that the install DVD was available via bittorrent. That's the best way to download hundreds of megs to gigs worth of data.