myanavrin Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Hello to all, I want to use linux but i don't know what is the best distro to use. Thanks, Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 If you're planning on programming in PHP, any distro will work - Arch, Debian, or Ubuntu are my suggestions for the beginning Linux user. If you're planning on programming in c or cpp, I recommend Gentoo (my favorite distro). It's designed in such a way that you never have to install -devel packages; the headers come along whenever you install a package. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-534398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuraitux Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 for web progarmming I suggest using debian, ubuntu, pclinux or mepis. If c or c++ or java I prefer slackware or gentoo, and maybe debian as apt-get is easy to keep your system up to date. Course portage is really nice also. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-547096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlin Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I vote debian, or anything debian based for that matter (ubuntu, pyro, good os) gNewSense is a great completely free as in speech distro endorsed by the fsf note that ubuntu 8.04 has some serious problems with your main development tool...firefox. I'd stick with gutsy for now, or downgrade ff https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421482 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-547361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
myanavrin Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 sir/s, 'm totally newbie in linux. my problems 1st. What files I needed to download (pls provide me the list ) I prefer live cd. 2nd. How to create a live cd for it. thanks. ??? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-548444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 http://knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora.html (Live CD option ^ ) As for best linux distro for programmer, I would choose ubuntu. -steve Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-548447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
myanavrin Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hello Again, I already downloaded the livecd files in fedor. What will I do next to have a live cd. Thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-548644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hello Again, I already downloaded the livecd files in fedor. What will I do next to have a live cd. Thanks Burn the image to a disc. Make sure your CD drive is set to boot before your hard disc in the BIOS and reboot with the disc in drive. It should boot into Fedora. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-548936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
serverman Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 well this isnt really the best linux but i like freebsd its not really for noobs but its user friendly(after you set up kde or xfce(i use xfce) has some good dev tools that are prepackaged and its free its also great for running a server!! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-552104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruzaw Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 remember that fedora isn't debian based; it also uses yum repositories; apt is much better. anyways, as a Kubuntu user, I'd point you towards that Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-558816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushroom Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I do a lot of php/mysql and find openSUSE the easiest to set up and manage. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-558889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeB Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 If you're planning on programming in PHP, any distro will work - Arch, Debian, or Ubuntu are my suggestions for the beginning Linux user. If you're planning on programming in c or cpp, I recommend Gentoo (my favorite distro). It's designed in such a way that you never have to install -devel packages; the headers come along whenever you install a package. +1 for gentoo. Only for the linux experienced, though. Nubuntu = can't go wrong if you're a windows user. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-560287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marklarah Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Mac OS X. Well....its Unix... *sulks away* Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-565841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naihab Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Ubuntu or Debian, for the package management system. Apart from that, pretty much anything, though Zenwalk comes with a nice set of development tools preinstalled. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/104383-best-linux-distro-for-programmer/#findComment-574984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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