Steve Thompson wrote: > On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:09:36 -0800, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > >> Steve Thompson wrote: >>> I was wondering the differnced there were betwee Active State's python and >>> the open source version of python. >> The biggest difference at the moment is that ActiveState is still using >> Python 2.4.3 in their distribution. They should be coming out with 2.5 >> soon. >> >> Sounds like you are running Suse? So you already have some version of >> Python, right? You can search this group at comp.lang.python on Google >> Groups--try "python versions linux"--or something like that--but the >> issue you need to watch out for is running two different versions on >> Linux. >> >> Long and short, you don't want to uninstall the version of Python that >> came with your Suse, because other programs on your machine probably >> use that particular version. It's easy to install an ADDITIONAL >> distribution of Python and run it separately, but again. Search the >> list >> for how to do that, and how to run them separately once you do. >> >> I'm just moving to Linux myself, so can't provide the expertise. Unless >> there is some killer feature of 2.5 you need, I would just use the >> Python that came with your Suse. >> >> rd > > Thanks BartlebyScrivener, but are there any other IDE's that are better, > in your opinion, than Eric version 3. I'm using gnome and eric is built > for KDE. I don't care it there open source or Id I have tp puchase one. > > Thanks again, > > Steve I like Eclipse/Pydev better
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