On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 03:09:53PM -0500, John Salerno wrote: > I'm interested in trying out Linux, probably Ubuntu, but I was wondering > which distribution you guys like to use (because it's a pain trying to > decide!) and you guys are smart.
We had this discussion a couple of time during the last months already. :) I believe the most frequently recommended distribution was Ubuntu (or Debian which Ubuntu is based upon). > And to keep it Python related, I'll also ask, is there anything special > I need to know about using Python on Linux? Do any things change, or can > it be used just as I use it on Windows? Some issues are platform-dependant. You will not be able to read the registry or start a Microdoze-based program of course. Otherwise most parts of Python are working the same way unless the documentation tells otherwise in certain details. Christoph (Hoping to prevent a huge thread discussing pros/cons of distributions) -- ~ ~ ".signature" [Modified] 1 line --100%-- 1,48 All -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list