Duncan Booth wrote: > 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. > > If you just want to try out Linux then a very easy way is to use VMWare > Player: download it from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/. You can > then run almost any Linux you wish directly on your windows system, no need > to reboot or anything. Start with Browser Appliance which is a cut-down > installation of Ubuntu (but it is configured so that things like the > clipboard interact properly with Windows clipboard, and you can share files > by sharing folders on windows and connecting to them from Ubuntu). Then you > can use the package manager (on the System menu) to install Python and > other packages (when it asks for a password use 'vmware' if you are using > the default 'vmware' user). > > You need about 2Gb of free disk space to install and use VMWare and Browser > appliance: all of the Linux file system is stored in one file which expands > as required up to 9.5Gb maximum (it helps performance if you keep the file > defragmented: use contig.exe from www.sysinternals.com). > > Once you have Vmware installed, as well as Ubuntu, you can also download > Linux images for Novell/Suse, RedHat and literally dozens of other versions > of Linux and Unix variants, some preconfigured for specific applications > try them out and then throw them away. The only limits are your disc space. > >> 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? >> > The main difference is that it is much easier to install packages which are > part of the Ubuntu distribution: just run up the package manager, select > the ones to install and download and install happen automatically. >
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