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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
