Dan M wrote: > On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:26:38 -0600, blahman wrote: > > >>ok, i m going to use Linux for my Python Programs, mainly because i >>need to see what will these fork() and exec() do. So, can anyone tell >>me which flavour of linux i should use, some say that Debian is more >>programmer friendly, or shold i use fedora, or Solaris. Because these >>three are the only ones i know of that are popular and free. > > > Personally I would recommend staying away from Fedora unless you have a > friend who is well-versed in it and willing to help. I like the > distributin ok (I run it on the laptop I'm writing this from) but it uses > RPMs for package distribution, and the rpm tools don't know how to > automatically downloaded dependencies like yum or apt do. Because of that > I have to say that the RPM package tools suck quite badly. > > Debian and SUSE are both pretty good choices.
I used yum on Fedora Core 2, and it downloaded and installed dependencies fine. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
