Claudio Grondi wrote: > I have some trouble to understand how Python works > on it because it is not organized as on Windows (e.g. there is no [Lib] > directory under the [Python2.4] one)
I guess it's at /usr/lib/python2.4 It's Windows which is odd by the way... Linux is organized in a way which is very similar to most other platforms where Python can be used. > and I failed to start Idle (can't > access idlelib) after a longer time of searching for a file to start > it. At least the Python command line runs when I type \>python in the > console window and some of the Tkinter examples run too. I need more feedback to answer this. Doesn't it work to run this from a terminal window? /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/idle/idle.py > Compared to Suse installation DVD full packed with data, Ubuntu Linux is > limited to a CD - I don't have enough experience to tell if it good or > bad, but it seems, that Ubuntu supports less software packages then > Suse. Does it matter, when one has the option to install software by > compiling source code distributions? If you use the normal hard disk install, you'll be able to get a lot of software from the net, it you have an internet connection that can deal with moderate software downloads. > Currently Ubuntu is my favorite, because it seems to be at the moment > the only Linux distribution supporting already Python 2.4.2 out of the > box, so maybe it is worth to dig deeper into it for the purpose of > installing it on a harddrive. Anyone here who uses Ubuntu for developing > larger Python projects? Well, I do my big projects at work, using mainly Red Hat, but I use Ubuntu at home, and would prefer that here to if I had a choice. > Probably I have much to try and learn before I can start on it and > succeed, so "I want a Python Puppy" is still open for beeing provided. I'd try Ubuntu for a while... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
