The R FAQ is very helpful about installing R on various Linuxes, but doesn't seem to discuss the advantages of one distribution over another. I am new to Linux (though not to Unix!), and would appreciate some guidance from those with experience.
I plan to set up a headless Linux x86 server for the sole purpose of running 64-bit R. Are there reasons to prefer some Linux distributions over others? I have no preference between binary and source distributions of R, as along as they are complete, up-to-date, easy to install, and easy to update. I would be accessing the server through my Windows desktop using Emacs/ESS. What is the recommended way to display plots on the desktop? An X server? A display Postscript server? Something else? My data come out of a DBMS; do some Linux distributions have better ODBC drivers than others? Thanks, -s [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.