Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-16 Thread Manuel López-Ibáñez
On 16/08/06, DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I first ported gcc to MS-DOS (DJGPP), RMS didn't like the idea of supporting a MS system. That changed when they started shipping DJGPP binaries on CD-ROM; in the first month DJGPP sales exceeded 50% of their total gross sales. Actually

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-16 Thread DJ Delorie
> Although, I guess the FSF and RedHat would encourage you to use a > free operating system instead of any of the propietary ones > mentioned above. Isn't it? ;-) Although this is straying off-topic, I'll answer this one time - the FSF would prefer that everyone use nothing but free software, but

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-16 Thread Lee Millward
On 8/16/06, Manuel López-Ibáñez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far as I know, there is no list of projects for beginners. I guess that you should think about something you would like to learn or work. On the other hand, setting up a list of projects for beginners and making easier for them to cont

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-16 Thread Manuel López-Ibáñez
On 16/08/06, DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Any advise on selecting Linux distro? Any one will do. Or Windows, MS-DOS, AIX, IRIX, Solaris, Mac OS/X, or any other platform GCC runs on. Use whatever you're comfortable with. Although, I guess the FSF and RedHat would encourage you

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-16 Thread Manuel López-Ibáñez
On 16/08/06, Mahafuzur Rahaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Welcome! I guess will refer me to read the web site. While I am doing that, I am not clear about my issue. It goes.. Well, it is not only the website. The wiki and the internal documentation contains a lot of information (more th

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-15 Thread Laurynas Biveinis
> 1) Any advise on selecting Linux distro? Any one will do. Or Windows, MS-DOS, AIX, IRIX, Solaris, Mac OS/X, or any other platform GCC runs on. Use whatever you're comfortable with. But note that on Windows (Cygwin) GCC testsuite runs several orders of magnitude slower than on Linux: it lite

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-15 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Mike Stump wrote: > On Aug 15, 2006, at 6:11 PM, Mahafuzur Rahaman wrote: > > 1) Any advise on selecting Linux distro? > > This is akin to asking ones religion. :-) We generally don't push > religion around here... gnu.misc.discuss would be the usual place to > discuss reli

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-15 Thread DJ Delorie
> 1) Any advise on selecting Linux distro? Any one will do. Or Windows, MS-DOS, AIX, IRIX, Solaris, Mac OS/X, or any other platform GCC runs on. Use whatever you're comfortable with.

Re: Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-15 Thread Mike Stump
On Aug 15, 2006, at 6:11 PM, Mahafuzur Rahaman wrote: 1) Any advise on selecting Linux distro? This is akin to asking ones religion. :-) We generally don't push religion around here... gnu.misc.discuss would be the usual place to discuss religious questions. Just select one and follow i

Wannabe Contributor: Questions related to Dev Box setup and other issues

2006-08-15 Thread Mahafuzur Rahaman
Hi, I guess will refer me to read the web site. While I am doing that, I am not clear about my issue. It goes.. I want to contribute to GCC dev and I will start at basic projects for beginners. While I am setting up my dev box for GCC work, I want to know? 1) Any advise on selecting Linux distr