Re: a somewhat off-topic question about linux

2006-03-25 Thread John Salerno
Duncan Booth wrote: > John Salerno wrote: > >> I'm interested in trying out Linux, probably Ubuntu, but I was wondering >> which distribution you guys like to use (because it's a pain trying to >> decide!) and you guys are smart. > > If you just want to try out Linux then a very easy way is to

Re: a somewhat off-topic question about linux

2006-03-25 Thread Duncan Booth
John Salerno wrote: > I'm interested in trying out Linux, probably Ubuntu, but I was wondering > which distribution you guys like to use (because it's a pain trying to > decide!) and you guys are smart. If you just want to try out Linux then a very easy way is to use VMWare Player: download it

Re: a somewhat off-topic question about linux

2006-03-25 Thread John Salerno
Christoph Haas wrote: > On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 03:09:53PM -0500, John Salerno wrote: >> I'm interested in trying out Linux, probably Ubuntu, but I was wondering >> which distribution you guys like to use (because it's a pain trying to >> decide!) and you guys are smart. > > We had this discussi

Re: a somewhat off-topic question about linux

2006-03-25 Thread Christoph Haas
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 03:09:53PM -0500, John Salerno wrote: > I'm interested in trying out Linux, probably Ubuntu, but I was wondering > which distribution you guys like to use (because it's a pain trying to > decide!) and you guys are smart. We had this discussion a couple of time during the

a somewhat off-topic question about linux

2006-03-25 Thread John Salerno
I'm interested in trying out Linux, probably Ubuntu, but I was wondering which distribution you guys like to use (because it's a pain trying to decide!) and you guys are smart. And to keep it Python related, I'll also ask, is there anything special I need to know about using Python on Linux? Do