Linux distro for experienced Linux user

Hangdog42 · 12-17-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by arnuld

that's fine as long as these Desktop Systems are GPL'ed. i will check them.

Since Gnome is released under GPL, all of these MUST also be GPL.

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Originally Posted by arnuld

hey...what about my 2nd problem: Slackware 11.0 (latest stable) has GCC 3.4.6 where as i need GCC 4.x. what about this problem? now, i dont want to install GCC from source

That could be a deal breaker if you absolutely must have GCC 4.x. Slackware is by nature a fairly conservative distro so it might be a bit before Slackware moves to GCC 4.x.

arnuld · 12-17-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Hangdog42

Since Gnome is released under GPL, all of these MUST also be GPL.

OK :-)

(BTW, there was some issue that DropLine GNOME people dont keep sources online]

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Originally Posted by Hangdog42

That could be a deal breaker if you absolutely must have GCC 4.x. Slackware is by nature a fairly conservative distro so it might be a bit before Slackware moves to GCC 4.x.

it *is* a deal-breaker as i am working on a C++ project which requires GCC 4.x

thanks, really, for the help :-)

2damncommon · 12-17-2006, 02:43 PM

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well, this is not a newbie quetion...

My Fedora 6 install has gcc 4.x installed by default.
It has Gnome by default.
I am free to edit configuration files and use CLI tools as I choose.

Do continue to try anything you choose, but switching distributions is not a magic answer to every issue.

Good Luck.

uselpa · 12-17-2006, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 2damncommon

Do continue to try anything you choose, but switching distributions is not a magic answer to every issue.

Yes, it's very often the worst thing to do.
I totally agree.