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Recommend a Linux distro

Name: Anonymous 2005-10-19 5:00

I'd need a new Linux distro, please recommend me some based on the following:

1. I hate compiling. I hate wasting my time to try software; I want to install, try, and uninstall very quickly, as you would do in Windows. I like software made of a single file (or a directory with subfolders) I can copy by hand and it works. I know this is hardly found in Linux but a least I'd like a decent package system and a wide library of binaries.

2. I love latest versions of Firefox, libSDL-devel, etc.

3. I hate the FHS because it's a mess and everything is mixed up in shitboxes. I know it'll be hard to avoid if I want compiled stuff, though, but a few recommendations on distros using a sane directory design would be good too.

4. I like Windows NT.

5. I'm a developer, but remember I don't want to waste my time compiling stuff, linking kernels, etc., I have a tight agenda of stuff I need to get done, and I'm not getting paid to compile other's code, but to get my own working.

Thanks in advance

Name: CCFreak2K !mgsA1X/tJA 2005-10-19 14:20

UNIX is naturally case sensitive, so any kernels that aren't probably lack in other areas of UNIX compatability as well.

If you have Windows XP, you might try Windows Services for UNIX.  It's like Cygwin, except since it's from Microsoft, it's probably better integrated into Windows.  Anyway, it allows you to enjoy some of the benefits of a Unix system without having to actually have one.

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