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petesmc

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Hi,

I'm looking to install linux to do some web development (PHP/Perl/MySQL) and some C++ programming. I've only ever used Gentoo and don't want to install it because it takes too long.

I'm looking for something that will not eat away disk space as I've a maximum of 10Gigs for this. I also want some that runs KDE instead of GNOME. Preferrably something with a proper install routine as well. What can you guys recommend?

Oh, i heard RPM based distros are a pain, so i guess thats not good? I liked Gentoos emerge world but don't know if any other have this.

Thanks
 
It doesn't really matter which one you use - Apache, Perl, PHP & MySQL are all going to be the same. If you need somebody to tell you exactly what to do, go with Debian unstable.
 
Offtopic a bit... but I suggest you look at Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Easy way to get web apps up and running quickly, especially easy for data driven apps. Ruby is an excellent scripting language (php users beware).

http://rubyonrails.org
 
I must say I'm very fond of KDE. Kate is a nice editor, or there's quanta if you want something heavier for the web-development. Everything supports scp (through fish:// ), so it's easy to use a remote server. KDevelop is supposed to be nice for C++.

As for a distro, almost anything will do.
(K)Ubuntu would work, as would a HD install of knoppix, SuSE, mandrake(mandriva?), or Fedora. You get the drift. :)
 
Just checked out a few:

Suse - Big...DVD iso
Knoppix - Looks good, a little difficult to do a hard drive install. Unfortunately the download from the site is going at 0.1kbps so i cancelled.
Ubuntu - Gnome
Kubuntu - Yes! Looks good, nice install and everything. Downloading now.

Debian - Crap website, information on it is limit or just bad

Fedora looked very nice as well, but 4 CD ISO or DVD iso is not good considering i have a very slow burner and no DVD drive.


OT: Checked out ruby on rails before. Looks powerful except i don't like the syntax. Probably stick to PHP and .NET
 
Actually, the knoppix HD install is dead simple. There's a menu choice to start it after booting, and then it's partition and follow the prompts.


(Completely unrelated: Wohoo, my ABC80 still works. Ph33r the 3MHz Zilog Z80A :D )
 
KDE? Hell, you might as well use Windows. :) That's what KDE seems to be emulating more and more...
 
I want KDE because it's like Windows. I just want linux so i can run some linux only tests for my scripts and do some coding.
 
Ah, if only windows had been like KDE. That would have been nice.
 
Josh_B said:
KDE Sucks. Dont use it.
Click to expand...
So sayth Josh_B, and lo, there was much flamage in what came to be knownth as the WM Flameth war-eth.

Gnome vs KDE vs ect is a holy war, where people have beliefs that have little actually basis in fact and reality. Thus, it is prone to extremists going whole hog, so to speak, to push their ideals, with little actual fact to back it up.

KDE works fine. Gnome works fine. IceWM works fine. All sorts of window managers work fine. It's up to the user what they are most comfortable with.

RPM distros USED to be a pain, but that has mostly been resolved now. For what you are wanting, fedora would work just fine.
 
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