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Recommend a linux distro that is smeall and good for development?

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minofifa

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Hi i want to install a small and speedy linux distro in VMware to run as a virtual machine in my windows environment. I think i want a CLI interface in general and it will be only for development (C/C++ and maybe some python).

One thing i like about ubuntu is the way you can search and easily update the software on your computer with apt-get. Can this be installed on any linux distro? Are there better package managers that do the same thing? i have heard of SMART before, but not sure what that is about.

What is the concensus on slackware? is there a more suitable choice? right now i have ubuntu in VMware, but i'd like to try something else.

thanks
 
imho, nothing comes close to apt as package management. I'm biased, I have used deb for a while, and just wasted time trying to do something as simple as configure my MTA using Suse tools.

If you like Ubuntu, but it's a bit too heavy, try xbuntu (XFCE GUI) or the server install (no GUI).

I usually use deb stable for servers, it's hard to beat
 
Slackware is nice, but no real package management. Patrick has made his feelings on package management pretty clear...
 
Kubuntu may be interesting since KDE is very C++ centric while most of Gnome and rest of the OS is going to be C. KDE4 is in heavy development right now so if your insterested in learning a bit of real-world C++ Unix development while working with experianced programmers this would be a great opportunity. Also they have a Kdevelop IDE that may, or may not, be that interesting.

Gnome on the other hand has some RAD stuff around Glade and Python or C#.

And if your into hardcore networking programming with interest in reverse engineering buggy protocols and testing then getting involved in SAMBA is virtually garrenteed to get you employed. Every NAS, every little handheld device, OS X, AIX, etc etc. Anything anywere that doesn't run Windows, but still has windows file/print capabilities, runs SAMBA. There are literally thousands of companies that depend on that stuff. Everthing from Fortune500 companies to mom-and-pop retailers... but there are very few Samba programmers around that are truly experianced in it.

Lots of interesting stuff, I expect.
 
I say you check out Damn Small Linux. It's basically a stripped down, super-speedy version of Debian.
 
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