[CS-FSLUG] Learning C++ in Linux

[Ron Thompson]

   It seems to me that years ago the distributions were lighter and included 
more rarely used software, including development software.  Looking over the 
websites for many of the distributions I couldn't find a detailed list of 
what was included, and had limited success adding things later.  I did get a 
live CD of the latest Ubuntu burned off, and found that in the time it took 
to boot on a laptop I could half way through my lunch :-( and even  then I 
didn't have  development software on the standard package.

    I think the ideal solution was to use a light USB bootable distribution so 
I could keep the work computer free of my personal files.

    The recommended way to go about getting what I want then would be to 
download the core package plus the applications I want, build it on my 
desktop and then make a bootable USB version?

     Ron

On Saturday 31 January 2009 08:29, Micah Yoder wrote:
> Right. In Red Hat/Fedora based systems, install gcc-c++, and any
> number of "-devel" packages you might need. They're in the
> Debian/Ubuntu repos also. And a plethora of IDEs for C++.
>
> It's hard to imagine a USB/CD distro for development. You will want to
> have continuity and be able to easily save your work.
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Stephen J. McCracken
>
> <smccracken at hcjb.org.ec> wrote:
> >>     I'm looking for some help to find a suitable light version of Linux
> >> that is CD or USB drive bootable.
> >
> > I don't know exactly what you are looking for, but would find it hard to
> > believe that the distros don't provide what you need.  It may not be in
> > the LiveCD or the standard desktop install, but they should have them.
> >
> > sjm
> >
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