[CS-FSLUG] Learning C++ in Linux
Ron Thompson
ron.t at xplornet.com
Sat Jan 31 10:41:10 CST 2009
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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