why Unix?

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Jason House wrote:

> Saaa Wrote:
> 
>> 
>> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
>> news:grduhp$1rk0$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> > Saaa wrote:
>> >>> When you'd be writing computer programs.
>> >>
>> >> But that would go like this: install eclipse, check how to compile 
under 
>> >> Linux and start programming.
>> >
>> > Nope :o). When you'll figure why not, that's where the fun starts. I'm 
>> > sure you know about the phenomenon "writing Fortran in C" etc. 
Installing 
>> > eclipse and starting programming as you would under windows would be a 
>> > moral equivalent. (Not that I would advise against using eclipse, which 
I 
>> > also like.)
>> >
>> > Andrei
>> 
>> Then, how should I start, or: where do I learn how I should start? :D 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Another part of this thread reminded me. "Live CDs" provide an easy way to 
play around. Ubuntu's Live CD is not set up for programming though. I don't 
know if another live CD would be better.
> 
> If you install ubuntu you'll want to add the "build-essential" package 
(sudo apt-get install build-essential). A similar thing can be done to 
install eclipse, subversion, or whatever your favorite stuff is...
> 
> Maybe that would be a good starting point?

That, or with usb, or in virtualbox is all good. But I think the question 
was more where to start using the specific benefits of linux over other OS  
as a programming environment.

Fedora 10 has a live-cd spin specifically aimed at developers, haven't used 
it though.  

http://spins.fedoraproject.org/