why Unix?

[Jesse Phillips]

On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:48:57 -0400, 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?

I always suggest Koppix, it has lots of programs and the latest version 
has great improvements in boot up time. v6 defaults to a screen reader 
version so when it brings up a prompt one should type 'knoppix' to get 
the GUI version.

http://knoppix.net/