[Lazarus] The perfect Linux distro for FPC and Lazarus development

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> So if you want to use a Linux distro that just works out of the box _for 
> programming_, I would highly recommend Slackware. It's easy to install, 
> update and configure. Comes with a boat load of handy HOWTO documents 
> etc. And most importantly, it comes preloaded with everything a software 
> developer needs to get their work done.

I've used Slackware a lot, and am not blind to its merits. I use Debian 
a lot, and am not blind to its faults. The one thing that I would say 
however is that Debian/Ubuntu do have a fairly well-tested mechanism in 
place for upgrading libraries etc. when necessary, while Slackware- at 
least when I last looked- has to be reinstalled which is significant work.

Once the prerequisites are installed, Debian isn't too bad- with the 
exception of the Qt interface libraries which enforce a particular 
combination of libqt and Lazarus. However Qt's overall future is at best 
unclear due to Nokia's switch to an MS OS, and- in particular- due to 
the immaturity of KDE v4 which I for one find virtually unusable.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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