Linux Choice ?

I will finally have a box available to set up for Linux to make a
Linux version of my renderer which now has Windows and Universal Mac
builds with Dialog Blocks.

What is the best flavor of Linux to use with Dialog Blocks and
wxWidgets?
(And requires the least set up from the end user.)

Thanks,
David

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--- In anthemion-devtools%40yahoogroups.com">anthemion-devtoolsyahoogroups.com, David Mathews
<grnbriar...> wrote:
&gt;
> I will finally have a box available to set up for Linux to make a
> Linux version of my renderer which now has Windows and Universal Mac
> builds with Dialog Blocks.
>
> What is the best flavor of Linux to use with Dialog Blocks and
> wxWidgets?
> (And requires the least set up from the end user.)
&gt;
> Thanks,
> David
&gt;

Hi!

Well, in the last 36 hours or so, I've downloaded, installed,
reinstalled, etc. both Ubuntu and Debian ("Feisty Fawn" 7.04 and
&quot;Etch"; 4.0, respectively). I've come to several conclusions:

1) Ubuntu is definitely Debian derived.

2) Ubuntu is easier to install. The "Live CD" feature makes it a snap!;)

3) There's very little difference in what's there, developer wise,
whether you use the Ubuntu Live CD, or the first CD of the 21 CD
Debian distribution.

4) VMware recognizes Ubuntu as a separate Linux entity, but not
Debian. I had to use "Other Linux 2.6.x...&quot; for Debian.

5) On VMware, none of their pre-built kernel modules for VMware Tools
seem to suit the Debian kernel. You have to build the module. That's
no snap as it's not obvious what needs downloading or where it should
be. Just getting the sources for the kernel is not adequate, VMware
complains that it cannot find linux/version.h and that it's probably
because you've never built your kernel before (which I hadn't, but
Debian did to effect a patch in the Update Manager). After a couple of
hours of playing around with that, I uninstalled Debian from VMware
and installed Ubuntu (didn't really need it as I have an Ubuntu
partion on my system). VMware tools immediately found a perfect
matching module for the Ubuntu kernel.

IMHO, in VMware, the VMware Tools are a must have. Without them you
have to do all kinds of ctrl-<this> and ctrl-alt-&lt;that> to go from
VMware to the host system and even from the guest system to VMware.
You also cannot do drag'n'drop or copy'n'paste between the guest and
host. Similarly, you cannot share files easily between guest and host.

In conclusion, when I was young and the world was new, it was fun to
dabble in the innards of systems, tinker around with switches, build
kernels, etc. But now I'm not so young and the world has turned out to
be very old indeed, so I prefer Ubuntu as a Linux platform, even
though (or because) I do not have to muck about with the system that
much to get things added and operational. That let's me get on with my
primary "fun&quot;, mucking about with DB!

jmtcw:

thx,
Dave S.

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