[R] from XPPro to Linux what distribution to use for R ?

[Uwe Ligges]

phguardiol at aol.com wrote:
> Dear R users
> 
> I m planning to move to Linux to use R (currently under Win XPPro on a 32bit PC with 4 Go RAM), I have 2 questions:
> - is there a recommended "version/distribution" of Linux to run?R and Bioconductor packages: Fedora ? Ubuntu ? Suse ? Debian ?

They all will work with R.


> - Regarding Fedora, I see that now it is version 8 available on the web, but on R website I can only see R Fedora 7 version (no F8); so?does R for Fedora 7 work with Fedora 8 ? 

I'd recommend to compile your version of R yourself from sources. It's 
easy, just follow the R Installation and Administration manual.

Uwe Ligges



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> Philippe Guardiola
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