[R] New installation

[Rainer M Krug]

Clint Bowman <clint at ecy.wa.gov> writes:

I am really wondering, why nobody mentioned Ubuntu so far?

Ubuntu is a really nice distro, I never had problems with it, many
programs are available for Ubuntu, and it is build on Debian
(stable). Don't worry about Unity Window manager - there are many other
options available (Xubuntu being one of the better known ones - Ubuntu
just packed with a different Windows Manager).

If you are new to Linux, I would really suggest Ubuntu.

Cheers,

Rainer

> I "experiment" with the Fedora distribution at home but am very
> satisfied with the Scientific Linux distribution here at work--I'm
> currently using SL7.2.
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> On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle wrote:
>
>> I have tried many Linux distributions before, and never looked back
>> after switching for Arch Linux. It is one of the best distributions with
>> regard to having an up to date but still reasonably stable system. Other
>> options are Fedora  Rawhide (there's a Fedora SIG mailing list) or
>> Debian Sid (as others mentioned, there's a Debian SIG mailing list), but
>> I don't know how dependable those versions are.
>>
>> Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle
>> Former GNOME translator
>>
>> Em Qui 9 jun. 2016, às 20:08, Ista Zahn escreveu:
>>> Perhaps r-sig-debian is more appropriate, though it is not clear to me
>>> that
>>> a debian based linux is in fact the best for running R. Of course "best"
>>> is
>>> not clearly defined here, but I highly recommend Archlinux.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Ista
>>> On Jun 9, 2016 6:47 PM, "Bert Gunter" <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I suggest that you post to the r-sig-debian list instead of here. I
>>> > think you are more likely to get good answers to your query there.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Bert
>>> > Bert Gunter
>>> >
>>> > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
>>> > and sticking things into it."
>>> > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > > Hi
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint.  During a recent R course, I
>>> > > had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course.
>>> > >
>>> > > As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux
>>> > > and R.  I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best
>>> > > with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both
>>> > > programs.
>>> > >
>>> > > Many thanks,  Jack
>>> > >
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>>> > >
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Rainer M. Krug
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