Which Linux Distro?
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| Hello everyone. I just put together a computer last night. I'm going to install Linux on there so that I can compile my games on all three platforms (I should mention I have a Mac, too). My question is, which would be the best linux distribution to use? What are the things that I'll need to get BMax running on a linux box. I DL'd Fedora last night, but I can get whatever distro works best with BMax. Any ideas? |
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| "best" is a relative time they all have their strong and weak points for ease of use and being upto date I'd recommend Ubuntu Linux |
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| Yeah, but I'm not actually looking for the "Best" linux distro. I'm looking for whatever distro works the friendliest with BMax. If I install BMax on a Linux machine, which is the distro people are having the *least* amount of trouble with? |
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| I prefer Fedora core 4. It would be nice to see which distro has the most success. My NVIDIA Geforce 4 MX works great on the Fedora and I use fedora at work so I am more comfortable with it. my list: 1. Fedora 4 2. Mandriva (Mandrake) 3. Ubuntu cool thing about linux is that you can try them all and see which one you like the best for the cost of a few CD's |
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| Iv not tried yet but has anyone had Max running on Slackware 9.. |
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| K, thanks. I'll try Fedora first. Any other requirements? I had to install XTools on my mac, is there anything I need for the Linux version? |
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| We generally recommend Ubuntu. |
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| Has anyone managed to create a dual-boot system with Ubuntu? |
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| Slackware. |
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| Slunkar: Yes - I'm running a dual-boot with Ubuntu. The installer specifically asks you if you want to, and if you say yes, voila! :o) |
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| Well I installed Fedora Core, and all of the dev tools available with the distro. I dl'd BMax, opened up the tarball copied the file to the desk top. I open up the BMax folder. Nothing happens when I click the the MaxIDE Icon. I'm running KDE desktop. As I asked earlier. Are there any tricks needed to get BMax working on Linux? |
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| oh.....I didnt get that far, because of all the warnings about deleting all the hard drive info |
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| See the sticky threads in this forum (if you run maxide from a terminal after changing to the blitzmax directory and typing ./MaxIDE you will be able to see some error messages to help you on your way). |
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| My Fedora Core 4 howto thread details how to get blitz up and running. However, I haven't yet installed Max v1.14, and I think it now forces a compile using gcc3.3 (as opposed to gcc4 using 3.3 compatibiliy libraries), so you may come unstuck when compiling even after following my instructions. Note to self: must get my linux box hooked back up to t'internet and rectify this... |
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| Any Debian variant (like Ubuntu for instance) will probably be a good choice for "My First Linux". |
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| i installed ubuntu, it runs gimp,blender blitzmax no probs im happy |
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