gEDA-user: Re: Some Linux distros to consider

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:15:23 -0700, Jason Elder wrote:

> My goal
> here was to find one that I can download, burn, install, have the latest
> version of firefox and openoffice, and then install gEDA with minimum
> hassle.

With these requirements you may choose a distro that has the geda tools in 
its regular repository. All the subtilities that make a generic install 
from the original source a time consuming experience have already been 
resolved by the maintainer. Thus, a geda install is as little hassle as 
any other utility the distro distributes.  

Debian may be a candidate. Choose "testing/etch" and do an install from 
the net. No need to download and burn DVDs with stuff you likely will 
never install anyway. It is in frozen state and will be declared "stable" 
soon. Also, due to copyright headiness of the Mozilla foundation firefox 
was renamed to "iceweasel" in debian.

I read in he other posts that fedora includes geda, too. Any other major 
distro?

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Kai-Martin Knaak
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