Re: gEDA-user: Some Linux distros to consider

[joeft <joeft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jason Elder wrote:

> .....
>
> Conclusion -
> 1.  OpenSUSE works well, the development packs need to be installed 
> post-install (I opened the software installer and selected every 
> package that had development in the name).
> 2.  Slackware - This distro should work well...I think that if you 
> choose full install, it installs all of the packages including the 
> development ones.  You may also want to choose the GNOME desktop as 
> your default desktop during installation. 
> 3.  Ubuntu - This distro should also work well, just be sure that the 
> devel packs are installed or be sure to install them post-OS install.
>
> I'm pretty sure gEDA will work well with any distro out there.  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.  Also, I've been following some of the distros on 
> distrowatch.com and I think many new distro updates will have the 
> latest version of firefox and openoffice.  I just wanted to get up and 
> running with gEDA.
>
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I also recently installed geda on SuSe 10.2.  Had some problems with the 
SuSe net install due to ftp timing out; it went much better from the CD 
images.  geda install went much more smoothly than in the past (Thanks 
Stuart!).  Have run gschem, pcb, and gerbv only so far.

My last challenge was to see if I could build lesstif hid version of 
pcb.  I can't seem to find all the dependencies missing on the SuSe 10.2 
distro.  Anyone have any hints?

Thanks,

Joe T



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