Re: How to pick a distro?

[Jeremy Abbott <jkbullfrog@comcast.net>]

>
> Are you sure of this, Jeremy?
>
> I just checked the online package repository for SuSE at
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/suse/i586, and there I see
> all the usual compiler packages ... for example: gcc (the C compiler),
> g++ (the C++ variant of gcc), the *-devel header files for the
> libraries, gdb (the standard debugger) and ddd (its X frontend).
>
> I suspect that either what you bought was a limited subset of SuSE ...
> possible, I suppose, since the iso image for the full distro is about
> 3.5 GB, requiring a DVD to hold it ... or you misunderstood the docs
> that came with what you got.
>
> I can't recall ever seeing a full-size Linux distro that did not
> include the full suite of compilers it needed to compile all its own
> source. If nothing else, you need this to compile custom kernels, a
> fairly common activity among experienced users of all distros.
>
> And as we all know, anyone who provides you with a CD or DVD of
> binaries needs to provide you with access to the associated source, at
> least for the GPL'd packages.
>
>
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The version I purchased was the cheapest version of 9.1, and I found out
later that their was no compiler from reading on the net.  I could be
mistaken, as I was extremely new to linux at the time, but either their
was no gcc, or it was not in root's or my user path.  I tend to lean
toward what I read on the net.  I did just examine Suse's website, and
it apears to have been redesigned, and has new versions.  After reading
about 9.2 professional, I would agree that there should be a C compiler
in it.

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