As it may be useful, between the most widely used distros, only suse is
compliant with lsb. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base). It
may in the future be helpfull and less painfull to install programs in a lsb
compatible environment.
Regards
Ahmet Alper Parker
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard Fateman wrote:
> > I am thinking of converting an old intel laptop to run some version of
> unix,
> > since the laptop
> > is otherwise kind of redundant.
> > Students here seem to prefer ubuntu.
> > Is this a good idea if I want to run lisps and maxima? Or is something
> else
> > better?
> >
> > It would be nice to have a simple installation, and an otherwise
> functioning
> > unix networking system..
> >
> >
> I have no experience with Ubuntu, but I hear good things about it. I
> personally use SuSE, which installed quite simply, has most things you
> would probably want, but you might have to go install your own version
> of whatever Lisp you want. I couldn't find a version of gcl for it, and
> I'm incapable of building it myself. But cmucl and sbcl binaries work
> just fine.
>
> But my experience is on a desktop. I have heard Linux on laptops are
> rather finicky, especially with wireless and sleep modes.
>
> If you buy SuSE, you get a month of free support, which might be
> useful. I'm sure there's lots of support for Ubuntu too, since it seems
> quite popular.
>
> Ray
>
> _______________________________________________
> Maxima mailing list
> Maxima at math.utexas.edu
> http://www.math.utexas.edu/mailman/listinfo/maxima
>