Re: [gnome-love] Which Linux distribution

[Andreas Rottmann <a rottmann gmx at>]

Daniel Cardenas <Daniel Carden cox net> writes:

> Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > If you want to contribute, then you will probably end up testing unstable
> > GNOME code with tools such as jhbuild and garnome. That works quite well,
> > but it is not always easy, so it might be a good idea to start with a distro
> > that is often used by other contributors, so that they can easily help you.
> > I think that most people use RedHat/Fedora or Debian, though that's a
> > simplification.
>
> I'm wondering if you can point me in the right direction.  I'm trying
> debian unstable and getting Anjuta (IDE=integrated development
> environment) to work hasn't been easy.  If I try to install it with
> synaptic package manager, it wants to uninstall most of gnome.  Would
> I have better luck with Fedora?
>
> I managed to get it installed using apt-get.  But I'm wondering if my
> system is now very unstable.
Why would it be? If it worked without fuzz with apt-get, this looks
like a synaptic bug. Many people use only (or mostly) apt-get for
installing packages.

Regards, Andy
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