Re: [gnome-love] Which Linux distribution - Thanks

[Daniel Cardenas <Daniel Carden cox net>]

Thanks.  I think I just needed for someone to tell me I wasn't doing the wrong 
thing.  Now I'm happy that I got that gnome-lov.  :-)

Daniel

Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> 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