[gameprogrammer] Re: Linux for game programming
- From: "Jason Clark" <jclark@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:31:17 -0600
While it tends to be a religious discussion among Linux people, for
speed of use, I'd recommend Redhat. Just do the custom install and
choose to add all packages (worked on 9.0 and before, not sure about
Fedora), that will include development packages for SDL, GLUT, MySQL,
and on and on and on ....
It's big, but its got everything and other than the rare laptop it tends
to install fast and find hardware easily.
A lot of people like Debian or SuSe. SuSe I've found is more of a
network tool, and Debian tends to need a bunch of downloads right of the
bat, granted its not difficult, but still, I'm pretty lazy.
Cheers,
Jason.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gameprogrammer-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Jenkins
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:24 AM
> To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Linux for game programming
>
> I would like to install Linux under VMWare and am looking for a distro
I
> can
> use for game programming. I want something that will install
> automatically,
> run the first time with all my hardware (including 3d card), and come
with
> an integrated, modern, GUI ide with breakpoints, watches, and
everything
> else. I would rather not use make files either.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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