[olug] Find your distro site

[Carl Lundstedt]

I'd recommend a live distro like Quantian.
http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html

He may have to keep his code on a removable USB stick or the like, but 
then he could work on programming and not worry about OS configuration.  
IIRC, Quantian will also read/write to windows NTFS, but  you might want 
to experiment with it before suggesting it.

Carl Lundstedt
UNL

>I have a person who is trying to pick up on progamming languages, primarily C++
>and Java. Right now he has a Windows XP box that will not let the compiler work
>correctly. I suggested that he look at Linux to learn the languages he wants and
>suggested he also look into Perl and php as well. I wasn't sure what all he
>needed by his discription to me, but thought he could determine his own
>parameters and get a distribution that suits him. I suggested the site that has
>the questions to gather information about skills and needs and suggests a number
>of distributions that match those areas. I don't have the URL at work, and am
>not sure where it is on my home machine. Does anyone have that site so I can
>mail the address to him and get him on the way to working with Linux and
>learning the languages he wants?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom Williamson
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