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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:22:52 +0200
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gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com schrieb:
> Hello,
> I am about to buy a mini-laptop with the Linpus operating system
> installed, which is a variety of Linux if I understand well.
> Did someone have experiences with GNAT and GPS (GPL) on such a beast ?
> Any advice about which version / distro / whatever to use ?
> I have close to zero experience with Linux and would like to keep the
> maintenance to the minimum - in order to keep enough time for
> programming :-).
> TIA !

Make sure that your GNU/Linux distribution comes with gcc,
or has a known way of installing gcc.
This should give you a good start. My order of preference
would be
- Debian
- Ubuntu
- anything that can run AdaCore's GPL Edition of GNAT.

*However*, there may be a few glitches. At least one of the
small ones from ASUS comes with a Xandros variant installed.
While this is Debian-based, it is really tricky to
get a gcc for this, if possible at all (other than just
copying the necessary tree of files from some compatible
computer).  You'll probably loose some multimedia support
if you install some other GNU/Linux.

See
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/