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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: GNAT & GPS on Linpus Linux
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 12:59:33 -0700 (PDT)
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Gautier wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> On 2 Apr., 16:22, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
>
> > 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). =A0You'll probably loose some multimedia support
> > if you install some other GNU/Linux.
>
> > Seehttp://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
>
> Thanks - all I can say is that it is the Linux flavour described here:
> =A0http://www.linpus.com/products_1.php?pid=3D2
> It seems to be a descendent of Fedora.

This seems to be optimized for low-cost, low-speed machines.  Are you
sure the hardware you're considering is appropriate for programming?
i.e. does it have a sufficiently large screen that you can read your
program, a sufficiently largee keyboard that you can type comfortably
on it, sufficient RAM, disk and CPU for compiling?

I won't comment further on the distribution because you probably know
what I think already :)

--
Ludovic Brenta.