From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.31.9.199 with SMTP id 190mr1902687vkj.17.1500545493504; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:11:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.36.9.82 with SMTP id 79mr125445itm.2.1500545493457; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!14no567552qtn.1!news-out.google.com!196ni2532itl.0!nntp.google.com!t6no730595itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:11:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=31.52.196.8; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 31.52.196.8 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Advice on A Version of Linux Needed. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:11:33 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 2575 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3875670304 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:47463 Date: 2017-07-20T03:11:33-07:00 List-Id: On Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 11:01:00 AM UTC+1, MM wrote: > On Thursday, 20 July 2017 10:45:29 UTC+1, Austin Obyrne wrote: > > Could I ask some kind person to suggest a version of Linux that strongly supports > > programmimg in Ada, ideally one that has a special editor like say KDE's IDE or similar. > > This is a very personal choice like picking a car or holiday destination. However, > Ubuntu is popular, and the KUbuntu variant has KDE. > > > I will be guided by your experience of any editor however. > > Extremely personal choice here. If you know the KDE editor, then consider using > that with KUbuntu. > > Eclipse is another good choice as it has more GIDE-type features, but the learning > curve is steep. > > > I have been using AdaGide in Windows_7 up to now to create ciphers but I need to > > become more accommodating to other users with some ciphers I have developed > > in Ada-95 using a very old compiler i.e.Gnat 311.p > > Good thinking! :-) > > Once you know Eclipse, it will work well as a replacement. > > > Thanks in anticipation of your usual help. > > No problem! > > M > -- Hi Mark, I have no experinece of using KDE but it looks good on the" The Big Book of Linux Ada Programming" so I will probably go down the KUbuntu road initially. I will also look at Eclipse and try that also. I am truly grateful for your help here - Austin