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 10.43.100.129 with SMTP id cw1mr3274548icc.30.1386882869870; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:14:29 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.94.144 with SMTP id dc16mr118470qeb.21.1386882869827; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:14:29 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!ie8no11912695qab.0!news-out.google.com!9ni8450qaf.0!nntp.google.com!ie8no11912687qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:14:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87wqj9g6iq.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=31.52.183.80; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 31.52.183.80 References: <87wqj9g6iq.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_Programming_in_Linux_=96_Cold_Start=2E?= From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:14:29 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 3227 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3715275301 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:18011 Date: 2013-12-12T13:14:29-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:26:37 PM UTC, Ludovic Brenta wrote: > Austin Obyrne writes on comp.lang.ada: > Is it possible to purchase a CD = ROM of an Ada compiler (I detest > longwinded downloading and the possibili= ty of a load of malware coming > with it). It is possible to purchase a *se= t* of *DVDs* with or without malware on them, at your option. It is possibl= e to purchase a network-install *CD* containing the Linux kernel and the in= stallation program; this installation program then fetches the packages fro= m the nearest mirror to install them. It is possible to purchase a USB stic= k with the Linux kernel, the installer, and as many packages as will fit on= the USB stick. It is possible to download the entire distribution, with or= without malware. If you opt for no malware, choose a distribution that use= s multiple cryptographic hashes (SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512; yes all of them) = to authenticate the binary packages you download. One such as Debian, for e= xample :) With the net-install bootable CD-ROM, you download and install on= ly what you need and nothing more. Last weekend, I salvaged a 5-year-old De= bian 5 "Lenny" installation whose root password was lost, on an old laptop = whose CD/DVD reader drive was dead, and that would not boot from a USB stic= k. I booted this laptop *from the network* into a Linux kernel and Debian i= nstallation program (which also works in rescue mode) served from my main l= aptop, and upgraded the machine to "Jessie" (testing) which is not even rel= eased yet :) all the while leaving the Windows XP installation untouched. A= s others have mentioned, you can install on a dedicated partition (dual or = triple boot) or into a virtual machine (requiring enough physical RAM for b= oth the host and guest OSes simultaneously). You could even buy a Raspberry= Pi with Debian and GNAT on it :) The possibilities really are endless. -- = Ludovic Brenta. Many thanks to everybody for your help. Austin O'Byrne