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From: "Alejandro R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.com>
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Subject: Re: Advice on A Version of Linux Needed.
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On 20/07/17 17:46, Anh Vo wrote:
> On Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 3:11:34 AM UTC-7, Austin Obyrne wrote:
>> 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 would suggest to use GPS. It is part of GNAT GPL distribution. I prefer GPS over Eclipse.
> 
> Anh Vo
> 

Seconded here. GPS is Ada focused, while Eclipse is a behemoth with many 
pitfalls. I wouldn't recommend it unless as a last resort (for any 
language that I know).