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Which Linux version
Hansvb:
Hi,
Not sure if this question belongs here, but what is a good Linux variant to start with? And of course Lazarus is doing well. I see many variants but understand that Linux Mint and Ubuntu are widely used.
munair:
I can only speak from my own experience. I use both Debian and Manjaro. Debian is conservative if you limit your packages to the repo, but in turn you get quite a stable system. Manjaro is a rolling release distro and adds the latest packages after some testing and is reasonably stable as a result. If you are waiting for the latest Lazarus in a tested environment, Manjaro is a good option.
cdbc:
Hi Hans
PCLinuxOS - Easy, stable, newest software but still conservative(rolling release), fpc 3.2.2 & Lazarus 3.8 in the repo (but 4.0 is in the works) and a very helpful, friendly & funny forum.
The people in the forum are even testing a 'Debian'-based edition...
It has been my "daily driver" since 2006 8-)
- Radically Simple and Just Works -
You should really give it a go...
Regards Benny
Thaddy:
I usually use a current Debian or an Ubuntu lts (now 24).
I noticed, probably because the release has not been updated, for a long time, Ubuntu seems to have dropped FPC.
That is not a problem, because you can add Debian repositories to the the sources.list or sources.list.d of Ubuntu.
If it is indeed true, - I can't get fpc nor fp-compiler from apt - the lack of a current point release begins to bite very hard! Ubuntu x86_64 24 TLS running in WSL2.
Dzandaa:
Hi,
Personally, I've tried several versions of Linux:
Fedora, Ubuntu, KDE, Slackware, Debian, Kali, Slax, Bohdi, ReactOS.
And ultimately, Linux Mint is my favorite.
It's an Ubuntu derivative with some interesting tools.
The base installation includes LibreOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird.
"Software Manager" that allows you to easily install and uninstall new programs.
"Time shift", a program like "Time machine" on MacOS to helps create incremental snapshots of the file system at regular intervals, which can then be restored at a later date to undo all changes to the system.
"Nemo" a dual windows file manager.
"Warpinator," a tool that allows you to transfer files VERY QUICKLY from one Linux to another.
For Lazarus, don't install it from the "Software manager", but from https://www.lazarus-ide.org/index.php?page=downloads
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