[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Distro Recomendation

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 15:51 -0500, Johnny Cybermyth wrote:
> The lead engineer has come to me for a recommendation on a distro that 
> he can play with on a PC(or laptop, not sure) to get a little "hands-on" 
> with Linux.

Oh, that's different.

> I believe that he has heard that Linux usually comes with free compilers.

That all depends.  I'm sure he's interested in a cross-compiler that
targets your platform.  Most distros do not come with one, and even with
the ones that do, you have to add the targets.

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