On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 1:13 PM, steven wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all;
> I'm planning to install Linux on my computer to run R (I'm bored of > W..XP). However, I haven't used Linux before and I would appreciate, > if possible, suggestions/comments about what could be the best option > install, say Fedora, Ubuntu or OpenSuse which to my impression are the > most popular ones (at least on the R-help lists). The computer is a PC > desktop with 4GB RAM and Intel Quad-Core Xeon processor and will be > used only to run R. Ah yes, we haven't had a good flame war for a long time. Let's start discussing the relative merits of various Linux distributions. That should heat things up a bit. I can only speak about Ubuntu. I have used it exclusively for several years now and find it to be superb. In my opinion it is easy to install and maintain and has very good support for R (take a bow, Dirk). ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
