On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 13:44:52 -0700 jax200 <jax...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R > course, I had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed > for the course. > > As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of > Linux and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform > works best with R, and how to go about getting all the updates > installed for both programs. > > Many thanks, Jack > Any Linux distribution is likely to work well with R. The chief hick-up is keeping you R release up to date. Typical linux releases including Ubuntu, Opensuse and Fedora R versions available through their system updates all tend to lag behind the R release version available on CRAN. Asking for help will inevitably result in responders asking about the R version you used, and, if it is significantly older than the current version, you will be asked to update R and retry your problem procedure. That means that you will probably want to handle updating R manually to remain current rather than rely on the Linux release updating system.
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