Re: [R] New installation

2016-09-08 Thread jax200
Following up on this thread, I went with ubuntu. All is good Many thanks for your responses, Jack On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Leonardo Fontenelle < leonar...@leonardof.med.br> wrote: > Em Sex 10 jun. 2016, às 03:58, Rainer M Krug escreveu: > > Clint Bowman writes: > > > > I am reall

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-10 Thread John Dougherty
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 13:44:52 -0700 jax200 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.

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-10 Thread Leonardo Fontenelle
Em Sex 10 jun. 2016, às 03:58, Rainer M Krug escreveu: > Clint Bowman writes: > > I am really wondering, why nobody mentioned Ubuntu so far? > > Ubuntu is a really nice distro, I never had problems with it, many > programs are available for Ubuntu, and it is build on Debian > (stable). Don't wor

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-10 Thread Jeff Newmiller
rienced user. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On June 10, 2016 6:33:37 AM PDT, ce wrote: >I use opensuse linux with R , no problems, easy to install, added R >repositories . > >-Original Message- >From: "jax200" [jax...@gmail.com] >Date: 06/09

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-10 Thread ce
I use opensuse linux with R , no problems, easy to install, added R repositories . -Original Message- From: "jax200" [jax...@gmail.com] Date: 06/09/2016 06:00 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] New installation Hi I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. Du

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-10 Thread Rainer M Krug
Clint Bowman writes: I am really wondering, why nobody mentioned Ubuntu so far? Ubuntu is a really nice distro, I never had problems with it, many programs are available for Ubuntu, and it is build on Debian (stable). Don't worry about Unity Window manager - there are many other options availabl

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-09 Thread Clint Bowman
I "experiment" with the Fedora distribution at home but am very satisfied with the Scientific Linux distribution here at work--I'm currently using SL7.2. Clint BowmanINTERNET: cl...@ecy.wa.gov Air Quality Modeler INTERNET: cl...@math.utah.edu Departme

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-09 Thread Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle
I have tried many Linux distributions before, and never looked back after switching for Arch Linux. It is one of the best distributions with regard to having an up to date but still reasonably stable system. Other options are Fedora Rawhide (there's a Fedora SIG mailing list) or Debian Sid (as oth

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-09 Thread Ista Zahn
Perhaps r-sig-debian is more appropriate, though it is not clear to me that a debian based linux is in fact the best for running R. Of course "best" is not clearly defined here, but I highly recommend Archlinux. Best, Ista On Jun 9, 2016 6:47 PM, "Bert Gunter" wrote: > I suggest that you post to

Re: [R] New installation

2016-06-09 Thread Bert Gunter
I suggest that you post to the r-sig-debian list instead of here. I think you are more likely to get good answers to your query there. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in hi

[R] New installation

2016-06-09 Thread jax200
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