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" <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:> 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 his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at 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 > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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 others mentioned, there's a Debian SIG mailing list), but I don't know how dependable those versions are. Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle Former GNOME translator Em Qui 9 jun. 2016, ?s 20:08, Ista Zahn escreveu:> 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" <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at 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 > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > > 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. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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.
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.
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle wrote:
> 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 others mentioned, there's a Debian SIG mailing list),
but
> I don't know how dependable those versions are.
>
> Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle
> Former GNOME translator
>
> Em Qui 9 jun. 2016, ?s 20:08, Ista Zahn escreveu:
>> 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" <bgunter.4567 at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 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 his "Bloom County"
comic strip )
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at 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
>> > >
>> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> > >
>> > > ______________________________________________
>> > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and
more, see
>> > > 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.
>> >
>> > ______________________________________________
>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
>> > 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.
>> >
>>
>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> 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.
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> 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.