which distro for developing

[shortfella]

I need some help guys.

I am writing my major project for uni with C++ using the QT toolkit.

The problem:

I am currently using redhat 7.0 and find that my program crashes at random times. I know its not the programs fault as its tested heavily and crashes at stupid points randomly like:

box -> setText("text");

and yes the pointer is valid.

I have the same problem with konq. and other programs.

I believe it comes back to that stupid compiler thats in the distro.


So what disto do you suggest.
I need one that is easy to setup (I rather spend time programming) and has a good compiler.

NOTE: not mandrake.

thanks

[jemfinch]

Redhat 7.0 includes a horrible compiler.

Honestly, more so than any linux distribution, I'd recommend developing under FreeBSD. It has by far the best manpages of any free *nix I've used. (in addition to being entirely stable and also making sure you don't unwittingly write linux-specific code)

Jeremy

[Ben Briggs]

I admit, I've never used any other *NIX's, but for Linux, I recommed Slackware (don't install egcs though download gcc (much faster)). I've tried Debian, Redhat, and Mandrake, but I keep coming back to Slackware :).

[Carnel]

Originally posted by shortfella:
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So what disto do you suggest.
I need one that is easy to setup (I rather spend time programming) and has a good compiler.

NOTE: not mandrake.

thanks
see my last post here (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=002624)

[ 28 March 2001: Message edited by: Carnel ]

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