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    Question C Programming on linux distro

    Hi every1...

    im new to linux...basically studying software eng atm...basically new to C as of a few weeks ago ...

    long story short...student servers run on Fedora....im compiling c in windows and theres obviously problems when i transfer files as they're compiled differently...so looking to install linux at home...

    any suggestions on the best distro to use in terms of c programming??
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    Hi !

    You can do C programming in any Linux Distro. Check this POLL and pick any. 90% of distros are free to download. If you have old Computer then check this POLL.

    Check the link in my signature too. It will get you going.
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    ok sweet...:P
    ubuntu looks very popular...just d/l fedora though
    guess ill give them both a go

    cheers
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    You can install both Ubuntu and Fedora along with Windows ( Multiboot ). I would suggest to install Ubuntu first because you wont need internet connection to install packages required for C/C++ programming in Ubuntu.
    You can experiment on Fedora or any other distro later on.
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    cool, thanks for the suggestion...just wondering...like wouldnt it be tedious installing then uninstalling distros and all that...is it possible to install both so i have the option of booting from ubuntu, fedora or windows...or is that just dumb? :P
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    You can install as many distros as you want in Single Hard Disk. Its very easy. Linux Boot Loader ( GRUB ) will allow yop to select any distro ( Windows/Fedora/Ubuntu/xyz ) to boot up at startup.

    Shrink existing partition(s) to create free/unpartioned space for Linux. 6-8GB is enough for each distro. You can use GParted ( available in both Ubuntu and Fedora ) to create/resize/delete partitions.

    Boot up from Ubuntu CD, open Terminal and execute 'sudo fdisk -l' command. It will display existing partition structure of your disk. Post exact output here. Let me check partition structure first.
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    just getting ubuntu at the moment so ill post again when ive loaded it...

    6-8GB?? will that be plenty? i mean i was thinking of a 30GB partition at least
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    It depends on what packages you are going to install after distro installation.
    By default, Ubuntu installation takes less than 3GB space. Its recommended to allocate 8GB.
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