On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 10:02 -0400, David Cabana wrote:
I have a spare Windows machine I want to put to better use. I want to turn it into a Haskell hacking box, and was wondering whether any particular *nix or BSD distribution is best (or worst) suited for this. Any thoughts?
I haven't seen the standard advice (tm) brandished yet, so here it is: Pick the distribution people around you use. That way, you're likely to have somebody to ask when you run into trouble. If you have no friends, or for some other reason still can't decide, opt for the most widely used distribution and/or the distribution with the most knowledgeable user community. This former is likely to see a lot more testing, in the latter bugs are likely to get fixed quickly. -k