Did you mean 8.4.3? All major modern Linux distributions are compatible with this version. But you might run into installation issues, just like with any other piece of software.
does anyone know a linux distrib where haskell platform installs out of
the box?
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I see you were able to install GHC on CentOS 7.2, but not on Fedora
Core 28. It happens. I can't really tell what might have gone wrong
with your installation on Fedora without additional details, such as: what did you actually do for the installation. But it
definitely should be possible to install GHC on Fedora.
Yes, I'm using Ubuntu with several different versions of GHC including 8.4.3. I use HVR's ppa for installation:
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