From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: wgreenhouse-sGOZH3hwPm2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org (W. Greenhouse) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:51:59 +0000 Message-ID: <878v5cpzhc.fsf@riseup.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364140351 12398 80.91.229.3 (24 Mar 2013 15:52:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:52:31 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sun Mar 24 16:52:57 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UJnE8-0004Uk-WE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:52:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53332 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJnDl-0005QN-E5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36929) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJnDY-0005Pz-Os for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:52:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJnDT-0006Sf-SQ for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:52:20 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:41454) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJnDT-0006Sa-ML for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:52:15 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UJnDp-0004EZ-Ga for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:52:37 +0100 Original-Received: from tor-exit.boingboing.net ([204.11.50.131]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:52:37 +0100 Original-Received: from wgreenhouse by tor-exit.boingboing.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:52:37 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-dbVV3NMTNubNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: tor-exit.boingboing.net X-Archive: encrypt User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:B/aKdHAkF2sYNHUabQAChLGsF0w= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:89718 Archived-At: "Alan E. Davis" writes: > Many distros do not provide emacs out of the box.  Something of a > slap in the face, and unexpected.  And annoying.  Various distros > handle emacs differently.  > > I like the way Gentoo handles emacs, and I may reinstall gentoo in > the future.  Arch worked farily well.  I would prefer to just leave > it alone, pretty much, and tolerate compiling it oneself. > > For now, what is the "best" distribution of GNU/Linux for running > emacs? > > Alan D The vital thing is less a question of distros and more a question of window manager/desktop environment, I think: avoid those which clobber important Emacs keybindings (e.g. M-TAB) and make it hard to reconfigure. Best, Will -- BOFH excuse #135: You put the disk in upside down.