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Thanks trigger. I'll give it a go now...<br />
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Thanks trigger. I'll give it a go now...



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Ubuntu would be another try. Got it running on my desktop and got all your needs.
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Ubuntu would be another try. Got it running on my desktop and got all your needs.

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Hi Folks<br />
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I've got to port a 6000 line c++ program to linux. Eventually it will have to work on every distro AND on unix, but for the first few months I will have to develop with one vm loaded on vmware. Right now I know windows really well, and C++ of course, but not linux.<br />
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So can you recommend<br />
(a) a distribution that can perform well with perhaps 512MB ram loaded on a VM<br />
(b) a c++ compiler (or just use gcc ?)<br />
(c) an IDE tool for editing and compiling C code similar to .net/msvc<br />
(d) the best/most responsive remote desktop type tool for working in the VM without being in vmware interface on the server.<br />
<br />
thanks<br />
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Hi Folks

I've got to port a 6000 line c++ program to linux. Eventually it will have to work on every distro AND on unix, but for the first few months I will have to develop with one vm loaded on vmware. Right now I know windows really well, and C++ of course, but not linux.

So can you recommend
(a) a distribution that can perform well with perhaps 512MB ram loaded on a VM
(b) a c++ compiler (or just use gcc ?)
(c) an IDE tool for editing and compiling C code similar to .net/msvc
(d) the best/most responsive remote desktop type tool for working in the VM without being in vmware interface on the server.

thanks



Recommend a linux distribution and dev tools for Developing C++ programs in a VM

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

Linux

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.