[wplug] Which distribution to start with?

[Ted Fisher]

Hello WPLUG



About a year ago, I did my first experiment with Red Hat 8.  That was fun, but my effort was ultimately overcome by events and abandoned.  Now I'm interested in building a dedicated Linux box and restarting my Linux education.  I'm a EE from the days when dinosaurs roamed the Carnegie Tech campus, code was written in Algol60, and a CDC 6600 ruled the top floor of the computer center.  During my hiatus from Linux, Red Hat seems to have transformed itself into an enterprise-focused creature, so I'm not sure I want to stay with their software. Would anyone be willing to share some advise on which Linux distributions I should consider?



If it makes any difference, my focus is writing sharable software for modeling and simulation of electronics and electromagnetics in C, C++ and Java.



Thanks.  Ted.
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