Linux and programming

[shaticus]

Looking for a good linux distro to use for programming projects. I will be using it to put source code on and compile. I am currently using red hat 8 but am having serious problems with samba and have decided to change. I would like to be able to map a drive from main machine (running windows) and save directly on to the linux machine. I am currently looking at Fedora, but a friend recommended I look into FreeBSD.

Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.

[HNPFL]

Im not sure but I think mandrake linux would be really good for that. If its not mandrake then it might be Knoppix.

[rightcoast]

I am not a good programmer yet, I've only been at it about a year and half. I'm just getting started in college and have many more programming courses ahead of me
I use Slackware 10.0 and it works great for me. It installs gcc-3.3.4 as the default C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran-77, and ada 95 compiler. gcc-3.4.0 is available as an alternate choice, as are others. It is also of course, great for scripting perl.
FreeBSD is great, but it is what it says. A version of Berkley Unix. Everyone has preference and I say give me Linux any day. So take my advice with a grain of salt. I think it can be difficult to configure unless you are a Unix veteran, and needs more attention than is nessesary frankly.

[Floppyman]

BSD is not as user friendly as some of the Linux's out there. Depending how comfortable you are with Linux, just a pick a distribution (I tend to vouch for Slackware), make sure you install the all the development tools and you should be set. HTH

[shaticus]

Thanks, I think i'll give the slackware linux a try.