[Q] Which Linux OS is Prefered?

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So I want to get into developing, I heard that Linux is where I should start. But there are a bunch of linux OS out there. Which one is suggested?

Any insight would greatly be appreciated.

P.S. I hope this is the right place to post this

I started with Ubuntu 10.04 but I found myself going to fedora 13 until my computer fried. Lol. Well I think Ubuntu 10.10 is out now could be wrong but it was in its beta stage in June so it should be done lol anyway Ubuntu is for more of the beginner stages of switching over so if your fresh with Linux I think that'd be the best way to go till you get your feet wet. Then I would move up to fedora or something along those lines. But that's my honest opinion people progress differently. I hope this helps

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I downloaded 10.10 to a disk so one I get my had drive hopefuly today ill get it installed

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Well I wish you luck and welcome aboard the Linux train lmao

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I use Ubuntu 9.10 for my Kitchen.

I'm hardcore like that.

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on 3 of my computers (2Desktops & 1Laptop) and I love it. Very nice.

Usually I am on the latest Ubuntu release, but for the easy editing, I use Windows7, with Cygwin for the kitchen. Of course, this is only for ROM editing, so no buildig or such things under cyg, but for ROM dev, it is perfect. And I can keep TotalCommander and Notepad++ too

Ubuntu

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If you want to be building ROM I'd vouch for Ubuntu.

All you need to do is set-up 10.4 ( so far most stable )

And then run this

sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg sun-java5-jdk flex bison gperf libsdl-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev

This will get all the packages you need. Then follow instructions on [google for building android apt-get, can't post the direct link due to my account being to new here] and happy coding.

You might also want to install Eclipse and ADT.

Also, if you want to be on the cutting edge keep in mind that newer versions of Android platform require 64-bit system for building.

If all you need is to develop the apps, you can use whatever you want as long as it runs Eclipse. [ Windows / MacOS / Most of the major linux distros ]

-- Vlad

On ubuntu it said the 32 bit is suggested. Why is that?

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I just switched to Ubuntu 10.10 from Vista and Im kicking myself for not switching along time ago. Its like getting a new computer again.