[Baypiggies] {Baypiggies] Python support in ubuntu

[Donovan Preston]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 11:57 AM, John J. Dooley wrote:
> I just switched to the ubuntu linux distribution and noticed it has
> exceptional Python support. The latest (5.10) comes with Python 2.4.2
> already installed and it has installable packages ready for many  
> (almost a
> hundred?) well selected packages in recent revisions. This is saving
> countless frustrations over my previous Suse 9.2 distribution.
>
> I would be interested in learning more about the strong connection  
> between
> Python and the Ubuntu distribution. Does anyone in our community  
> has some
> inside information?

Ubuntu is heavily funded by Mark Shuttleworth, a well-known Python  
advocate and generally froody guy. He supports other projects built  
with Python, such as SchoolTool. I think he claims he made most of  
his money thanks to Python so it's not a surprise that Ubuntu is such  
a Python-friendly distro.

dp