[Baypiggies] {Baypiggies] Python support in ubuntu

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

On 1/4/06, Donovan Preston <dp at ulaluma.com> wrote:
> 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.

Just so the Fedora guys don't feel left out, remember that the
installer and all the system configuration tools in Fedora are written
using PyGTK.  It's nice :)

-jj

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