Python Newbie

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2013-02-23, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's worth noting, though, that there are self-perpetuating aspects to
>> it. I can happily distribute a .py file to a Linux audience, because
>> many Linux distros come with a Python already installed, or at very
>> least can grab one easily via the package manager.
>
> Are there any popular, mainstream Linux distros that don't come with
> Python installed by default?

Probably all the main desktop distros come with _some_ Python (but not
necessarily a recent one... RHEL with 2.4?!). I used "many" rather
than "all" in case there's one somewhere that doesn't, but even then,
Python will be an easily-added feature.

ChrisA