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Discussion on: What do you think would be nice in a developer centric Linux distro?

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Heiker

An installation process that is automated. I really don't mind if it's text based or has a graphical interface. As long as the tedious steps are all automated, it's all good.

Semi-rolling release model would be nice. I mean, give me small security updates for many months then maybe 2 or 3 big updates a year. No clean re-install for big updates, I hate those.

Offer a minimal image, for those who already know how to assemble their own desktop environment.

Offer scripts to setup dedicated tools for a language or workflow. I don't work on java, but I have been told that is a pain to setup on linux, so it would be nice if there was some script that does everything for you. So instead of having a lot of programs installed what you could do is create scripts that can install those tools for you.

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Pandademic

Great Idea(s)! Will update this list! I agree about the huge updates , by the way