Re: best linux Distro for Lua programming

[Matthew Wild <mwild1@...>]

On 30 June 2010 02:24, Patrick <spell_gooder_now@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote:
> I have used Ubuntu for years and reaped great value from it. However it
> seems like much of the time things don't go well for me when I compile
> programs. I do have the correct packages installed to facilate this, such as
> build-essential etc.
>

I work daily with Lua, I use Ubuntu and certainly wouldn't consider changing.

> I love the lpeg library and want to use it with luacurl rather then
> php/curl/pcre but neither the Ubuntu package nor my compilation have worked
> and now I am thinking about switching distros.  Has anyone else had problems
> with Ubuntu? Is there a better distro for Lua centric development?
>

What exactly doesn't work? If you tell us, it's likely we can help
discover your problem.

Matthew