Re: Emacs in Live CD

[David Kastrup]

August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se> writes:

> subramani wrote:
>> I tried Ubuntu and Gnoppix (Gnome LiveCD). In both i didnt find emacs.
>> What may be the reason to miss emacs in these LiveCD's ???
>
> This question is better asked in an Ubuntu or Gnoppix forum.
>
> <off-topic>
> If I remember correctly the regular Ubuntu distribution does not
> contain the gcc c compiler either. Development tools need to be
> downloaded separately. Ubuntu is not primarily aimed at
> programmers. If you are a non-programmer, why should you be forced to
> download development tools? Fedora Core takes a different approach.
> </off-topic>

Emacs is not a development tool but a way of life.

Take a look at Usenet hierarchies:

comp.lang.c
comp.sys.hp48
comp.os.linux.development.apps

but

comp.emacs

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum