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Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs


From: Jay Belanger
Subject: Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:07:30 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

>> For now, what is the "best" distribution of GNU/Linux for running emacs?

...

> Debian is known for relatively strict adherence to the philosophies of
> free software.  But in Debian, Emacs documentation is in package
> `emacs24-common-non-dfsg`, since the Debian community and the FSF have
> some disagreement.  There are many packages about Emacs in Debian, like
> `emacs-goodies-el', `emacs-snapshot' and `debian-el'.  And there are
> also many Debian related Emacs libraries, like devscripts-el[3],
> apt-mode[4], apt-sources[5] and so on.

I recall there were some complaints that Debian had some odd Emacs
setup; I don't recall the details, but I seem to recall David Kastrup
pointing them out.  Does anybody remember? 


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