[R] "preferred" version of Linux for R?

[Mitchell Maltenfort]

If your criterion is use of resources, then you might be more
interested in which flavor of Linux makes it easy to turn the X-window
server off.  No windows or mouse, more RAM and CPU cycles for R.  As I
recall, the only Linux where that might be a problem is Ubuntu,
because there's no convenient way to kill the X-server.

Also look at Puppy Linux --http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy300 --
which has a rep for very small use of resources.


On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Thomas Pujol <thomas.pujol at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there a recommended/preferred version of Linux for using with R? Is there one version of Linux that R-users prefer, and/or that works "better" with R?  I am working with "large" datasets, and hope to take advantage of as much RAM as reasonable (8-32gb?).
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>  Thanks in advance!
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