Programmin, which Linux Platform

[ekho]

Hi,
I'm completely new to Linux, about years ago I was programming VB6 not commercially, because I like programming, but for several years I was away from Programming because of my job and etc.
BTW Just wanted to start programming C++ as always loved to learn about programming with that.
I was thinking to do that under Linux. I was installed UBUNTU "ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64" but I could not even install my ATI 5850 drivers for better performance.
Code::Blocks also could not; then It came to me, perhaps I should had installed another version of Linux, even 32 bit version or kinda another corporation's like open-SUSE or you know...

Any piece of info would be appreciated.
Thanks for reading this.

 

[wsarah]

Go for 12.04 you will be getting support and updates for 4 years. 12.10 will have issues don't upgrade. Directly switch to 13.04 when available.

 

[ekho]

Thank you wsarah, I'va wanted to install that one but there is description under it saying it lacks some features , and may you plsease tell why 32bit versions are recommended?
Many thanks

 

[sam_p_lay]

14.04 is actually the next LTS release. And that's a year away yet. 12.04 is a safe bet though, you won't be missing much compared to 12.10. I don't think there's any need to run the 32-bit image. Good luck with C++!

 

[ekho]

hi, just installed openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64), and honestly It is just running smoothly. I just started, don’t know what happens later but
just wanted to share that with you guys...