Hello,<br>
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Well, my suggestion is any Debian based distro (including Debian of
course!). BTW: Attention: Ubuntu is not following Debian anymore, so
it's not very compatible.<br>
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Debian (the original) may be not so easy do install. But using the
DebianGIS repository is very easy to install/upgrade GRASS (and other
related softwares like QGIS).<br>
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<a href="http://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl">http://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl</a><br>
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Also, using Debian's Apt-Get or Synaptic is very easy to install dependencies for compile GRASS from the source code.<br>
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So, try to use a Linux distro that have a internet option
install/upgrade to GRASS. In my opinion is the better choice for
newbies.<br>
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Feel free to write directly for some help.<br>
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Cheers,<br>-- <br>Christian dos Santos Ferreira<br>Oceanographer. Msc.<br>Lab. of Fisheries Research and Hydroacustics<br>Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)<br>Rio Grande - RS - Brazil<br>Tel +55 (53) 32336528<br>Website:
<a href="http://poseidon.furg.br">http://poseidon.furg.br</a>