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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Distro Recommendations

Shawn, 

Unless I'm missing something, Mint does not come with the version of Perl that you are looking for, at least according to this matrix:
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint


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> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 09:55:16 -0400
> From: shawnhcorey [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca
> To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca
> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Distro Recommendations
> 
> On 11-05-10 09:48 AM, Tim Inkpen wrote:
> > I've done some quick checking. If you want to stick with a major distribution, then you have two choices:
> >
> > Fedora 14 (details here:
> > http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora)
> >
> > or
> >
> >   OpenSuse 11.4 (details here:
> > http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse)
> >
> > I hope that one of these fits your criteria.
> 
> According to distrowatch, Mint is in second place: 
> http://distrowatch.com/stats.php?section=popularity
> 
> 
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