Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs

[W. Greenhouse]

"Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes:

> Many distros do not provide emacs out of the box.  Something of a
> slap in the face, and unexpected.  And annoying.  Various distros
> handle emacs differently. 
>
> I like the way Gentoo handles emacs, and I may reinstall gentoo in
> the future.  Arch worked farily well.  I would prefer to just leave
> it alone, pretty much, and tolerate compiling it oneself.
>
> For now, what is the "best" distribution of GNU/Linux for running
> emacs?
>
> Alan D

The vital thing is less a question of distros and more a question of
window manager/desktop environment, I think: avoid those which clobber
important Emacs keybindings (e.g. M-TAB) and make it hard to
reconfigure.

Best,
Will

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