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Moving from Windows to Ubuntu with focus on R users/developers #37

Open maurolepore opened 4 years ago

maurolepore commented 4 years ago

I have always worked with R on Windows. But a month ago I changed to Ubuntu. I can see how it is not for everyone, but likely you will love it if -- like me -- you spend most of your time dealing with software.

Most things now 'just work'. The transition was somewhat painful because I failed to find centralized guidelines focused on R. Can we write such guidelines?

I can offer my fresh wounds, and we seem to have some Linux experts. Combined we could write something useful. Maybe a checklist?

jdblischak commented 4 years ago

@maurolepore Have you tried installing R package binaries from cran2deb4ubuntu? This is one of my favorite tips for using R on Ubuntu.

rpodcast commented 4 years ago

As a linux user since my grad school days, this is right in my wheelhouse :smile: . There are some materials posted here and there, but I'd be happy to share the tips I've learned during my journey!

jdblischak commented 4 years ago

For one of my freelancer jobs, I have to use a Windows laptop provided by the company. I recently configured the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for R programming, and I wrote a blog post about how I configured an Ubuntu install in the WSL. The sections about using APT to install R and R packages are general so they apply to any Ubuntu installation.