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I am planning to buy a (hopefully, inexpensive - I'm poorer than I used to be) Linux laptop to replace my Mac laptop. I'd like to be able to write & compile/interpret programs in C/C++, Python, SQL, and R. Does Ubuntu have/support all of these?

Might it be better to just buy a Windows laptop and then download Cygwin? I'd like to get Ubuntu, but I worry about cost.

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  • you could install ubuntu on mac, you don't have to buy anything, and you can install any programming language on it – Lynob Feb 14 '14 at 17:19
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    @Wilf http://askubuntu.com/questions/151371/how-to-install-ubuntu-12-04-on-mac-os-x and http://askubuntu.com/questions/372951/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-macbook-pro-as-dual-boot and http://lifehacker.com/5934942/how-to-dual-boot-linux-on-your-mac-and-take-back-your-powerhouse-apple-hardware – Lynob Feb 14 '14 at 17:25

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Ubuntu supports C/C++, Python, SQL, and R for sure. Don't worry about this.

For R:

 sudo apt-get install r-base

For Python:

sudo apt-get install python

You can write the code (Geani for example) and compile with GCC. For C:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install gcc

For SQL:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Docs:

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