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syscalls for OS maybe, but why Ubuntu... who knows
by Keyframe 8y ago
syscalls for OS maybe, but why Ubuntu... who knows
- harry8 8y agoLikely because it's the most popular among target group of students at time of writing. Choosing a distribution allows one to discuss complier, assembler, gdb, text editor with known versions and known availability reducing admin overhead so students can get on with it. It's not a terrible way to go whatever one thinks of the most popular distribution at any given point in time.