I do not want to download source code for gnu gcc/g++/gdb/make... and compile from scratch. I am OK with downloading a built and ready to use set of packages. But best of all, I am looking for an Ubuntu flavor which comes with that already installed. Is there one?
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Check out the package "build-essential", that gets you gcc and make.
I don't know of a flavor with the tools pre-installed. If I did, I'd still probably pick mainstream Ubuntu and install the package, rather than use a less-mainstream distro.
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