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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:27:31 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	(message from Greg Feneis on Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:22:23 -0700)
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> Currently I have a Win 7 machine (host)

We're working on building the latest gEDA for Windows, if you're
interested in helping.

> I'm just not sure if I should have used the SuSE distribution (or what
> would make it matter).

They're all basically the same, aside from the names of the
development packages you need to install.  In general, it's best to
install the latest versions of each gEDA package manually if your
distro is behind.

> I'd like to make sure I'm not headed in the wrong direction using Ubuntu.

No problem with Ubuntu or any other linux distro :-)

> Is there a way to get a distribution packages that contains the entire
> suite of tools (gEDA schem, PCB, etc.), or must each tool's package be
> downloaded and installed individually?

The only distro I know of that has all the gEDA stuff by default is
the Fedora Electronics Laboratory spin, but I suspect that's a bit
outdated as well.

Again, your best bet is to get the latest versions directly from the
gEDA sites and build them yourself.