Add Linux and BSD to the install list? about gotraining HOT 2 CLOSED

@russel I added some small comments but there really isn't any good post on the subject. I prefer people did not use apt-get for installing Go. Curious what you think?

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@ardan-bkennedy I use aptitude rather than apt-get on Debian, and dnf on Fedora. I see no problem in getting the Go core via package management, at least on Debian Sid and Fedora Rawhide – and I suspect the same will be true on Arch. I tend not to use the Debian or Fedora packages for non-core additions, just using the standard "go get" to fetch things into the current workspace. Using the Go distribution means using a generic Linux build which can cause problems with shared libraries – although the policy of Go is static build, there are some shared library dependencies. One could always compile from source, but using the platform packaging for the core seems to be a good compromise. Of course this may mean using a slightly older version for a while, but Debian Sid and Fedora Rawhide are never far behind the latest release. Obviously for people using ancient builds such as Debian Stable or Fedora 21, they are much better advised to use the standard Go distributions if they can.

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