Ubuntu – a good setup for LaTeX and R

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I am not sure if this is the proper place for this question, so my apologies if it is not.

I want to switch from Windows to Ubuntu, or at least have an additional operating system next to windows. I have tried Ubuntu before but never really liked the text editors and R console I found. The main things I need to do is programming in R, compiling packages, compiling C++ (with Rcpp + inline) and writing LaTeX documents (with Sweave).

So I was wondering:

Is Ubuntu a good Linux distribution for statistical programming?
What is a good text editor for Ubuntu?
What is a good R console / IDE for Ubuntu?
What is a good LaTeX editor / distribution for Ubuntu

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Yes, though some people I know found switching from WinEdt a bit hard.
I like gedit, the default text editor in Ubuntu, though there are a lot of other text editors that are also good. A matter of personal preference.
Try RKWard in the Ubuntu Software centre.
By searching in the Ubuntu software centre for "LaTeX" you will get some good results. I would try Texmaker.

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