Colin, I have done my tests on Ubuntu (and many others, like OpenSuse; RedHat; Gentoo; Debian; a local distribution called Kurumin which is a very clever one), I'm not particularly a Windows fan.
I just have used it for so many years at work (in my case I have no control, it has been always a corporate decision), and at home (it was the average choice 3 decades ago), that I feel much more comfortable with it then the others. The same way I believe Windows users can be productive in Ruby on Rails development. I firmly believe in the free/open source principles. That is the reason, I will never ever change Windows for OS/X, if I have to change from Windows, Ubuntu (or any counterpart) will be MY choice, because these are MY principles. Could you please, point me a Linux forum for Dummies like me? This is a Ruby on Rails forum, and this is a Windows specific thread... I have a few Dumb questions about Linux to make before my next tries on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution. All the best. -- MarcRic www.marcric.com http://marcricblog.blogspot.com/ http://www.traineronrails.com/ http://groups.google.com.br/group/riorubyrails On Nov 16, 7:36 pm, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 November 2010 21:30, MarcRic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Marnen wrote: > > >> Oh, I know you *can*. I just don't see why it's worth the bother. > > > It is YOUR opinion. > > > I'm really tired of this kind of endless and useless discussions. > > It is not necessarily useless, it was just such a discussion that > persuaded me to try Ubuntu, and I have never regretted it. > > Colin > > > > > I only answered a topic named: "how to install ror on windows 7", > > which is MY interest. > > > I'm trying to keep the focus on the original O.S. of this thread. > > > Be happy with YOUR development environment. > > > I am with mine. > > > Bye. > > > -- > > MarcRic > >www.marcric.com > >http://marcricblog.blogspot.com/ > >http://www.traineronrails.com/ > >http://groups.google.com.br/group/riorubyrails > > > On Nov 15, 10:41 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> MarcRic wrote in post #961715: > > >> > Davo, > > >> > When I say "alternatives better then both", I mean other HTTP Web > >> > servers which is the subject now. > > >> > The O.S. of the server is just a matter of taste or a decision already > >> > made for you. > > >> Not necessarily. Many of us have significant control over that. > > >> > I have my personal choices concerning O.S. for servers (Servers in > >> > general not only for Web Servers), but at work that is a corporate > >> > decision, which involves not only technical, but political and > >> > commercial decisions, and currently they are under Windows O.S. > > >> > So, my general answer to those that are simply "against Windows" is: > >> > stay out of the IT corporate business. > > >> Excuse me? I'm quite happily working in a corporate IT job. I still > >> hate Windows. > > >> > Do only your personal choice > >> > stuff with the resources you can afford, because in the corporate > >> > industry, some decisions are made for you, not by you. And if you play > >> > the game you will follow their rules not yours. > > >> Depends. We're using Rails (on Linux) with MS SQL (on Windows). I can > >> live with that because I don't ever really have to touch the Windows > >> box. > > >> OTOH, I would have little hesitation turning down a Rails dev job where > >> I was forced to use either a Windows server or a Windows development > >> computer. I'm quite happy to refuse to play by "their" rules if those > >> rules make no sense. > > >> > The origins of the Trainer On Rails site is an effort to prove that > >> > "the Windows users minority" can develop cool stuff using Ruby on > >> > Rails in a productive way under Windows, apart from which Server's > >> > O.S. will support the application in the end. > > >> Oh, I know you *can*. I just don't see why it's worth the bother. > > >> > Regards. > > >> > -- > >> > MarcRic > >> >www.marcric.com > >> >http://marcricblog.blogspot.com/ > >> >http://www.traineronrails.com/ > >> >http://groups.google.com.br/group/riorubyrails > > >> Best, > >> -- > >> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > >> [email protected] > > >> -- > >> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
