From: Steven Jenkins <steven.jenkins@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T02:55:58+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Trying to change my OS from Windows to Linux/Mac

Sam Kong wrote:
> 1. When you use Ruby on Linux or just in general on Linux, do you use
> text-mode or graphic-mode?

I use X Windows on Linux. But I'm old-school; I just open a bunch of 
xterms and work in the shell. I've done some UI development in Ruby 
using Glade, but I use text tools for coding.

> 2. I've never succeeded to make my laptops work perfectly on Linux.
> Sometimes, network card is not working, other times, USB is not
> recognized, or Sound card is not working. I've tried on 5 different
> laptops with different Linux but none was perfect. How do you overcome
> this problem? Well... if you use just a text-mode, this might not be a
> problem.

I have Gentoo Linux working perfectly on a Dell Latitude D400: graphics, 
wireless, USB, everything. It required a good bit of work to get 
everything set up. This machine has Windows XP installed on it, but I 
have a complete Gentoo environment on half of a 40 GB notebook hard 
drive in an external USB 2.0 enclosure [1]. Plug it in, boot it up, and 
I'm good to go.

[1] http://www.vantecusa.com/moreimage/images/popout3_moreimage_01.jpg

Steve