From: Stephen None Date: 2005-12-17T12:16:29+09:00 Subject: Re: New to coding, lost as hell Adam Sroka wrote: > Adam Shelly wrote: >> >> -Adam >> > According to the wiki, FreeRIDE is built on top of SciTE, which is also > why it is bundled with it. > > BTW, to the original poster: if you are not interested in upgrading from > Windows 98, could you be convinced to try one of the many great Linux or > BSD distros? I can see why you wouldn't want to spend $299 for the > latest Windows, but 98 is perhaps the worst OS ever written (Actually, > the "perhaps" is not called for.) And, learning a *nix would be a good > intro to programming since many of the concepts are the same (And using > irb isn't that different from shell programming.) Just a thought. I've tried Ubuntu (on a live CD) and like it. Right now I'm stuck on dial up though, thanks to living in the middle of no where. But Broadband just got installed here and I'll be upgrading to ADSL post Christmas. Since my modem is a Winmodem I can't switch to Ubuntu right now (or I would.. all the programs I used are on Ubuntu's default install). I've got 98 locked down so it can't breath without my permission right now, so it's useable for surfing, playing the odd game and running Gaim. Reboots every few days are annoying, but it just about works well enough to live with as long as you don't look at it funny. I'll try the fixs above tomorrow. Using Dos worked but you can't do very much with just dos, but I guess it is a start. Thanks for the help guys. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.