From: John Joyce Date: 2007-06-11T15:42:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Serious danger of being impressed On Jun 10, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 12:20:12AM +0900, Mark Carter wrote: >> I'm mostly into Python, and decided to have a go at writing a little >> accounts package (in python on OS X). It worked in its primitive way, >> and I was looking to take it to the next level. >> >> I decided that sqlite was the way to go. For some reason I >> couldn't get >> sqlite3 and the python module to work properly - it didn't seem to >> commit the data to the database consistently. >> >> So I thought, what the hell, I'll try Ruby. I switched over to >> Ubuntu, >> because it seemed a bit easier than OS X. First impressions: oh >> man! The >> sqlite package worked fine, and I came across rsqlitegui, which I can >> use to inspect the database when coding isn't required. >> >> I think Ruby is a serious serious contender for python. >> >> I'm also in two minds as to whether I should try to switch over >> from OS >> X permanently. I'm new to iMacs, and I have to say that OS X has a >> nice >> polish to it; but then Ubuntu, gotta love those repositories. > > If you like Ubuntu's repositories, you should check out Debian's -- > much > more extensive, and generally conducive to a more stable system, too. > > Similar in extensiveness is FreeBSD's ports collection -- and even > *more* > conducive to stability than Debian's repositories. That's hard to > beat. > > Both Debian and FreeBSD tend to work best for people who are > willing and > able to make their own decisions, however, more than people who want > something "easy". Ubuntu is far more suited to the average MS Windows > transplant, I suppose. > > The above is just one curmudgeonly free unix hacker's opinion, of > course. > > -- > CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] > W. Somerset Maugham: "The ability to quote is a serviceable > substitute for > wit." > Ubunut is a Debian Linux.