From: forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@...>
Date: 2007-09-13T01:59:55+09:00
Subject: Re: What Linux distribution to choose for learning Ruby and Ruby	on Rails

I'm going to jump in here with a few quick comments.

First of all, how MUCH do you want to learn about linux? If you want to
learn quite a bit, then I suggest Gentoo, simply because its virtually
impossible to NOT learn the details about your OS/distro.

When it comes down to learning the basics, I'd actually suggest steering
clear of Fedora/Ubuntu/ect. which are heavily graphic-based (I could be
wrong about Fedora), and pick up something like Debian, Gentoo,
Slackware and such, as they will give you a bit more of an in-depth look
at the system.

It boils down to how much time and effort you want to put into learning
Linux. If you want to learn the graphic enviroment, then take your pick,
but if you wish to learn more of the system itself, then I would suggest
something that is more command-line centered than Ubuntu and the other
major graphic distros.