From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-11-21T09:12:36+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby incredibly slow (update 2)

John Carter wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Ron Jeffries wrote:
> 
>> Not a solution, since I don't know what the problem was. But as a FIX
>> goes, cheap and easy.
> 
> Well... you're not sure what the proximate cause is. Probably virus /
> spyware. The ultimate cause is Windows. Replace with Linux and the
> problem won't come back. Can I recommend...
>   http://www.ubuntu.com/

Of course you can! But I'll see your Ubuntu and raise you a Gentoo!