From: rick_2047 <rick.chatterbox@...>
Date: 2009-05-16T15:19:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby based linux

If you want to go as close to ruby as possible try stripping out the
normal shells and fit in rush <http://rush.heroku.com/> that would
make it a class in itself.

On May 15, 2:54 pm, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:40:39AM +0900, Marc Heiler wrote:
> > Who cares if shoes is GTK based or not - it is a nice ruby app and
> > should be included in a ruby-centric linux distribution in mind.
>
> I think the reason for the discussion was related to the suggestion that,
> because GTK is involved, maybe a Ruby-centric Linux distro should use
> GNOME as its default desktop environment.
>
> Personally, I'd like to see a window manager written in Ruby, if there's
> going to be a Ruby-centric Linux distro.
>
>
>
> > Either KDE or Gnome. This is your decision ultimately. I would go with
> > both, actually. And in case one needs more space, kill all man pages and
> > other boring static documentation.
>
> Why do you say that either KDE or GNOME is "your decision ultimately"?
>
>
>
> > BTW you rails people, please.... can you focus on ONE blog engine that
> > can compete with wordpress? Never mind trac (python) or phpbb (php).
>
> Uh . . . what?  Since when is Trac a Python-based Weblog platform?  Since
> when is phpBB a PHP-based Weblog platform?  One is a wiki and issue
> tracking system, and the other is a forum, or bulletin board, site.
> Neither of them is relevant to whether there's a direct competitor to
> WordPress written in Ruby.
>
> --
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL:http://owl.apotheon.org]
> Quoth H. L. Mencken: "Democracy is the theory that the common people
> know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
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