From: Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
Date: 2009-12-29T22:25:13+09:00
Subject: Re: A Ruby appliance: What would you include?

Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
> Hello, list!
> 
> This is, of sorts, a cross post of an idea that lodged itself in my head
> pretty firmly. ;)
> 
> As part of scratching an itch (gain access to a *NIX environment for my
> Ruby work), I've setup an Ubuntu VM.
> 
> So, I got thinking: Why not offer this to the community as a tool, and
> why not include the community in creating the best possible Ruby
> environment?
> 

VMWare allows "teams" of virtual machines, which can be set up in their 
own little network. It's something to think about, especially now that 
VMWare Player is available for free and all.

I don't know if Ubuntu is a good choice though. It's a can of worms, so 
I don't really want to open it, but I suggest Gentoo: it has a tool 
available to switch painlessly between Ruby 1.8 and 1.9, which allows 
for any and all setup on editors and such to be simple and just link to 
#!/usr/bin/ruby ... For instance.

You'll definitely need to include emacs and vim, along with the 
appropriate plugins, and probably Netbeans/Aptana, so people can check 
out different ways of developing.

Sticking a bunch of tutorials on a folder on the desktop would be a good 
idea as well.


As a tool, this could come in very handy.
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