From: Phillip Gawlowski <pg@...>
Date: 2009-12-29T23:34:56+09:00
Subject: Re: A Ruby appliance: What would you include?

On 29.12.2009 14:25, Aldric Giacomoni wrote:

> 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.

That's called "[host|internal] networking", and is pretty basic for 
virtualization.

Also: Only VMWare Workstation allows creation of appliances, and I don't 
have the 500 bucks to spare.

Also, VirtualBox is free, and available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS 
X. And it supports the open standard from VM description, so VMware 
should at least be able to import it, and I expect KVM and Xen are able 
to handel the format as well, if that should ever be necessary.

> 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.

Ubuntu has one big, big benefit: It's being used. Widespread. Finding 
support for Ubuntu is easier than for Gentoo, and nobody has to mess 
with compile flags to get an "emerge world" working. ;)

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

So, you are volunteering? ;)

> As a tool, this could come in very handy.

That's the plan. :)

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Phillip Gawlowski