From: Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
Date: 2009-12-30T00:24:22+09:00
Subject: Re: A Ruby appliance: What would you include?

Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
> 
> 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 -think- you may be confused when it comes to VMWare, but if VirtualBox 
also allows inter-VM networking, the point is moot.
> 
> 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. ;)
Ugh, really? Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt? I'm not opening that can of worms 
any further; Ubuntu is fine.

> 
>> Sticking a bunch of tutorials on a folder on the desktop would be a good
>> idea as well.
> 
> So, you are volunteering? ;)
Maybe. Shame, I'm out of google wave invites.
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