From: Phillip Gawlowski <pg@...>
Date: 2009-12-30T00:51:24+09:00
Subject: Re: A Ruby appliance: What would you include?

On 29.12.2009 16:24, Aldric Giacomoni wrote:

>> 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?

Yes, really. Ask a random person, chances are they know Ubuntu if not 
Linux directly. ;)

> I'm not opening that can of worms
> any further; Ubuntu is fine.

Don't be afraid. If you can make a case, that @distro is superior in UX, 
support, and ecosystem, by all means say so!

But keep in mind that a sizable chunk of users of this Appliance are 
more than likely to be utter newbies to Linux *and* Ruby.

If they are stuck, they'll look for support on the web, and it is far 
easier to find a random forum post that handles an Ubuntu issue than any 
other distro (much as I feel that OpenSUSE is superior, personally).

It'd also make things easier for appliance-user MLs, since pointing to 
Ubuntu solutions is so easy. ;)

The Appliance'll have to include custom code, too, to create a smooth 
"turn key" experience, I bet, so the choice of distro might influence this.

The choice of distribution to use is *fundamental*, and we better 
consider all the options now, before a single line of code is written. :)

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Phillip Gawlowski