From: Marnen Laibow-Koser Date: 2009-12-30T01:51:00+09:00 Subject: Re: A Ruby appliance: What would you include? Aldric Giacomoni wrote: > 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. It wouldn't be hard to do this in Ubuntu either, I think, and Ubuntu configuration is generally very easy. > > 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. No, I don't think it's appropriate to include an IDE in something like this. Perhaps there should be links to info about some, but I see no reason that they should be preinstalled. > > Sticking a bunch of tutorials on a folder on the desktop would be a good > idea as well. Yup. > > > As a tool, this could come in very handy. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.