From: Kingsley <kingsley@...>
Date: 2003-10-28T06:11:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Rubyx logo idea

Hiya

Thanks for answering all my questions - reading that back - it was a bit of a 
barrage !

I'm looking forward to having a go with rubyx.

One last question (I promise) !  - is Rubyx a linux distro which is cobbled 
together from linux parts by a Ruby script? Or is it actually fully 
implemented in Ruby ? 

I'm using Gentoo at the moment -= purely because I like the portage system and 
the spped at which the system runs after compiliation. (although on some of 
my machines compilation took more than a week of 24 hour days !!)

On the logo - I love Oriental looking designs - maybe a bit of Fire and Water 
and Earth and Air all emblazoned on a pretty Ruby Gem with the Japanese 
symbol standing out on top, but done in a very modern and minamilist way - 
bordering on the cold aspect of technology.

Anyway - keep up the good work

Kingsley

On Monday 27 October 2003 20:59, Andrew Walrond wrote:
> On Monday 27 Oct 2003 8:07 pm, Kingsley wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm quite interested in your ruby OS. Perhaps I can help out somewhere
> > although I only started programming recently.
>
> Cool! Lots of jobs need doing; Keeping track of package releases springs to
> mind...
>
> > I'm keen to know what state RubyX is in at the moment?
>
> Up and running very nicely
>
> > Is there documentation anywhere - where does the project live ? Is it on
> > sourceforge or somewhere?
>
> I'm doing the definative howto as we speak. Watch this space...
>
> > Is it  just a command line distro at the moment ?  Is it slower than
> > linux as its non compiled?
>
> No - it's a full distro. It's also compiled and potentially faster than
> most binary distros. The rubyx script is written in ruby and downloads and
> compiles all the other packages which make up the full os
>
> > Is it in a state or will it ever be in a astate where one could run KDE
> > on it ? or are there plans for a new Desktop ?
>
> It has run Kde for quite a while, and Gnome as of today. If you want any
> other window manager, I can probably include it in a couple hours. But as
> for writing a new Desktop; no. Kde and Gnome are already excellent and I'm
> afraid I implemented rubyx as only one small component of a much bigger
> project, so time is limited :)
>
> > how have you handled all the linuxy stuff like file systems, proc and
> > devices?
>
> Thats a big question. rest assured it all works.
>
> > does it run with the linux kernel ? or does it have a Ruby kernel ?
>
> Maybe I'll knock up a rubyx kernel next week :) No, Linus is safe for the
> moment :)
>
> Andrew