From: Andrew Walrond <andrew@...>
Date: 2004-03-03T07:57:21+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Rubyx OS (Ruby oriented linux distro)

On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 22:34, Benny wrote:
>
> damned! I had the same idea. but I would choose FreeBSD as underlying
> system. a ports-tool (portupgrade) already is in ruby.

Well, Linux is better supported (by hackers) nowadays, and has better arch 
support. I'm got amd64 support for Rubyx as a (very) short term goal.
>
> what about changing all the sys-config-files to YAML-format? any plans to
> replace the bash with a ruby-command-shell?

Rubyx already uses YAML internally, but none of the system config files is 
really big enough to bother converting.

>
> good look!
>
Thanks! I've submitted a short piece about Rubyx to Slashdot, entitled "Rubyx 
OS - a testament to the power of ruby?". I hope they post it :)