I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. I''m trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good roadmap. I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the option to distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say this... I want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby on Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for this? What kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? Thanks!
Hi Jason ~ A Linux distro is largely a personal choice. Rails will run on most (if not all) linux distros and BSDs. I personally run gentoo, but you definitely have to have some linux experience coming in and a lot of patience (initial installs can take days ;) ). I know a lot of people using Debian for rails and there are some tutorials online to get started, but assume you already have Debian up and running. http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsOnDebianStable If you have a computer lying around I would experiment a little before making any serious hardware investment. I would definitely say you are going in the right direction if you are going to be developing Rails apps. Performance and setup on Windows was a nightmare compared to my Gentoo setup. Hope this helps, ~ Ben On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote:> > I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. > I''m > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good > roadmap. > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the > option to > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say > this... I > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby on > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for this? > What > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Ben Reubenstein benr@x-cr.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060116/471971fa/attachment.html
The fastest way to a working linux box is Ubuntu. Download the iso''s, burn them, plug them into your target box, answer a few questions, and in 15 minutes you have a full on Ubuntu/Debian system. My development environment is an Ubuntu box. I wouldn''t do a production system in it, but for playing around, getting comfortable you get lots of helpful tools + the well known file structure of Debian. Welcome to the light. matt On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote:> > I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. > I''m > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good > roadmap. > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the > option to > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say > this... I > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby on > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for this? > What > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060116/70abe558/attachment-0001.html
I''d recommend Ubuntu if your coming from a MS background. I did the same thing a few years back (came over from the dark side) and bit the bullet and went to Gentoo and used that for a few years. Tried Suse and have now settled on Ubuntu. Gentoo is great but I got tired of all the configuration and hours of compilation (although it certainly taught my a lot about linux). Rails is working very well and was quite easy to setup in Ubuntu, so I''d recommend you give it a whirl. If you have any specific questions about Ubuntu/Rails setup leave a message on the list and I''ll help you out. Cheers Tim On 1/17/06, matthew clark <winescout@gmail.com> wrote:> > The fastest way to a working linux box is Ubuntu. Download the iso''s, > burn them, plug them into your target box, answer a few questions, and in 15 > minutes you have a full on Ubuntu/Debian system. > > My development environment is an Ubuntu box. I wouldn''t do a production > system in it, but for playing around, getting comfortable you get lots of > helpful tools + the well known file structure of Debian. > > Welcome to the light. > > matt > > On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. > > I''m > > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good > > roadmap. > > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the > > option to > > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say > > this... I > > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby > > on > > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for > > this? What > > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060116/0c9c0615/attachment.html
I highly recommend Ubuntu as well. I do java/hibernate/struts/sitemesh development normally. Installing and learning and using the RoR framework on Ubuntu has been extremely straightforward. (http://www.ubuntu.com) Mat, just curious .. is there a particular technical reason you would not deploy on Ubuntu? (I ask this since I have been toying with the idea of deploying a small RoR app on it). Thanks, matthew clark wrote:> The fastest way to a working linux box is Ubuntu. Download the iso''s, > burn them, plug them into your target box, answer a few questions, and > in 15 minutes you have a full on Ubuntu/Debian system. > > My development environment is an Ubuntu box. I wouldn''t do a > production system in it, but for playing around, getting comfortable > you get lots of helpful tools + the well known file structure of Debian. > > Welcome to the light. > > matt > > On 1/16/06, *Jason Cartwright* <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com > <mailto:jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com>> wrote: > > I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ > background. I''m > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a > good roadmap. > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have > the option to > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to > say this... I > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and > Ruby on > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best > for this? What > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org <mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >
Most Linux distros will be up and running within an hour of inserting their install CD, but the biggest challenge will probably be setting up lighttp. Apache + fastcgi is less of a challenge to setup, but the decrepit fastcgi module for Apache is famously unstable and not worth your trouble. I''d agree with the other replies - try a Debian-based distro like Ubuntu/Kubuntu to get a feel for Linux, and when you''re ready to go live, the more venerable Debian itself which now offers lighttp as a binary package. mark On Tuesday 17 January 2006 5:21 am, Jason Cartwright wrote:> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. I''m > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good > roadmap. I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have > the option to distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that > to say this... I want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with > MySQL and Ruby on Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux > works best for this? What kind of hardware do I need? What resources are > available to me? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-- Mark Beattie Easy Schedule Management http://easy-online-schedule.com
Thank you for the all the advice. I am looking for both development and production options. It looks as though Ubuntu is the distro of choice for development. I''ll try to play with it this weekend and you can be certain you''ll hear from me with problems or successes. Obviously, beyond the OS itself, I''m going to have some hardware issues to deal with. I have a PIII 700 with 768MB RAM. It''s an older motherboard with aging hardware. Are there good resources for hardware drivers/compatibility on Ubuntu? For development on Ubuntu, what web servers are easiest to use? I assume I can continue to use WEBrick, but I''m also hoping to use lighttpd or possibly Apache with SCGI. I''ve heard the grumblings about FastCGI on Apache and I want to avoid those headaches if possible. Ultimately I need a great production setup, but I think I have some time to figure out what is best and what I can manage. Thanks again, and keep the advice flowing!
Hi Jason ~ Linux thrives on a lot of older hardware. Ubuntu should "just work" ;) Once you have Ubuntu in, I would install rails (using apt or the package manager Ubuntu comes with) and make sure it is working by creating a test rails app and running WEBrick, then worry about installing another server. I would lean towards Light. It is very fast and works well with fastcgi. ~ Ben On 1/17/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote:> > Thank you for the all the advice. I am looking for both development and > production options. It looks as though Ubuntu is the distro of choice for > development. I''ll try to play with it this weekend and you can be certain > you''ll > hear from me with problems or successes. Obviously, beyond the OS itself, > I''m > going to have some hardware issues to deal with. I have a PIII 700 with > 768MB > RAM. It''s an older motherboard with aging hardware. Are there good > resources for > hardware drivers/compatibility on Ubuntu? > > For development on Ubuntu, what web servers are easiest to use? I assume I > can > continue to use WEBrick, but I''m also hoping to use lighttpd or possibly > Apache > with SCGI. I''ve heard the grumblings about FastCGI on Apache and I want to > avoid > those headaches if possible. Ultimately I need a great production setup, > but I > think I have some time to figure out what is best and what I can manage. > > Thanks again, and keep the advice flowing! > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Ben Reubenstein benr@x-cr.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060117/793bb60f/attachment.html
Hi Jason ~ This Wiki article should be helpful: http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsOnUbuntuDebianTestingAndUnstable On 1/17/06, Ben Reubenstien <benr@x-cr.com> wrote:> > Hi Jason ~ > > Linux thrives on a lot of older hardware. Ubuntu should "just work" ;) > Once you have Ubuntu in, I would install rails (using apt or the package > manager Ubuntu comes with) and make sure it is working by creating a test > rails app and running WEBrick, then worry about installing another server. > I would lean towards Light. It is very fast and works well with fastcgi. > > ~ Ben > > On 1/17/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you for the all the advice. I am looking for both development and > > production options. It looks as though Ubuntu is the distro of choice > > for > > development. I''ll try to play with it this weekend and you can be > > certain you''ll > > hear from me with problems or successes. Obviously, beyond the OS > > itself, I''m > > going to have some hardware issues to deal with. I have a PIII 700 with > > 768MB > > RAM. It''s an older motherboard with aging hardware. Are there good > > resources for > > hardware drivers/compatibility on Ubuntu? > > > > For development on Ubuntu, what web servers are easiest to use? I assume > > I can > > continue to use WEBrick, but I''m also hoping to use lighttpd or possibly > > Apache > > with SCGI. I''ve heard the grumblings about FastCGI on Apache and I want > > to avoid > > those headaches if possible. Ultimately I need a great production setup, > > but I > > think I have some time to figure out what is best and what I can manage. > > > > > > Thanks again, and keep the advice flowing! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > -- > Ben Reubenstein > benr@x-cr.com >-- Ben Reubenstein benr@x-cr.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060117/6b8c57eb/attachment.html
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:29:54PM +0000, Jason Cartwright wrote:> For development on Ubuntu, what web servers are easiest to use? I assume I > can continue to use WEBrick, but I''m also hoping to use lighttpd or > possibly Apache with SCGI. I''ve heard the grumblings about FastCGI on > Apache and I want to avoid those headaches if possible. Ultimately I need > a great production setup, but I think I have some time to figure out what > is best and what I can manage.We''re planning on deploying onto lighttpd/FCGI on Ubuntu in the very near future (ie when I get to work this morning). I''ve been quite impressed with the simplicity and cleanliness of lighty in my testing thus far. One slight issue I''ve come across is that current stable version of Ubuntu doesn''t include lighttpd -- it''s only in the to-be-release-in-3-months Dapper Drake release. I''ve got backported packages (source taken from Dapper and recompiled to work on earlier stable releases of Ubuntu) of lighty if you want to use pre-packaged rather than build-your-own (I highly recommend packaged; one of Debian/Ubuntu''s greatest strengths is it''s powerful package management system, and it seems a shame to waste it). - Matt
> I''ve come across is that current stable version of Ubuntu doesn''t include lighttpd -- it''s only in the to-be-release-in-3-months Dapper Drake release.this sort of thing is quite common with Ubuntu, as they generally devote their resources towards a usable desktop and many of the less popular packages are only updated when the snapshot debian unstable is made (every 6 months last i heard).. further complicated when you mix repositories to get around this causing dependency issues etc... if you''re not intimidated by building a kernel, a stage3 gentoo install using the new GUI installer is an excellent option. the only thing you will actually have to compile from sorce is lighttpd and ruby, which will not take long, and all sorts of other new things like SCGI, Gnash, and such are already in portage.. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@...> writes:> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:29:54PM +0000, Jason Cartwright wrote: > > For development on Ubuntu, what web servers are easiest to use? I assume I > > can continue to use WEBrick, but I''m also hoping to use lighttpd or > > possibly Apache with SCGI. I''ve heard the grumblings about FastCGI on > > Apache and I want to avoid those headaches if possible. Ultimately I need > > a great production setup, but I think I have some time to figure out what > > is best and what I can manage. > > We''re planning on deploying onto lighttpd/FCGI on Ubuntu in the very near > future (ie when I get to work this morning). I''ve been quite impressed with > the simplicity and cleanliness of lighty in my testing thus far. One slight > issue I''ve come across is that current stable version of Ubuntu doesn''t > include lighttpd -- it''s only in the to-be-release-in-3-months Dapper Drake > release. I''ve got backported packages (source taken from Dapper and > recompiled to work on earlier stable releases of Ubuntu) of lighty if you > want to use pre-packaged rather than build-your-own (I highly recommend > packaged; one of Debian/Ubuntu''s greatest strengths is it''s powerful package > management system, and it seems a shame to waste it). > > - Matt >Sounds very interesting. I am going to try to jump in this weekend and get Ubuntu up and running. If, by some miracle, I get to the point where I need to tackle Lighty (before the release of Dapper Drake) then I will get in touch. It doesn''t seem all that likely since all I have at this point is a partial database schema, but with Rails you just never know. If I could actually adopt the "release something in 10 days" approach then all my current assumptions could be invalid. FYI, I have a blog post for reference on this discussion and I welcome your continued support and interests there as well: http://enspiredsoftware.com/blog/2006/01/16/rails-on-linux-lighttpd/
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 11:54:30PM +0100, carmen wrote:> > I''ve come across is that current stable version of Ubuntu doesn''t include lighttpd -- it''s only in the to-be-release-in-3-months Dapper Drake release. > > this sort of thing is quite common with Ubuntu, as they generally devote > their resources towards a usable desktop and many of the less popular > packages are only updated when the snapshot debian unstable is made > (every 6 months last i heard)..They autosync against Debian unstable for about 3 months out of every 6, then bugfix (with manual syncs and local patching) for the rest of the 6 months to get things into the best possible shape. The reason for the lighty deficiency is simply that Debian only got an upload for it recently as well, so there''s been nothing for Ubuntu to sync up until now.> further complicated when you mix repositories to get around this causing > dependency issues etc...On the upside, if all of the packages are properly done (with correctly described dependencies and conflicts) you *don''t* get dependency hell in Debian/Ubuntu. Unfortunately, 90% of everything is crap, and 3rd party packages are no exception. - Matt
Well, Mostly the right tool for the job argument. Ubuntu is designed to be a workstation distro. Ease of use often goes hand-in-hand with lax security measures. RedHat is a good choice for home rolled production servers. Debian and Slack if you have a bit more experience. (Debian is pretty darn easy, especially coming from Ubuntu) The best reason I know of, is when you run into problems on your server, you want active forums of experts who can help you. RH, Debian, and Slackware all have admins with gobs of experience who will help you. The Ubuntu server crowd is not going to be as robust. Now, all of that being said, I do all of my development (rails included) on a VMWare virtual machine. Most of them are running Ubuntu in server mode. The reason I do this is because it is dead simple to set up, and file structure is exactly the same as my base machine. It makes things easier. Bottom line, you can certainly use Ubuntu for a production server, but you''ll be mostly on your own fighting an uphill battle to get the machine secure. You can do it, but it will take research. Last word, I''ve only ever had one machine compromised, and it was a Fedora box. So take all the nice things I said about RedHat with that grain of salt. matt On 1/16/06, Mufaddal Khumri <mkhumri@allegromedical.com> wrote:> > I highly recommend Ubuntu as well. I do java/hibernate/struts/sitemesh > development normally. Installing and learning and using the RoR > framework on Ubuntu has been extremely straightforward. > (http://www.ubuntu.com) > > Mat, just curious .. is there a particular technical reason you would > not deploy on Ubuntu? (I ask this since I have been toying with the idea > of deploying a small RoR app on it). > > Thanks, > > matthew clark wrote: > > > The fastest way to a working linux box is Ubuntu. Download the iso''s, > > burn them, plug them into your target box, answer a few questions, and > > in 15 minutes you have a full on Ubuntu/Debian system. > > > > My development environment is an Ubuntu box. I wouldn''t do a > > production system in it, but for playing around, getting comfortable > > you get lots of helpful tools + the well known file structure of Debian. > > > > Welcome to the light. > > > > matt > > > > On 1/16/06, *Jason Cartwright* <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com > > <mailto:jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com>> wrote: > > > > I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ > > background. I''m > > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a > > good roadmap. > > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have > > the option to > > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to > > say this... I > > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and > > Ruby on > > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best > > for this? What > > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org <mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org> > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Rails mailing list > >Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060117/c1eed36d/attachment-0001.html
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:50:27PM -0800, matthew clark wrote:> Mostly the right tool for the job argument. Ubuntu is designed to be a > workstation distro. Ease of use often goes hand-in-hand with lax security > measures. RedHat is a good choice for home rolled production servers. > Debian and Slack if you have a bit more experience. (Debian is pretty darn > easy, especially coming from Ubuntu)*cough* Ubuntu, for a server, at this time, is just Debian with a predictable release cycle. Not many server-oriented packages in Ubuntu are signficicantly different from the Debian version, so (almost certainly) any holes in Ubuntu will also be present in Debian.> The best reason I know of, is when you run into problems on your server, you > want active forums of experts who can help you. RH, Debian, and Slackware > all have admins with gobs of experience who will help you. The Ubuntu > server crowd is not going to be as robust.Unlike the RedHat-derived distributions, Debian and Ubuntu have a *very* limited functional delta (and it''s typically in their focus area -- the desktop -- rather than the server packages), so any answers you''ll get from Debian admins will almost universally apply fine to an Ubuntu system.> Bottom line, you can certainly use Ubuntu for a production server, but > you''ll be mostly on your own fighting an uphill battle to get the machine > secure. You can do it, but it will take research.No more so than Debian.> Last word, I''ve only ever had one machine compromised, and it was a Fedora > box. So take all the nice things I said about RedHat with that grain of > salt.I''ve seen all sorts of machines compromised -- unfortunately, SSH brute force attacks are distribution agnostic, and the kernel is usually the one piece of software that people are loathe to security-update on a regular basis (because it ruins their uptime figures). - Matt Debian Developer and Ubuntu user
carmen wrote:> if you''re not intimidated by building a kernel, a stage3 gentoo install > using the new GUI installer is an excellent option. the only thing youExcuse the slight thread hijack, but I''m wondering if people using ruby on gentoo could throw out any opinions/gotchas? In particular, there''s an ebuild for rails in portage, but rubygems is also in portage and I would assume that I could emerge that and then use gem to install rails. Any thoughts on which way to go? Any other problems using ruby on gentoo? (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) b
Hi, Ben, I had some issues with one of the 0.14 versions of rails out of portage on gentoo and since then I''m taking the gem road. No problems, just a great linux, two great package managers and a happy me. But I haven''t got any problems with suns hotspot on gentoo either... For me java-config is a great tool... Best regards Jan Prill Ben Munat wrote:> carmen wrote: >> if you''re not intimidated by building a kernel, a stage3 gentoo >> install using the new GUI installer is an excellent option. the only >> thing you > > Excuse the slight thread hijack, but I''m wondering if people using > ruby on gentoo could throw out any opinions/gotchas? > > In particular, there''s an ebuild for rails in portage, but rubygems is > also in portage and I would assume that I could emerge that and then > use gem to install rails. Any thoughts on which way to go? Any other > problems using ruby on gentoo? (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) > > b > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Once again, it even was a 0.13 since there where no 0.14 versions on portage. regards Jan Jan Prill wrote:> Hi, Ben, > > I had some issues with one of the 0.14 versions of rails out of > portage on gentoo and since then I''m taking the gem road. No problems, > just a great linux, two great package managers and a happy me. But I > haven''t got any problems with suns hotspot on gentoo either... For me > java-config is a great tool... > > Best regards > Jan Prill > > Ben Munat wrote: >> carmen wrote: >>> if you''re not intimidated by building a kernel, a stage3 gentoo >>> install using the new GUI installer is an excellent option. the only >>> thing you >> >> Excuse the slight thread hijack, but I''m wondering if people using >> ruby on gentoo could throw out any opinions/gotchas? >> >> In particular, there''s an ebuild for rails in portage, but rubygems >> is also in portage and I would assume that I could emerge that and >> then use gem to install rails. Any thoughts on which way to go? Any >> other problems using ruby on gentoo? (Java on gentoo basically >> sucks... :-( ) >> >> b >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
On 18/01/06, Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org> wrote:> On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:50:27PM -0800, matthew clark wrote: > > Mostly the right tool for the job argument. Ubuntu is designed to be a > > workstation distro. Ease of use often goes hand-in-hand with lax security > > measures. RedHat is a good choice for home rolled production servers. > > Debian and Slack if you have a bit more experience. (Debian is pretty darn > > easy, especially coming from Ubuntu) > > *cough* Ubuntu, for a server, at this time, is just Debian with a > predictable release cycle. Not many server-oriented packages in Ubuntu are > signficicantly different from the Debian version, so (almost certainly) any > holes in Ubuntu will also be present in Debian.Yup. And ubuntu are a lot speedier with their security updates (however painful that might be). Sarge has really disappointed me in that respect. -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns http://number9.hellooperator.net/
> > Excuse the slight thread hijack, but I''m wondering if people using ruby on > gentoo could > throw out any opinions/gotchas?No worries ~ Love the Gentoo. In particular, there''s an ebuild for rails in portage, but rubygems is also> in portage and > I would assume that I could emerge that and then use gem to install rails. > Any thoughts on > which way to go? Any other problems using ruby on gentoo?I had no issues using the portage install of rails. I then used the gems to install some other fun rails add ons, mainly flickr and Rmagick. I have to often use the masked packages since I am running 64bit, though I would hardly consider them unstable. Aside from rails, the init scripts provided for light with portage are amazing. I did ditch the conf they provided with Light as it is PHP oriented and rather long. Overall the system is extremely stable and very responsive. I basically have ssh, lighttpd, mysql, and ruby/rails running on the box. (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) Haven''t had any issues with Java on gentoo. ~ Ben On 1/18/06, Ben Munat <bent@munat.com> wrote:> > carmen wrote: > > if you''re not intimidated by building a kernel, a stage3 gentoo install > > using the new GUI installer is an excellent option. the only thing you > > Excuse the slight thread hijack, but I''m wondering if people using ruby on > gentoo could > throw out any opinions/gotchas? > > In particular, there''s an ebuild for rails in portage, but rubygems is > also in portage and > I would assume that I could emerge that and then use gem to install rails. > Any thoughts on > which way to go? Any other problems using ruby on gentoo? (Java on gentoo > basically > sucks... :-( ) > > b > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Ben Reubenstein benr@x-cr.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060118/46de7f51/attachment-0001.html
Ben Reubenstien wrote:> I had no issues using the portage install of rails. I then used the > gems to install some other fun rails add ons, mainly flickr and > Rmagick. I have to often use the masked packages since I am running > 64bit, though I would hardly consider them unstable. Aside from rails, > the init scripts provided for light with portage are amazing. I did > ditch the conf they provided with Light as it is PHP oriented and rather > long. Overall the system is extremely stable and very responsive. I > basically have ssh, lighttpd, mysql, and ruby/rails running on the box. > > (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) > > > Haven''t had any issues with Java on gentoo. >Thanks for the thoughts... I suppose I''ll use portage to get rails so that emerge will tell me when there''s an update... although... that can be annoying when the gentoo devs get way behind the rest of the world... like with php, mysql, and java. The lack of a straightforward java 5.0 install on gentoo is what I was referring to about java sucking on gentoo... though I do like java-config. b
Hi, Ben, just out of interest: What is your problem with java 5 on gentoo? Yes it is masked (http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=sun-jdk) but since hotspot on gentoo is mainly the download of the selfextracting bin for linux from java.sun.com it practically IS stable. I''m using it without a hitch on different boxes. Best Regards Jan Ben Munat wrote:> Ben Reubenstien wrote: >> I had no issues using the portage install of rails. I then used the >> gems to install some other fun rails add ons, mainly flickr and >> Rmagick. I have to often use the masked packages since I am running >> 64bit, though I would hardly consider them unstable. Aside from >> rails, the init scripts provided for light with portage are amazing. >> I did ditch the conf they provided with Light as it is PHP oriented >> and rather long. Overall the system is extremely stable and very >> responsive. I basically have ssh, lighttpd, mysql, and ruby/rails >> running on the box. >> >> (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) >> >> >> Haven''t had any issues with Java on gentoo. >> > Thanks for the thoughts... I suppose I''ll use portage to get rails so > that emerge will tell me when there''s an update... although... that > can be annoying when the gentoo devs get way behind the rest of the > world... like with php, mysql, and java. The lack of a straightforward > java 5.0 install on gentoo is what I was referring to about java > sucking on gentoo... though I do like java-config. > > b > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
I could probably do that for my home box, but I definitely don''t want to tangle with hard-masked packages on my production server. I try to avoid even "~" packages. If it''s that straightforward then the devs should just unmask it. I don''t know what the issues are that''s been keeping it hard-masked for the last year or so, but I don''t really want to spend the time finding out. This is actually kind of a non-issue, cuz I''m not running any java web-apps on my server at the moment.... it just bugs me that it''s taking so long to get java 5 into general availablity. But anyway, this is a Ruby list, so I should shut it. ;-) b Jan Prill wrote:> Hi, Ben, > > just out of interest: What is your problem with java 5 on gentoo? Yes it > is masked (http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=sun-jdk) but since > hotspot on gentoo is mainly the download of the selfextracting bin for > linux from java.sun.com it practically IS stable. I''m using it without a > hitch on different boxes. > > Best Regards > Jan > > Ben Munat wrote: > >> Ben Reubenstien wrote: >> >>> I had no issues using the portage install of rails. I then used the >>> gems to install some other fun rails add ons, mainly flickr and >>> Rmagick. I have to often use the masked packages since I am running >>> 64bit, though I would hardly consider them unstable. Aside from >>> rails, the init scripts provided for light with portage are amazing. >>> I did ditch the conf they provided with Light as it is PHP oriented >>> and rather long. Overall the system is extremely stable and very >>> responsive. I basically have ssh, lighttpd, mysql, and ruby/rails >>> running on the box. >>> >>> (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) >>> >>> >>> Haven''t had any issues with Java on gentoo. >>> >> Thanks for the thoughts... I suppose I''ll use portage to get rails so >> that emerge will tell me when there''s an update... although... that >> can be annoying when the gentoo devs get way behind the rest of the >> world... like with php, mysql, and java. The lack of a straightforward >> java 5.0 install on gentoo is what I was referring to about java >> sucking on gentoo... though I do like java-config. >> >> b >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Hi Ben ~ http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/tiger-faq.xml On 1/18/06, Ben Munat <bent@munat.com> wrote:> > I could probably do that for my home box, but I definitely don''t want to > tangle with > hard-masked packages on my production server. I try to avoid even "~" > packages. > > If it''s that straightforward then the devs should just unmask it. I don''t > know what the > issues are that''s been keeping it hard-masked for the last year or so, but > I don''t really > want to spend the time finding out. > > This is actually kind of a non-issue, cuz I''m not running any java > web-apps on my server > at the moment.... it just bugs me that it''s taking so long to get java 5 > into general > availablity. > > But anyway, this is a Ruby list, so I should shut it. ;-) > > > b > > Jan Prill wrote: > > Hi, Ben, > > > > just out of interest: What is your problem with java 5 on gentoo? Yes it > > is masked (http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=sun-jdk) but since > > hotspot on gentoo is mainly the download of the selfextracting bin for > > linux from java.sun.com it practically IS stable. I''m using it without a > > hitch on different boxes. > > > > Best Regards > > Jan > > > > Ben Munat wrote: > > > >> Ben Reubenstien wrote: > >> > >>> I had no issues using the portage install of rails. I then used the > >>> gems to install some other fun rails add ons, mainly flickr and > >>> Rmagick. I have to often use the masked packages since I am running > >>> 64bit, though I would hardly consider them unstable. Aside from > >>> rails, the init scripts provided for light with portage are amazing. > >>> I did ditch the conf they provided with Light as it is PHP oriented > >>> and rather long. Overall the system is extremely stable and very > >>> responsive. I basically have ssh, lighttpd, mysql, and ruby/rails > >>> running on the box. > >>> > >>> (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) > >>> > >>> > >>> Haven''t had any issues with Java on gentoo. > >>> > >> Thanks for the thoughts... I suppose I''ll use portage to get rails so > >> that emerge will tell me when there''s an update... although... that > >> can be annoying when the gentoo devs get way behind the rest of the > >> world... like with php, mysql, and java. The lack of a straightforward > >> java 5.0 install on gentoo is what I was referring to about java > >> sucking on gentoo... though I do like java-config. > >> > >> b > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Ben Reubenstein benr@x-cr.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060119/2f35bf6f/attachment.html
Thanks for the link... still doesn''t resolve my issue though... I can''t write an app using java 5 and deploy it on my production server without doing backflips and possibly breaking other stuff on the machine. Hopefully gentoo will never have this problem with ruby! :-O b Ben Reubenstien wrote:> Hi Ben ~ > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/tiger-faq.xml > > On 1/18/06, *Ben Munat* < bent@munat.com <mailto:bent@munat.com>> wrote: > > I could probably do that for my home box, but I definitely don''t > want to tangle with > hard-masked packages on my production server. I try to avoid even > "~" packages. > > If it''s that straightforward then the devs should just unmask it. I > don''t know what the > issues are that''s been keeping it hard-masked for the last year or > so, but I don''t really > want to spend the time finding out. > > This is actually kind of a non-issue, cuz I''m not running any java > web-apps on my server > at the moment.... it just bugs me that it''s taking so long to get > java 5 into general > availablity. > > But anyway, this is a Ruby list, so I should shut it. ;-) > > > b > > Jan Prill wrote: > > Hi, Ben, > > > > just out of interest: What is your problem with java 5 on gentoo? > Yes it > > is masked (http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=sun-jdk) > but since > > hotspot on gentoo is mainly the download of the selfextracting > bin for > > linux from java.sun.com <http://java.sun.com> it practically IS > stable. I''m using it without a > > hitch on different boxes. > > > > Best Regards > > Jan > > > > Ben Munat wrote: > > > >> Ben Reubenstien wrote: > >> > >>> I had no issues using the portage install of rails. I then > used the > >>> gems to install some other fun rails add ons, mainly flickr and > >>> Rmagick. I have to often use the masked packages since I am > running > >>> 64bit, though I would hardly consider them unstable. Aside from > >>> rails, the init scripts provided for light with portage are > amazing. > >>> I did ditch the conf they provided with Light as it is PHP oriented > >>> and rather long. Overall the system is extremely stable and very > >>> responsive. I basically have ssh, lighttpd, mysql, and ruby/rails > >>> running on the box. > >>> > >>> (Java on gentoo basically sucks... :-( ) > >>> > >>> > >>> Haven''t had any issues with Java on gentoo. > >>> > >> Thanks for the thoughts... I suppose I''ll use portage to get > rails so > >> that emerge will tell me when there''s an update... although... that > >> can be annoying when the gentoo devs get way behind the rest of the > >> world... like with php, mysql, and java. The lack of a > straightforward > >> java 5.0 install on gentoo is what I was referring to about java > >> sucking on gentoo... though I do like java-config. > >> > >> b > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org <mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org> > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org <mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org> > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org <mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > -- > Ben Reubenstein > benr@x-cr.com <mailto:benr@x-cr.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use gentoo. I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide and configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was easy. Leo On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote:> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. I''m > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good roadmap. > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the option to > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say this... I > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby on > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for this? What > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It is a great distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? I don''t think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is fantastic, but it is an experts distro. matt On 1/19/06, Leon <leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote:> > I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use gentoo. > I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide and > configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was easy. > > Leo > > On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > > I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. > I''m > > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good > roadmap. > > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the > option to > > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say > this... I > > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby > on > > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for > this? What > > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060120/227b6356/attachment.html
People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red hat and suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user with no experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) On 1/20/06, matthew clark <winescout@gmail.com> wrote:> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? > > I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It is a great > distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? I don''t > think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is fantastic, > but it is an experts distro. > > matt > > > On 1/19/06, Leon <leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use gentoo. > > I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide and > > configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was easy. > > > > Leo > > > > On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright > <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > > > I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. > I''m > > > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good > roadmap. > > > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the > option to > > > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say > this... I > > > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby > on > > > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for > this? What > > > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rails mailing list > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >
Is this thread an indication that what would be really cool is a Linux bootable CD distro built specifically for Ruby on Rails? Would be great to have something that would boot to KDE/Gnome with Firefox, several Ruby editors and a few nice icons that said things like ''Start Rails Test Server'' and several cool Rails apps for demo purposes. Of course Ruby and Rails would come pre-configured with all the bells and whistles so that newbies and demos could run without hassle. That way if you give a talk about Rails you can hand out test CD''s afterwards or if you needed to do a remote demo you take the CD and a flash key with your Rails app and boot from a client''s desktop onsite. David On 20/01/2006, at 8:23 PM, Leon wrote:> People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux > distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red hat and > suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user with no > experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and > configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about > character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, > more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an > expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good > install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) > > On 1/20/06, matthew clark <winescout@gmail.com> wrote: >> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? >> >> I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It >> is a great >> distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? >> I don''t >> think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is >> fantastic, >> but it is an experts distro. >> >> matt >> >> >> On 1/19/06, Leon <leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use >>> gentoo. >>> I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide and >>> configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was easy. >>> >>> Leo >>> >>> On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright >> <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: >>>> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ >>>> background. >> I''m >>>> trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a >>>> good >> roadmap. >>>> I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have >>>> the >> option to >>>> distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say >> this... I >>>> want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL >>>> and Ruby >> on >>>> Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for >> this? What >>>> kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Rails mailing list >>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rails mailing list >>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Building a customized liveCD with ubuntu is pretty trivial- check out: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDCustomizationHowTo Luis On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 23:24 +1300, David Harrison wrote:> Is this thread an indication that what would be really cool is a > Linux bootable CD distro built specifically for Ruby on Rails? > > Would be great to have something that would boot to KDE/Gnome with > Firefox, several Ruby editors and a few nice icons that said things > like ''Start Rails Test Server'' and several cool Rails apps for demo > purposes. Of course Ruby and Rails would come pre-configured with all > the bells and whistles so that newbies and demos could run without > hassle. > > That way if you give a talk about Rails you can hand out test CD''s > afterwards or if you needed to do a remote demo you take the CD and a > flash key with your Rails app and boot from a client''s desktop onsite. > > > David > > > > On 20/01/2006, at 8:23 PM, Leon wrote: > > > People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux > > distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red hat and > > suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user with no > > experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and > > configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about > > character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, > > more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an > > expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good > > install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) > > > > On 1/20/06, matthew clark <winescout@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? > >> > >> I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It > >> is a great > >> distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? > >> I don''t > >> think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is > >> fantastic, > >> but it is an experts distro. > >> > >> matt > >> > >> > >> On 1/19/06, Leon <leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use > >>> gentoo. > >>> I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide and > >>> configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was easy. > >>> > >>> Leo > >>> > >>> On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright > >> <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > >>>> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ > >>>> background. > >> I''m > >>>> trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a > >>>> good > >> roadmap. > >>>> I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have > >>>> the > >> option to > >>>> distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say > >> this... I > >>>> want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL > >>>> and Ruby > >> on > >>>> Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for > >> this? What > >>>> kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Rails mailing list > >>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Rails mailing list > >>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
I highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails work. The package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure m,ail server here: http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a desktop. But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The quality control is excellent. Cheers- -Ezra On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:23 PM, Leon wrote:> People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux > distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red hat and > suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user with no > experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and > configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about > character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, > more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an > expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good > install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) > > On 1/20/06, matthew clark <winescout@gmail.com> wrote: >> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? >> >> I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It >> is a great >> distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? >> I don''t >> think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is >> fantastic, >> but it is an experts distro. >> >> matt >> >> >> On 1/19/06, Leon <leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use >>> gentoo. >>> I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide and >>> configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was easy. >>> >>> Leo >>> >>> On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright >> <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: >>>> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ >>>> background. >> I''m >>>> trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a >>>> good >> roadmap. >>>> I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have >>>> the >> option to >>>> distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say >> this... I >>>> want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL >>>> and Ruby >> on >>>> Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for >> this? What >>>> kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Rails mailing list >>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rails mailing list >>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-Ezra Zygmuntowicz WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper ezra@yakima-herald.com 509-577-7732
Once again, very nice Ezra. I find myself looking through the list traffic and always reading the threads with a post from "Ezra" whether the title is interesting or not. I am rarely disappointed. Thanks, Barry On 1/20/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote:> > I highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails work. > The > package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails > a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian > box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure > m,ail server here: > > http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html > > And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a > desktop. > But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The > quality control is excellent. > > Cheers- > -Ezra > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060120/e786d2a7/attachment.html
I hear good things about CentOS, and Fedora. The Yum package manager is supposed to make package management a cinch. csn -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
+1 for "grep" of Ezra - I do the same - keep up good work/posts/etc.
btw I especially like that debian VPS write-up - a continuation owith
subversion+ssl would be awesome!
Thanks,
Zack
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[mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Barry Walker
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:07 PM
To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: Re: [Rails] Linux Suggestions
Once again, very nice Ezra. I find myself looking through the list
traffic and always reading the threads with a post from "Ezra" whether
the
title is interesting or not. I am rarely disappointed.
Thanks,
Barry
On 1/20/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote:
I highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails work. The
package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails
a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian
box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure
m,ail server here:
http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html
And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a desktop.
But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The
quality control is excellent.
Cheers-
-Ezra
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On Jan 20, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Barry Walker wrote:> Once again, very nice Ezra. I find myself looking through the > list traffic and always reading the threads with a post from "Ezra" > whether the title is interesting or not. I am rarely disappointed. > > Thanks, > Barry >Thank you for the kind words Barry. Cheers- -Ezra> On 1/20/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote: > I highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails > work. The > package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails > a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian > box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure > m,ail server here: > > http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html > > And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a > desktop. > But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The > quality control is excellent. > > Cheers- > -Ezra > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-Ezra Zygmuntowicz WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper ezra@yakima-herald.com 509-577-7732 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060120/9a2ddd32/attachment.html
What I have decided to do, based on all the great suggestions and links, is to install VMWare on my WinXP box and just have a go at several distros as time permits. I''ve started with Unbuntu and I''ll take a look at gentoo, debian and others. Again, this has been a very helpful dicussion and I appreciate the positive and constructive posts. Obviously everyone has personal preferences and I''ll just have to see what works for me. I''m glad there are so many willing to be helpful in the list! I wouldn''t have known where to start otherwise.
:%s/MySQL/PostgreSQL/g You will be happier in the long run. It is a much more important choice than what color of *nix you put it on. On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote:> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. I''m > trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good roadmap. > I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the option to > distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say this... I > want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby on > Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for this? What > kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- "Her faults were those of her race and sex; her virtues were her own. Farewell, and if for ever - " -- "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Ian Harding wrote:> :%s/MySQL/PostgreSQL/g > > You will be happier in the long run. It is a much more important > choice than what color of *nix you put it on.Amen. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Ian Harding wrote:> :%s/MySQL/PostgreSQL/g > > You will be happier in the long run. It is a much more important > choice than what color of *nix you put it on. > > On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > >>I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ background. I''m >>trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a good roadmap. >>I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have the option to >>distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say this... I >>want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL and Ruby on >>Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for this? What >>kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? >> >>Thanks! >>I am using kubuntu/lighttpd/rails/postgresql.
Yeah, more kudos for Ezra. I followed his tutorial and got a VPS running with rimuhosting.com. (Xen-based). The tutorial was easy to follow, and I got it up and running without any problems. The only thing I really had to figure out on my own was svnserve for remote access/switchtower deployment. Sarge has been super stable, and it''s just awesome that I can do whatever I want with root access. And you can''t beat the price. On 1/20/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote:> > I highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails work. > The > package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails > a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian > box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure > m,ail server here: > > http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html > > And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a > desktop. > But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The > quality control is excellent. > > Cheers- > -Ezra > > On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:23 PM, Leon wrote: > > > People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux > > distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red hat and > > suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user with no > > experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and > > configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about > > character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, > > more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an > > expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good > > install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) > > > > On 1/20/06, matthew clark <winescout@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? > >> > >> I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It > >> is a great > >> distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? > >> I don''t > >> think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is > >> fantastic, > >> but it is an experts distro. > >> > >> matt > >> > >> > >> On 1/19/06, Leon <leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use > >>> gentoo. > >>> I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide and > >>> configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was easy. > >>> > >>> Leo > >>> > >>> On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright > >> <jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > >>>> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ > >>>> background. > >> I''m > >>>> trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a > >>>> good > >> roadmap. > >>>> I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have > >>>> the > >> option to > >>>> distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that to say > >> this... I > >>>> want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL > >>>> and Ruby > >> on > >>>> Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works best for > >> this? What > >>>> kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Rails mailing list > >>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Rails mailing list > >>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > -Ezra Zygmuntowicz > WebMaster > Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper > ezra@yakima-herald.com > 509-577-7732 > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060125/8678585f/attachment.html
Does anyone have this tutorial for deployment with rimuhosting.com? I can''t seem to get to Ezra''s site. On Jan 25, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Matt White wrote:> Yeah, more kudos for Ezra. I followed his tutorial and got a VPS > running with rimuhosting.com. (Xen-based). The tutorial was easy to > follow, and I got it up and running without any problems. The only > thing I really had to figure out on my own was svnserve for remote > access/switchtower deployment. Sarge has been super stable, and > it''s just awesome that I can do whatever I want with root access. > And you can''t beat the price. > > On 1/20/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote: I > highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails work. The > package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails > a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian > box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure > m,ail server here: > > http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html > > And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a > desktop. > But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The > quality control is excellent. > > Cheers- > -Ezra > > On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:23 PM, Leon wrote: > > > People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux > > distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red > hat and > > suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user > with no > > experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and > > configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about > > character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, > > more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an > > expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good > > install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) > > > > On 1/20/06, matthew clark < winescout@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? > >> > >> I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It > >> is a great > >> distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? > >> I don''t > >> think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is > >> fantastic, > >> but it is an experts distro. > >> > >> matt > >> > >> > >> On 1/19/06, Leon < leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use > >>> gentoo. > >>> I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide > and > >>> configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was > easy. > >>> > >>> Leo > >>> > >>> On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright > >> < jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > >>>> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ > >>>> background. > >> I''m > >>>> trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a > >>>> good > >> roadmap. > >>>> I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have > >>>> the > >> option to > >>>> distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that > to say > >> this... I > >>>> want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL > >>>> and Ruby > >> on > >>>> Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works > best for > >> this? What > >>>> kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Rails mailing list > >>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Rails mailing list > >>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > -Ezra Zygmuntowicz > WebMaster > Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper > ezra@yakima-herald.com > 509-577-7732 > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Hi Joseph, I believe that Ezra''s tutorial is @ http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html, unfortunately it looks like the server is currently down. ~ Ben On 1/25/06, Joseph Hosteny <jhosteny@mac.com> wrote:> > Does anyone have this tutorial for deployment with rimuhosting.com? I > can''t seem to get to Ezra''s site. > > On Jan 25, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Matt White wrote: > > > Yeah, more kudos for Ezra. I followed his tutorial and got a VPS > > running with rimuhosting.com. (Xen-based). The tutorial was easy to > > follow, and I got it up and running without any problems. The only > > thing I really had to figure out on my own was svnserve for remote > > access/switchtower deployment. Sarge has been super stable, and > > it''s just awesome that I can do whatever I want with root access. > > And you can''t beat the price. > > > > On 1/20/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote: I > > highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails work. The > > package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails > > a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian > > box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure > > m,ail server here: > > > > http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html > > > > And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a > > desktop. > > But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The > > quality control is excellent. > > > > Cheers- > > -Ezra > > > > On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:23 PM, Leon wrote: > > > > > People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux > > > distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red > > hat and > > > suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user > > with no > > > experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and > > > configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about > > > character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, > > > more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an > > > expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good > > > install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) > > > > > > On 1/20/06, matthew clark < winescout@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? > > >> > > >> I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It > > >> is a great > > >> distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? > > >> I don''t > > >> think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is > > >> fantastic, > > >> but it is an experts distro. > > >> > > >> matt > > >> > > >> > > >> On 1/19/06, Leon < leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use > > >>> gentoo. > > >>> I like it very much. I installed it following the install guide > > and > > >>> configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was > > easy. > > >>> > > >>> Leo > > >>> > > >>> On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright > > >> < jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: > > >>>> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ > > >>>> background. > > >> I''m > > >>>> trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a > > >>>> good > > >> roadmap. > > >>>> I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have > > >>>> the > > >> option to > > >>>> distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that > > to say > > >> this... I > > >>>> want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL > > >>>> and Ruby > > >> on > > >>>> Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works > > best for > > >> this? What > > >>>> kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks! > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Rails mailing list > > >>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >>>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Rails mailing list > > >>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Rails mailing list > > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rails mailing list > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > -Ezra Zygmuntowicz > > WebMaster > > Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper > > ezra@yakima-herald.com > > 509-577-7732 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Ben Reubenstein http://www.benr75.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Joseph- Thanks for noticing that, it must have gone off into the weeds last night. It is up and running again. Also ig you are having any trouble getting there still, I have attached the document for you. Good Luck! Cheers- -Ezra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060125/1dc05ceb/rails_stack-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- On Jan 25, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Joseph Hosteny wrote:> Does anyone have this tutorial for deployment with rimuhosting.com? > I can''t seem to get to Ezra''s site. > > On Jan 25, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Matt White wrote: > >> Yeah, more kudos for Ezra. I followed his tutorial and got a VPS >> running with rimuhosting.com. (Xen-based). The tutorial was easy >> to follow, and I got it up and running without any problems. The >> only thing I really had to figure out on my own was svnserve for >> remote access/switchtower deployment. Sarge has been super stable, >> and it''s just awesome that I can do whatever I want with root >> access. And you can''t beat the price. >> >> On 1/20/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote: >> I highly recommend debian as a good linux distro for rails work. The >> package manager is IMHO the best there is and it makes running rails >> a snap. I have written a detailed tutorial for setting up a debian >> box from scratch with everything you wilol need including a secure >> m,ail server here: >> >> http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html >> >> And ubuntu is a nice debian spin off if you want to have a >> desktop. >> But I prefer debian over ubuntu fror its stability as a server. The >> quality control is excellent. >> >> Cheers- >> -Ezra >> >> On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:23 PM, Leon wrote: >> >> > People told that about Slackware. But Slackware was my first linux >> > distro and actually I liked the way it worked (later tried red >> hat and >> > suse and didn''t like both at all). I was a windows power user >> with no >> > experience in unix at all. I managed to install slackware and >> > configured it to do everything i needed. So, to me, it''s all about >> > character, not distro. Today i would start from gentoo (more docs, >> > more community, than slackware). I don''t think you need to be an >> > expert to install and configure gentoo, because there are very good >> > install docs availabe, that''s why i recommend gentoo :-) >> > >> > On 1/20/06, matthew clark < winescout@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You would suggest Gentoo to a newbie???? >> >> >> >> I ran Gentoo for a long time on servers and my workstation. It >> >> is a great >> >> distro, don''t get me wrong, but for someone comming from windows? >> >> I don''t >> >> think they would get past formatting the hard drive. Gentoo is >> >> fantastic, >> >> but it is an experts distro. >> >> >> >> matt >> >> >> >> >> >> On 1/19/06, Leon < leopardus.vulgaris@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I would recommend Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo for a start. I use >> >>> gentoo. >> >>> I like it very much. I installed it following the install >> guide and >> >>> configured by either guides or howto''s in gentoo wiki. It was >> easy. >> >>> >> >>> Leo >> >>> >> >>> On 1/16/06, Jason Cartwright >> >> < jcartwright@enspiredsoftware.com> wrote: >> >>>> I''m fairly new to Ruby & Rails and I come from a stricly M$ >> >>>> background. >> >> I''m >> >>>> trying to move into the world of open source, but I don''t have a >> >>>> good >> >> roadmap. >> >>>> I''m starting to develop a Rails-based product and I want to have >> >>>> the >> >> option to >> >>>> distribute it to non-hosted customers. So I''ve said all that >> to say >> >> this... I >> >>>> want to learn how to setup linux and lighttpd along with MySQL >> >>>> and Ruby >> >> on >> >>>> Rails. What do I need to know? What version of linux works >> best for >> >> this? What >> >>>> kind of hardware do I need? What resources are available to me? >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks! >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Rails mailing list >> >>>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >>>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Rails mailing list >> >>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Rails mailing list >> >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Rails mailing list >> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > >> >> -Ezra Zygmuntowicz >> WebMaster >> Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper >> ezra@yakima-herald.com >> 509-577-7732 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-Ezra Zygmuntowicz Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster http://yakimaherald.com 509-577-7732 ezra@yakima-herald.com