On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Cheri Ruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any thoughts on this? I am contemplating a switch from a Windows > platform to Linux. Thanks!
Definitely Linux, both for development and production. Reasons: 1. Ruby is much faster on Linux (2-3 times difference when running tests for a Rails app) 2. No messing around with slashes and backslashes in file paths. 3. MICH better command-line environment (which is relatively more important for Ruby development - many Ruby dev tools have no GUI). 4. Pretty much all Ruby libraries are developed on either Linux or Mac. Therefore, many have idiosyncrasies It's pretty common to see "Subtle Windows bug fixed" as a CHANGELOG entry for version X.Y.1 of any library. 5. Building native gems on Windows is just pain. It's possible to do Ruby development (and even production deployment) on Windows, but Linux is certainly more convenient. -- Alexey Verkhovsky CruiseControl.rb [http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com] RubyWorks [http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
