Rails: Makes common decisions for you so you can focus on the end result. Works great for 99% of cases, but if you want to do your own thing for special cases it's not hard to do.
OS X: Makes common decisions for you so you can focus on the end result. Works great for 99% of cases, but if you want to do your own thing for special cases it's not hard to do. On Dec 15 2009, 10:59 am, Wojciech Kruszewski <wojci...@oxos.pl> wrote: > Hey Gintautas, > > You stole my points. They were good points (-. > > I also use Ubuntu and have a separate workstation for Photoshop/ > Windows. This other workstation has plenty of other uses that justify > its existence, but the sheer fact that I need two workstations just to > have couple dozens terminals opened and have Photoshop at the same > time is giving me shivers. > > BTW by "those other uses" I mean: Ubuntu through VirtualBox running > tests for the application. And it's an extra monitor so... couple > dozens terminals more! Just don't tell me that MacBook is mobile while > my environment is not. My setup would also be mobile if I only had a > camel. > > I think I should have a Mac just because most of developers I > collaborate with and clients in the U.S. use them. Only I'd need to > learn all quirks of a Mac, and you know, we developers are lazy. > Fortunately my current team (Rails team in Sage Software) settled on > Ubuntu as well. > > Cheers, > Wojciech > > --http://twitter.com/WojciechK > > On Dec 5, 8:49 pm, Gintautas Šimkus <dihita...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Well I have been sceptical about Mac (Ubuntu user here), because a big part > > of it is just brand, but now when I think about it there are some advantages > > of using Mac over Ubuntu: > > 1) Photoshop has a version for mac, but not for Linux and as a freelancer I > > have to deal with graphics from time to time. > > 2) Textmate. Haven't used it myself, but from the podcasts I've seen it > > looks pretty sexy. Currently using gvim. > > > So when the time to buy a new laptop comes I will consider getting a mac. > > > Does anybody have any other arguments for using mac over ubuntu? > > > 2009/12/5 esavard <savard.etie...@gmail.com> > > > > Anything is better than Windows to develop Rails. Linux (Ubuntu) does > > > the job for me. I'm not a Mac guy mainly because the hardware cost > > > much more than the equivalent (bogomips for bogomips) PC. > > > > By the way, it's a nice script Colin. I have put something similar > > > together but it install rails and other development tools (SCM, > > > Database, Java, etc.) on Ubuntu using a dialogs (GUI + bash): > > >http://symbiosoft.net/ubuntu_devenv > > > > Etienne. > > > > On 5 déc, 04:56, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > 2009/12/4 Steven Elliott Jr <stevenelliott0...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > Macs are by fat the easiest way to get going in rails/ruby because > > > > > it's there out of the box. A few gem commands and you're rockin' and > > > > > rollin'. Windows and Linux are easy to set up too but require a bit > > > > > more setup work. > > > > > > Ubuntu is good but you have to use the stuff in the repositories by > > > > > default which is ok but not as good as issuing gem commands. > > > > > Not true, it is easy to install so that the gem commands can be used > > > > in the normal way. I use this script to install the lamp stack, mysql > > > > ruby and rails (on ubuntu 9.10), it does not get much easier than > > > > this. It assumes that there is a folder ~/downloads > > > > > # this installs the lamp stack, the ^ is important. Seehttps:// > > > help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel > > > > sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ > > > > sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql phpmyadmin > > > > > # this derived fromhttp:// > > >www.hackido.com/2009/04/install-ruby-rails-on-ubuntu-904-jaunt... > > > > # bits for building stuff > > > > cd ~ > > > > sudo apt-get install build-essential > > > > # ruby and mysql stuff, this assumes that the lamp stack with mysql > > > > has already been installed > > > > sudo apt-get install ruby ri rdoc libmysql-ruby ruby1.8-dev irb1.8 > > > > libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libmysql-ruby1.8 libmysqlclient15off > > > > libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 > > > > rdoc1.8 ri1.8 ruby1.8 irb libopenssl-ruby libopenssl-ruby1.8 > > > > libhtml-template-perl > > > > wget -N -P ~/downloadshttp:// > > > rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/60718/rubygems-1.3.5.tgz > > > > tar xvzf ~/downloads/rubygems-1.3.5.tgz > > > > cd rubygems-1.3.5 > > > > sudo ruby setup.rb > > > > cd .. > > > > rm -rf rubygems-1.3.5 > > > > echo "making symlinks - not sure if this will always be necessary, > > > > must be done if gem -v does not work" > > > > sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/local/bin/gem > > > > sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ruby1.8 /usr/local/bin/ruby > > > > sudo ln -s /usr/bin/rdoc1.8 /usr/local/bin/rdoc > > > > sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ri1.8 /usr/local/bin/ri > > > > sudo ln -s /usr/bin/irb1.8 /usr/local/bin/irb > > > > # rails latest version > > > > sudo gem install rails > > > > > Colin > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscrib > > > e...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
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