Carmen --- wrote: > subimage interactive wrote: >> I've found rimuhosting is the best solution for rails. Cop one of their >> low-end VPS plans and you'll be super happy. > > VPS virtualizes an entire OS, right? that is overkill for running a > rails app, youll get less out of the same hardware, and pay more for the > privelege.
Actually, it's the best way to run a Rails app. Rails on shared hosting is problematic at best. For cheap and easy deployment, I recommend Heroku or Slicehost. > theres no need to access system-dirs for an app anyways. a > decent host will already have stuff you might want like various gems, > imagemagick, etc - if not theres always add $HOME/bin to the env.. That never works properly, at least not in my experience. Sooner or later you need root access. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.