Dominant O/S for Japanese Ruby users?

[Robert Oschler]

Does anybody know what the dominant O/S for Japanese Ruby users is? I'm
wondering if it's Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, whatever?

Just curious.

 

[Tyler Zesiger]

I'm American, not Japanese, but in case you're curious, I run WinXP for
web browsing and such, but I use FreeBSD 4.10 for development. I do
everything from the command line.

I use Textpad on windows to edit source files, and I upload them and
then build them on the freebsd machine. I use the GUI stuff I like, and
I get to backup everything as part of the process as well. It's nice to
have seperate "work" and "build" machines, since I usually push my
"work" machine pretty hard with all the multi-tasking I'm doing. The
FreeBSD machine is more or less dedicated to builds.

Ruby programming doesn't usually involve a build step, but I've carried
the habit over anyways, so that I can ensure cross platform compatibility.

FreeBSD is better for me because I like the way everything seemlessly
works together. I prefer the minimalist approach whenever it ensures
smoother operation. Linux is too "busy" for me, and I hate fixing problems.

 

[nobu.nokada]

Hi,

At Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:43:25 +0900,
Robert Oschler wrote in [ruby-talk:103855]:

Does anybody know what the dominant O/S for Japanese Ruby users is? I'm
wondering if it's Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, whatever?

Just my guess, it would be Windows, and Linux, NetBSD and
FreeBSD for developers.

 

[Alexander Kellett]

plenty of other non japanese people are
joining in. so i'll go for it too

i win by using the strangest setup of them all.
gentoo running in colinux on my windows xp laptop.
has been my setup now for months, and honestly
i've never been more productive. putty, opera
and mplayer are all i'll ever need

Alex