Ruby on (SuSE?) Linux

[dhtapp]

List,

I've decided it's time to do a Nuke-and-Pave on my XP box. I'm about to
attempt my very first Linux installation.

I have some experience as a user of both Solaris and Mac OS/X, but I've
never attempted to set up or administer such a machine. (Well, I set up Mac
OS/X, but that's about as tough as plugging in a toaster.)

After looking at the various brands, I've about decided that SuSE is the
best way for me to go, but I haven't purchased anything yet. (Yes, I've
been to the linuxiso site, but I'm thinking a detailed manual is a really
good idea the first time around.)

Since Ruby is one of the two principal reasons for having a machine (Java
being the other), I'm looking for any advisements, starting with "It doesn't
work on SuSE, you dolt!" and getting more detailed from there.

I apologize for the rank amateurishness of the question; please feel free to
reply privately.

Thanks!

- dan

 

[Mark Sparshatt]

List,

I've decided it's time to do a Nuke-and-Pave on my XP box. I'm about to
attempt my very first Linux installation.

I have some experience as a user of both Solaris and Mac OS/X, but I've
never attempted to set up or administer such a machine. (Well, I set up Mac
OS/X, but that's about as tough as plugging in a toaster.)

After looking at the various brands, I've about decided that SuSE is the
best way for me to go, but I haven't purchased anything yet. (Yes, I've
been to the linuxiso site, but I'm thinking a detailed manual is a really
good idea the first time around.)

Since Ruby is one of the two principal reasons for having a machine (Java
being the other), I'm looking for any advisements, starting with "It doesn't
work on SuSE, you dolt!" and getting more detailed from there.

I apologize for the rank amateurishness of the question; please feel free to
reply privately.

I'm using SUSE 9.1 on one of my computers and Ruby version 1.8.0 is a
part of that distro.

SUSE have a live eval CD that you can download for free from their site.
You might want to try that to make sure that SUSE does everything you want.

 

[Jean-Hugues ROBERT]

List,

I've decided it's time to do a Nuke-and-Pave on my XP box. I'm about to
attempt my very first Linux installation.

I have some experience as a user of both Solaris and Mac OS/X, but I've
never attempted to set up or administer such a machine. (Well, I set up Mac
OS/X, but that's about as tough as plugging in a toaster.)

After looking at the various brands, I've about decided that SuSE is the
best way for me to go, but I haven't purchased anything yet. (Yes, I've
been to the linuxiso site, but I'm thinking a detailed manual is a really
good idea the first time around.)

Since Ruby is one of the two principal reasons for having a machine (Java
being the other), I'm looking for any advisements, starting with "It doesn't
work on SuSE, you dolt!" and getting more detailed from there.

I apologize for the rank amateurishness of the question; please feel free to
reply privately.

Thanks!

- dan

If you love Ruby, maybe you want to have a look at Rubyx.
http://www.rubyx.org/
Rubyx is a Linux packaging built using Ruby scripts.
Kind of weird I guess, but I am curious of what the result
is (I never used it myself).

Yours,

Jean-Hugues.

 

[Stephan Kämper]

Hi.

I've decided it's time to do a Nuke-and-Pave on my XP box. I'm about to
attempt my very first Linux installation.
Welcome!

I have some experience as a user of both Solaris and Mac OS/X, but I've
never attempted to set up or administer such a machine. (Well, I set up Mac
OS/X, but that's about as tough as plugging in a toaster.) ....

Since Ruby is one of the two principal reasons for having a machine (Java
being the other), I'm looking for any advisements, starting with "It doesn't
work on SuSE, you dolt!" and getting more detailed from there.

Ruby is built 'on and for' Linux (as far as I know), so I wouldn't
expect any serious problems.
I run and build (well built, actually - I don't do it every day ;-) Ruby
on a SuSE 9.0 system without any problems.

I apologize for the rank amateurishness of the question; please feel free to
reply privately.

That's perfectly OK. We're the Ruby community.

Happy rubying

Stephan

 

[Mike Z]

Hi.


Ruby is built 'on and for' Linux (as far as I know), so I wouldn't
expect any serious problems.
I run and build (well built, actually - I don't do it every day ;-) Ruby
on a SuSE 9.0 system without any problems.

And SuSE are even kind enough to package Ruby as part of the distribution.
Sure, they're still using a 1.6 release, but the maintainers have been
very receptive to feedback ("please please please build with readline
support installed" "sure thing- here you go").

Cheers,
Mike