Cliff Moon on 20 Aug 2007 02:51:38 -0000 |
+1 for gentoo. You will pay a high price up front in terms of anguish, frustration, and waiting. But if you can get past the dip and stick with it, you'll know a hell of a lot more about how linux works. Mat Schaffer wrote: > On Aug 19, 2007, at 9:51 PM, Nick Romanowski wrote: >> i'm looking to grit my teeth into the world of Linux at the same time >> i'm learning Rails... i've been developing apps using Locomotive on >> my Mac to learn Rails and now i'm looking to get a "slice" on >> SliceHost to work on deployment and such. >> >> What is the best distro of Linux to use for Rails (and non-Rails) >> hosting? Any opinions are appreciated. > > For a VPS I really love gentoo. I find it's got a really rich CLI > compared to other distros and makes good use of ANSI color to make > important information obvious. Also the "start from scratch" approach > seems like it keeps disk usage down. Haven't done any serious > comparisons on that front though, and it's certainly not for everybody. > -Mat > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.phillyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.phillyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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