I am working on a linux distro liveCD called Rubuntu. Which is, you guessed it, a ruby/raisl centric ubuntu livecd that has the option to install to your HD if your so inclined. I hope to have my build system for this set up this weekend so i can start pumping out a few betas while I tweak it to perfection.
I need some help from the community.
What I really need some help with is killer ruby configs for vim, emacs and jedit. And anything else you would like to see included, please drop me a note and any pointers you have for configuration that would be best suited for this.
I already have all the basics included as far as ruby/gems and a bunch of database bindings and ruby configured mongrel, apache and lighty. And I already have plenty of usefull ruby libs installed. What I really need is the icing on the cake. I want thsi to come setup with all the trimmings. So all you folks with killer vimrc's and emacs ruby configs please contact me.
Any little creature comforts you like or nice customization you rely on to get through you ruby work on linux would be much appreciated.
Other thoughts or suggestions? I'm all ears at this point
> Other thoughts or suggestions? I'm all ears at this point
I'm sorry I can't offer my ruby vimrc file. I lost it some time ago and instead of rewritting it I switched to scite. :(
Although you've mostly likely considered it already a nice suite of ruby aware editors besides emacs, vim, and jedit would be nice. I am suggesting including gedit, scite, freeride, and kate (if you are going to include some kde libraries). I would also recommend some pure ruby editors such as diakonos.
One other must in my eyes would be to include every ruby app and game that you can find that is runnable. Also of interest would be to include the ruSH (a ruby shell) and possibly some ruby extensions to the shell.
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 06:12 +0900, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: > Other thoughts or suggestions? I'm all ears at this point
Awesome idea.
Make sure it has an .irbrc with require 'irb/completion' in it. Make sure it includes Ruby-GNOME2. Ruby-Gecko[1] as the default browser would be a nice touch, if not the most effective choice. =D
Also, ruby-electric[2] is a nice emacs mode. chris2 has some nifty ruby stuff[3] that requires emacs22 if you are thinking of going that route.
I would advise against using MMM-mode for ERB by default since it seems to usually be more trouble than it's worth. CSS-mode is worth including.
You can see my .emacs[4], but it's nothing special.
Cool, I have a killer .irbrc already with some really nice stuff in it. I have made an entry on my blog and I would like to collect the information from everyone there in the comments if possible please:
Ive switched from emacs to the new RadRails IDE as it is pretty slick although Im not sure if included a Java JVM will bloat your distro any or *if* you are even allowed to include a VM (I think you are) ...
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: > Other thoughts or suggestions? I'm all ears at this point
Well, if we're brainstorming...
The KDevelop packages come with modes and templates and example apps for developing (KDE, or other) apps in Ruby, presumably largely courtesy of Richard Dale.
KOffice 1.5 will also include some (rather experimental) support for scripting Krita (images) and Kexi (databases) in Ruby. Only the beta is out so far, but you can get the Debian and Kubuntu packages.
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: > Any little creature comforts you like or nice customization you rely > on to get through you ruby work on linux would be much appreciated.
> Other thoughts or suggestions? I'm all ears at this point
Well, I was about to toot my own horn, but it looks as though someone already mentioned it: I would be quite appreciative if you included Diakonos. :)
Pistos wrote: > Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: >> Any little creature comforts you like or nice customization you rely >> on to get through you ruby work on linux would be much appreciated.
>> Other thoughts or suggestions? I'm all ears at this point
> Well, I was about to toot my own horn, but it looks as though someone > already mentioned it: I would be quite appreciative if you included > Diakonos. :)
On 2/21/06, David Vallner <da...@vallner.net> wrote:
> Dňa Utorok 21 Február 2006 16:38 Jon Baer napísal: > > Ive switched from emacs to the new RadRails IDE as it is pretty slick > > although Im not sure if included a Java JVM will bloat your distro any > > or *if* you are even allowed to include a VM (I think you are) ...
> sun-j2re from an unofficial Debian repository, 30 MB compressed, 90 MB > uncompressed. It doth hurt a bit, but I'd put it in for the heck of it if > possible. I think Eclipse itself amounts to more, and even Postgres eats 20 > megs in full.
> The problem is, the Sun Java is classified as non-free, so I don't think you > can bundle that in an "official" Debian-based distribution - don't know if > Ubuntu loosened their licencing restrictions on the issue.
why not just use ubuntu's free-java-sdk which wraps around the GNU tools and acts as a replacement for sun's SDK.
The only must have change I always make is to include some commands at the bottom of the ruby.vim script in the indent directory that sets tabstop softtabstop and shiftwidth to 2 and turns on expandtab. This is nice because it only affects the .rb files, other files have the tab settings set to 4 which is usually what I use for non ruby stuff. I'm sortof surprised that these changes aren't in that file by default.
Good luck on this project. It sounds very cool. Gary
Just a thought - what about creating a VMware player appliance with all the tools installed? I have an Ubuntu image with Rails/LightTPD/MySQL, and it works really well for use as a pre-production/stage environment. It acts like a separate physical machine, so you can even install SSH server and try out Switchtower for deployment. Plus, you don't have to install all these services in your host OS, which can really slow it down. Of course, this won't work for Mac users. But who knows what VMware will do. Joe
On 3/24/06, Brandon Hines <brandonhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This topic has been dead for a few days...how's the project coming?
It's actaully progressing quite well. The holdup is because I am in the process of moving to another city for a new job(ruby job of course ;) and my linux boxes are packed up until April 10th :/ But There will be a release in April for sure. I have also ditched ubuntu as a livecd base to work off of. Morphix allows for a much nicer automated build process and is itself designed to build custom debian livecd's with and these livecd's can be installed to HD and augmented with a flash drive. So you can install extra packages and whatever else you want and it will be able to back these changes up to your thumb drive so you ca re-graft your changes back onto the livecd when you reboot it or take it to another computer.
There have been many great requests and I got a ton f good config files for various programs so this will be a fun cd. I will be sharing the entire build script and tutorial so folks can build their own versions if they want.
So I guess i need a new name ;) Any suggestions?
Cheers- Ezra Zygmuntowicz ezmob...@gmail.com "Rubyists don't throw rocks at dogs"
Also, if you have enough space, I think you should not only target developers but also people who haven't yet switched to Ruby. For that purpose, you would need to install cool apps that demonstrate the power of Ruby. For example, you could install Typo for Rails, Alexandria for Ruby-GNOME2, games in Ruby/SDL etc.
Maybe you could also start a project on Rubyforge.
Good to hear that the project is alive and kicking!
Name Suggestions: "Mobile Ruby" (though that sounds like a phone app) "RIMP" (Ruby in my Pocket) (too bad is sounds like "GIMP") "*Ruby" (instead of *nix)
"Ruby Live" as suggested by another poster also sounds pretty good, though, in my opinion, "Live" sounds a bit generic since it's a common distro title. As you can see though, I'm not comming up with anything better. ;)
As for a logo, the normal tux colored ruby red sitting on traintracks/rails would look pretty damn sweet.
> Good to hear that the project is alive and kicking!
> Name Suggestions: > "Mobile Ruby" (though that sounds like a phone app) > "RIMP" (Ruby in my Pocket) (too bad is sounds like "GIMP") > "*Ruby" (instead of *nix)
> "Ruby Live" as suggested by another poster also sounds pretty good, > though, in my opinion, "Live" sounds a bit generic since it's a common > distro title. As you can see though, I'm not comming up with anything > better. ;)
> As for a logo, the normal tux colored ruby red sitting on > traintracks/rails would look pretty damn sweet.
I was just about to say that the most obvious name for a Ruby-centric Linux Distro has to be Rubix, then I got to the bottom of the thread. Unfortunately, Google revealed that it already exists: http://www.rubixlinux.org/ This doesn't really speak to me, but how about "RubyReady?"
On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:13 AM, jed.h...@gmail.com wrote:
> Have you considered adding SVN and Mongrel to the Distro?
Yes these will be included for sure along with some nice lighttpd.conf files to load balance between mongrels. I won't have my build system until the 13th of April(i just moved and it is on the truck until then) After I get my equipment in order I will be making the initial release. So sometime before the end of the month this will be out. Sorry for the delay but I took a new job and had to move accross the state ;)
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote: > On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:13 AM, jed.h...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Have you considered adding SVN and Mongrel to the Distro?
> Yes these will be included for sure along with some nice > lighttpd.conf files to load balance between mongrels. I won't have my > build system until the 13th of April(i just moved and it is on the > truck until then) After I get my equipment in order I will be making > the initial release. So sometime before the end of the month this > will be out. Sorry for the delay but I took a new job and had to move > accross the state ;)
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