Windows Ruby Solutions

(1:26:08 PM) akalias: what is the best option for ruby on windows? a vm with linux ;) ?
(1:26:25 PM) dominikh: in my opinion actually yes...
(1:26:39 PM) dominikh: don't know if you can even get a decent terminal in window

The solution is simple: remove windows from the ruby mix

I have VMWare installed and preconfigured 256MB `headless` Ubuntu webserver appliances are readily available. If I set up one of these with SAMBA file-sharing I should be able to use my existing toolset quite easily and use SSH to log in.

Now if only the internet wasn't so damn slow where I live...

UPDATE:

Net is super slow - however I discovered that I had an old Gutsy Gibbon image laying about on one of my portables. It already had colemak keymap installed. The problem was Gutsy Gibbon has reached the EOL. apt-get was no longer working

(5:00:13 PM) ubottu: wants you to know: For upgrading, see the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes - see also http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

No problem.

UPDATE:

Compiling Ruby 1.9.1 from source