Resources For Rails Development in Vim
While most programming languages seem to take steps toward big, full-featured graphical IDEs, Rails development seems to have gone the reverse: back to the command line, command line editors, and minimalist interfaces. Today, I’d like to share with you several resources that I’ve used to streamline my development process. TextMate (€39) MacroMates.com — Considered the…
GNU Screen and Byobu Made Easy
For the *nix elitist, no graphical tool comes close to the power that the command line provides. While this may strike some people as odd, particularly those who only have experience with Windows, it’s a pretty well known fact that the Linux command line provides a method of controlling every aspect of your computer activity;…
Ubuntu’s Koala Has Good Karma
Canonical’s Ubuntu 9.10 operating system is a work of art. Seriously. I would frame it and mount it on my wall if I could. Unfortunately I can’t, so all I can do is gush about it and tell people about all of it’s amazing features. Non-techies: just smile-and-nod your way through this post 
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Testing Out Fedora 11
A few years ago, I made the switch on my laptop from Windows to Linux. If I had to summarize the experience, I’d say it’s been…well…an experience. It’s had its ups and downs as I tinkered around with more distributions than I can remember (I can think of 7, not including different architectures). I initially…
