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Ruby is fun to work with. But sometimes, it just does not play well with Windows, it works better in Linux! Many plugins or gems (like xmlparser, xmlscan and uconv for rss library, and EventMachine, rack for thin) require compiling C code, that is usually difficult to install for Windows user, until some kind people make a Windows binary. Some libraries (like newer versions of BackgrounDRb) do not work on Windows at all. Ruby interpreter on Linux is also faster. One of my Rails app runs 2 times faster in Linux! So, why not install Linux inside Windows?
andLinux is a complete Linux system running seemlessly in Windows. It uses CoLinux as its core and runs Linux Kernel natively. It achieves performance near that of a standalone Linux. And the resource requirements are also low, especially when compared with traditional virtualization solutions, such as VMWare and Virtual PC. I have been using andLinux for few months and I am happy with it. My benchmark with thin was also done in andLinux!
OK, enough for introduction. Here are the steps I took to prepare Ruby and Rails development environment with andLinux. It tooks me 15 min manual work + 2 hours of downloading, compiling and installing.

Ruby is fun to work with. But sometimes, it just does not play well with Windows, it works better in Linux! Many plugins or gems (like xmlparser, xmlscan and uconv for rss library, and EventMachine, rack for thin) require compiling C code, that is usually difficult to install for Windows user, until some kind people make a Windows binary. Some libraries (like newer versions of BackgrounDRb) do not work on Windows at all. Ruby interpreter on Linux is also faster. One of my Rails app runs 2 times faster in Linux! So, why not install Linux inside Windows?
andLinux is a complete Linux system running seemlessly in Windows. It uses CoLinux as its core and runs Linux Kernel natively. It achieves performance near that of a standalone Linux. And the resource requirements are also low, especially when compared with traditional virtualization solutions, such as VMWare and Virtual PC. I have been using andLinux for few months and I am happy with it. My benchmark with thin was also done in andLinux!
OK, enough for introduction. Here are the steps I took to prepare Ruby and Rails development environment with andLinux. It tooks me 15 min manual work + 2 hours of downloading, compiling and installing.

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