Install Ruby/rubyonrails on Windows 98

Feb 27

I’ll try to document here how I get this working (if I ever do). Please feel free to add your thoughts and once it is more complete we can write a tutorial for rubyonrails.com After upgrading to rails 10 everything went pretty smoothly except I had to manually add ruby to the path (I installed it under C:\program files\ruby\). I also had to manually convert all...

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http://srvcns.it.jcu.edu.au/~phillip/Homepage/Sony-PCG-N505VE

Jan 19

SONY PCG-N505VE and FreeBSD-4.4-RELEASE (September 2001) This file contains setup information for the SONY PCG-N505VE laptop: – BIOS settings – File /boot/loader.conf – File /etc/usbd.conf – File /etc/rc.conf – Kernel Configuration – Bootup dmesg Note: Sony web page is...

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Compiling A New Kernel

Jan 18

Tech-Arena.com Forums Best tutorial on the subject I have found (ps should mirror it). http://tlug.up.ac.za/guides/lkcg/lkcg_config_main.html (guide to menu config) http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949&page=3 (nice overview of compilation) I have listed the guts of my computer elsewhere so now I going to try and figure out which modules I need, really...

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Linux Debian: Required Packages

Jan 18

To keep track of which programs are helpful I am going to list them here with brief descriptions: Package Name Version bash (Bourne Again SHell): Description: It is the main console for doing all sorts of various activities. Usefull commands are: To customize: configure .bashrc in user root (either /home/usr/ or /root which are booth often...

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Sony C1F Detailed Specs

Jan 13

GENERAL Recommended Use Small business, corporate business System Type Notebook Built-in Devices Microphone, speaker, keyboard, touchpad, display, camera Width 24 cm Depth 14 cm Height 3.7 cm Weight 1.1 kg Colour Grey PROCESSOR Processor Intel Pentium MMX 266 MHz (M586MMX) Data Bus Speed 66 MHz Cache Memory Type L2 Cache – Pipeline Burst Installed...

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Comparing Windows

Jan 05

I am looking to build a new set up for my Picturebook, including doing a clean install of Windows, installing some flavor of Linux (hopefully knoppix/debian), configuring it delightfully for mobile computing. Following is a comparison of Windows Systems: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WIN 95 OSR1 Released 08/1995 Computer: 100% IBM Compatible Processor: 386 DX, 20MHz or...

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