What is an “Appliance”?
In this context, an appliance is a ready-to-run virtual machine. No set up to speak of required.
But why? Isn’t it easy to install Ruby wherever you like?
That is very true.
However, the Ruby ecosystem is very *NIX centric. Not everyone has the luxury, or time or ability, to setup and maintain a [...]
I’m used to being shafted as a Ruby and Windows user. The Ruby community is quite *NIX centric.
Speaking of which: Praising “open” and using Macs, makes a hypocrite at best, and an idiot at worst. Use OpenSolaris, *BSD, or Linux if you want to be open in spirit. Or, like me, stop bothering, and use [...]
(Note, this will work for Vista’s MCE (Home Premium and Ultimate editions), and I have no idea if it works with the XP based MCE variants, but it should).
Looking for hints how to create MCE playlists for videos (for series, or all those screencasts you downloaded off of Confreaks), I found this: Video Playlists For [...]
