forgottenwizard wrote:
> The reason I mainly suggested Gentoo, btw, is I though LFS would be a
> bit much for someone new to Linux. I've always seen Gentoo as a sort of
> 'LFS for the lazy'.
>
Yeah, but even that is too much for most people. We forget that
sometimes =). I've had a lot of fun learning difficult things by just
not offering myself any alternative (Vim, dvorak, Slickware, Hebrew),
but most people don't want to immerse themselves in something new and
confusing and flounder until it startes to make sense.

Anyway, I think that if the poster wants to use Linux primarily as a
vehicle for Ruby/Rails programming, he might not be the type to enjoy
(and spend time) learning all its internals.

Dan