The pictures of it didn’t come out well enough, but you could even see the SRB’s drop off about 2 minutes into the launch. AWESOME.

So, installing the server and ruby is easy – they’re both oneclick installs. Its getting them to work *together* that’s the issue.
Apache doesn’t automatically understand Ruby, and Ruby doesn’t automatically want to use Apache, so there’s a bunch of config files and settings that need to be changed. Having done that, and getting to the happy “Now you’re on Rails!” welcome page (which means server<->Ruby communications are up and running) I try to build an application.

Now, I’m met with all sorts of error messages and missing plug in warnings. And this is the 3rd time I’ve completely un-installed and re-installed the setup. Just short of re-installing windows too, just to be sure. CRAZY!

Is this stupid language worth it? It doesn’t help I can’t find any good tutorials or resources either.

Adobe is holding 2 conferences, one in New York and one in LA, about their new product, Creative Suite 3. It looks very informative and exciting. My employers won’t pay for me to go, but I may ask for the time off and finance it myself. Especially if Greg ends up going as well.
I know its a big hype up for you to purchase their software, but it looks like they will be talking about innovative uses and methods at the conference as well. Plus, its a chance to get to go to LA, which I’ve been wanting to do just to say “hey, I’ve been there.”

Firstly, I have to say its one of the easiest installs I’ve ever sat through. I installed Ubuntu from their liveCD, which was really convenient because you can play with the OS while its installing. Before I took the plunge, I read up on problems I could expect with my computer.

First and foremost, this article has helped me greatly, as have the Ubuntu forums. Pretty much everything the guy in the article went through with his Inspiron, I am experiencing. Unfortunately for me, some of the assistance links in his article are outdated, so I’ll tell you what I’ve done so far. Because, so far, this computer has been a beast to get working.

That being said, I *want* to have linux working. This is one of the only operating systems I’ve really never dealt with in any way. My computer not working is just one way for me to further my knowledge of how this weird Linux thing works. I’ve had to delve into the terminal and do all sorts of commands that I don’t understand. Of course, in most of these instances, I just copy the code I’m given verbatim and it seems to work, but yeah; I’m learning slowly. (Note: the links below worked on my Dell Inspiron 9100 with an install of Ubuntu Edgy 6.10)

The OS installed with only one hitch – after installing, it was supposed to restart itself. The computer hung, so I restarted manually and the computer booted up fine. So, awesome, I thought. I have Linux! Yay! But no, the first problem quickly presented itself. Like the article I was guiding from, my wireless wasn’t working at all. Turns out, its a problem with the card and the drivers. After trying numerous methods to get it working, all of which I found were outdated, I stumbled upon the method here, and it worked! Apparently, the problem is so widespread that a tool has been specifically written to *make these cards work with Linux*. But every time I restarted my computer I had to re-initialize the drivers. This is apparently because of some weird bug on computers that have more than 1GB of memory. Crazy. That wouldn’t do.
I reinstalled the OS from scratch (much easier than windows!) and started fresh from the steps I knew worked, and viola, wireless and WPA.

The next hurdle is getting the sound card to work. I’ll write about that once I’ve experienced it