Comments for Server Codex http://www.servercodex.com Software, Hardware, Tutorials, News, and Reviews Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:15:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 Comment on Installing DarwinPorts on Mac OS X by Justin http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/02/06/installing-darwinports-tiger/#comment-2848 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:18:10 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/02/06/installing-darwinports-tiger/#comment-2848 Yes, you can just delete the rest. The other two directories are sometimes present with earlier versions of DarwinPorts (now MacPorts), but not more recent versions. I don't see those two directories on my systems either. Yes, you can just delete the rest. The other two directories are sometimes present with earlier versions of DarwinPorts (now MacPorts), but not more recent versions. I don’t see those two directories on my systems either.

]]> Comment on Installing DarwinPorts on Mac OS X by igor http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/02/06/installing-darwinports-tiger/#comment-2844 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:59:13 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/02/06/installing-darwinports-tiger/#comment-2844 I want to uninstall Darwin Ports but I cannot find /Applications/DarwinPorts nor Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup Would it be OK to just delete the rest?? I want to uninstall Darwin Ports but I cannot find /Applications/DarwinPorts nor Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup

Would it be OK to just delete the rest??

]]> Comment on Installing DarwinPorts on Mac OS X by Command-Tab » Installing DarwinPorts http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/02/06/installing-darwinports-tiger/#comment-66 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:43:55 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/02/06/installing-darwinports-tiger/#comment-66 [...] If you’re comfortable trying out new software and familiar with the command line interface in Mac OS X, you may want to try out the DarwinPorts package management system. Justin Mayer has written a great tutorial detailing how to get up and running with DarwinPorts and the latest OS X 10.4.4 update. [...] […] If you’re comfortable trying out new software and familiar with the command line interface in Mac OS X, you may want to try out the DarwinPorts package management system. Justin Mayer has written a great tutorial detailing how to get up and running with DarwinPorts and the latest OS X 10.4.4 update. […]

]]> Comment on Rails, Platforms, and Tools by Balky http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-64 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:03:35 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-64 "PS: I hadn’t heard anyone use “Bushist” before. Cute." What about Macvertsing - I made that up too right? :) “PS: I hadn’t heard anyone use “Bushist” before. Cute.”

What about Macvertsing - I made that up too right?

:)

]]> Comment on Rails, Platforms, and Tools by Justin http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-63 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:43:31 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-63 Mac OS X will run with 512 MB just fine and without paging delays, as long as one isn't trying to run too many applications at once. I know people that develop on OS X with only 384 MB of RAM. It just depends on how many other applications you want to run at once. Clearly, for you and I, we would want 1.0 GB+. But that doesn't mean it's necessary for Rails development, which was the original point. Providing constructive feedback is indeed contributing. I just don't see a lot of constructive feedback going on in that thread. I stand by my "put up or shut up" stance, and I strongly disagree that such a position runs counter to open source development or democracy. Calling it fascist/Bushist? It's that type of hyperbole that is detracting from constructive discussion. I am certainly not suggesting that people shouldn't provide constructive feedback. That is important to any project, whether it's open source or otherwise. I'm just surprised that people have no problems downloading a very useful and free tool, and then as thanks offer epithets and non-constructive criticism. This, to me, is not what the "whole open source thing" is supposed to be about. PS: I hadn't heard anyone use "Bushist" before. Cute. :) Mac OS X will run with 512 MB just fine and without paging delays, as long as one isn’t trying to run too many applications at once. I know people that develop on OS X with only 384 MB of RAM. It just depends on how many other applications you want to run at once. Clearly, for you and I, we would want 1.0 GB+. But that doesn’t mean it’s necessary for Rails development, which was the original point.

Providing constructive feedback is indeed contributing. I just don’t see a lot of constructive feedback going on in that thread.

I stand by my “put up or shut up” stance, and I strongly disagree that such a position runs counter to open source development or democracy. Calling it fascist/Bushist? It’s that type of hyperbole that is detracting from constructive discussion.

I am certainly not suggesting that people shouldn’t provide constructive feedback. That is important to any project, whether it’s open source or otherwise. I’m just surprised that people have no problems downloading a very useful and free tool, and then as thanks offer epithets and non-constructive criticism. This, to me, is not what the “whole open source thing” is supposed to be about.

PS: I hadn’t heard anyone use “Bushist” before. Cute. :)

]]> Comment on Rails, Platforms, and Tools by Balky http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-62 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:22:01 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-62 Oh yeah - anyone who thinks OS X can be run well with less then a gig of ram is VERY patient. Oh yeah - anyone who thinks OS X can be run well with less then a gig of ram is VERY patient.

]]> Comment on Rails, Platforms, and Tools by Balky http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-61 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:20:37 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-61 "Others do it because of the products’ own merit. Based on your comments, I think you are selling a lot of smart people short." That's a good point. I'll give you that one. What about the guy on the original post who said that providing feedback is contributing? Your thoughts on the topic seem very closed-corporate. That's what the whole open source thing is supposed to be about... software developed by a group, by it's users for the benefit of the community. Put up or shut up doesn't really fit. It's not very democratic either, sounds a little fascist/bushist. Anyone who's not with us is against us kind of deal. By the way - I have nothing against rails or their developers, or apple, or you. I'm just agreeing with the people on that board that think that macvertising should be left off of the main rubyOnRails site. “Others do it because of the products’ own merit. Based on your comments, I think you are selling a lot of smart people short.”

That’s a good point. I’ll give you that one.

What about the guy on the original post who said that providing feedback is contributing?

Your thoughts on the topic seem very closed-corporate. That’s what the whole open source thing is supposed to be about… software developed by a group, by it’s users for the benefit of the community. Put up or shut up doesn’t really fit. It’s not very democratic either, sounds a little fascist/bushist. Anyone who’s not with us is against us kind of deal.

By the way - I have nothing against rails or their developers, or apple, or you. I’m just agreeing with the people on that board that think that macvertising should be left off of the main rubyOnRails site.

]]> Comment on Rails, Platforms, and Tools by Justin http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-60 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:00:18 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-60 I'm not going to go into the details of why my post is different from the whining going on in the aforementioned thread. The difference should be blatantly obvious, but clearly it isn't to you. Some people are heavily swayed by marketing and let that drive their purchase decisions. Others do it because of the products' own merit. Based on your comments, I think you are selling a lot of smart people short. I’m not going to go into the details of why my post is different from the whining going on in the aforementioned thread. The difference should be blatantly obvious, but clearly it isn’t to you.

Some people are heavily swayed by marketing and let that drive their purchase decisions. Others do it because of the products’ own merit. Based on your comments, I think you are selling a lot of smart people short.

]]> Comment on Rails, Platforms, and Tools by Balky http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-59 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:33:20 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-59 Interesting. Looks like either you edited my first post, or I did. Either way whining about whining doesn't go over well. Also, the corporation I was referring to was apple, not Textmate which I have no complaints about. I don't mind the dev team advertising on the weblog one of their friend's products. That's great. But what I did mind was the better get an apple comment. Apple marketing has people so wrapped it's a little pathetic. Interesting. Looks like either you edited my first post, or I did.

Either way whining about whining doesn’t go over well.

Also, the corporation I was referring to was apple, not Textmate which I have no complaints about. I don’t mind the dev team advertising on the weblog one of their friend’s products. That’s great. But what I did mind was the better get an apple comment.

Apple marketing has people so wrapped it’s a little pathetic.

]]> Comment on Rails, Platforms, and Tools by Justin http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-58 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:05:09 +0000 http://www.servercodex.com/archives/2006/01/12/rails-platform-tools/#comment-58 512 MB of RAM is enough for Rails development, but I agree that more is convenient for keeping other applications open. And I understand the desire to stick with what you have. I don't think anybody believes that OS X and TextMate is the dev environment to rule them all. ;) 512 MB of RAM is enough for Rails development, but I agree that more is convenient for keeping other applications open. And I understand the desire to stick with what you have. I don’t think anybody believes that OS X and TextMate is the dev environment to rule them all. ;)

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