Which is better for Ruby development? Linux or Windows?

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Alexander Wolf2015-03-10 00:49:30

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Alexander Wolf, 2015-03-10 00:49:30

Hey! Tell me what is better to use for ruby development: windows or linux? Before that, I always developed on linux, but now I’m thinking about something. The IDE is cross-platform, github provides a convenient client.
Is it worth it? And how are things with RVM (or equivalents), and gems?

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OnYourLips, 2015-03-10
@mannaro

Ruby normally does not work on Windows - you are tormented by binary packages to collect.
OS X is better. Linux will do. Windows with vagrant is also great.
Naked Windows - no.

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@mgyk, 2015-03-10
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Everything is possible, the only problem is that it is quite possible that you will find a rake on some library that will drag along dependencies and building on Windows can be more difficult than on linux.

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Puma Thailand, 2015-03-10
@opium

Linux is a hundred times easier.