explainer

Oroville, CA, USA

Desktop

The projects used for Desktop

	Ubuntu Community rating: 4 Notes: I have been using Linux for about 3 years. I started with Fedora, but tried Ubuntu with version 6.10 and have chosen it over other distros. Now using 8.04 and 8.10.
	Capistrano Community rating: 4 Notes: A script driven deployment tool designed for use with Rails web applications. A single command can install a production server release on a cluster of servers. Way cool.
	GIMP Community rating: 4 Notes: Whenever you need to edit a .gif or a .jpg file, Gimp is your best choice on Linux. I haven't begun to understand all of the features, so I use only a small subset, but it does what I want it to do.
	nginx Community rating: 4 Notes: Used by my hosting server rather that Apache.
	RSpec Community rating: 4 Notes: Just now investigation RSpec and Behavior-Driven-Development. Looks intriguing.
	sudo Community rating: 4 Notes: Part of the Ubuntu Linux environment for password management. Better than operating as super-user all the time, even on a single-user desktop.
	MySQL Community rating: 4 Notes: My choice for a generic database server. It works well, is simple to use. I recommend the for-fee Navicat tool as a MySQL browser.
	GNU Make Community rating: 4 Notes: Absolutely necessary if you are intent on building anything from source.
	Rake Community rating: 4 Notes: Think make for Ruby. Installed as a GEM.
	Git Community rating: 4 Notes: The Ruby community is moving to Git, so I better move with them. I am looking for a good Git GUI browser, but have not yet found one. Any suggestions are welcome.

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