RadRails

Setting up radrails on Suse Linux took some tweaking. On Suse the ruby interpreter is accessed through /usr/bin/ruby instead of /usr/local/bin/ruby.
No big deal, just modify the setting in the radrails preferences. Well it seems radrails keeps returning to the old setting after a restart. By deleting the "Default Ruby Interpreter" entry and adding it again it retains your new settings.

Next is getting subclipse to work. JavaHL does not seem to work although it is supposed to be included with the Suse distribution. I will just use the javaSVN adapter for now.

The Home Office

So I finally start to work at home. First thing to do is get rid of the old desk and get a new one without a stupid keyboard tray. The trays are always to small for a keyboard and mouse and not very steady for typing. I got this Jerker computer terminal from IKEA instead, which allows you to keep your desk clean for just your keyboard and mouse. Everything else is elevated.Only problem is that I have installed it a bit too high and I have to disassemble it completely to lower it.

I will use my pc for coding. The ibook lacks a bit of power and I have to share it with Emilia. I need to install some linux flavor and stick with Suse for now. Ubuntu did not autodetect my dual head setup and I did not feel like modifying the config file. Although Suse also didn't support my setup out of the box it was easier to setup. There was a problem with the Acer AL1711 monitor. My hardware did not match the specification from the monitor info file, so I had to tweak the frequency ranges a bit.

I now got the basic office functionality and still need to setup the development environment. I can not use textmate so I will use radrails instead.