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by angersock 3538 days ago
Every time I've dealt with Ruby and/or Rails on Windows I've been annoyed--typically at events like Rails Girls where we have to try it out but still have problems.

The basic install is not terrible, but the very second you start needing thinks like Image Magick or any gem that might expect a Linux build environment or POSIX tools everything breaks into shambles.

If you want to run Rails on Windows, install Virtualbox on Windows, and then load a Linux VM into it.

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yup thats what i'm doing now.. would like to get off a vm at some point :/