[trevorturk]

I've helped a number of people "get started with Rails" over the years, and I've had to help every single one of them get their environment set up properly.

I think there's tremendous value in this kind of site. If someone comes up to you and says "how can I get started with Rails?" now you can just point them to this site and tell them to get in touch when they've finished the tutorials. Then you can help them set up their environment properly ;)