https://relvokcor.xyz/~passthejoe/hugo/blog/bsd/ Recent content in Bsd on passthejoe Hugo en-US Copyright © 2025, Steven Rosenberg. Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:06:15 -0800 https://relvokcor.xyz/~passthejoe/hugo/ruby-gems-using-linux/bsd-packages-vs.-gem-install/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:06:15 -0800 https://relvokcor.xyz/~passthejoe/hugo/ruby-gems-using-linux/bsd-packages-vs.-gem-install/ <p>As a Ruby user and programmer, I thought that Linux distributions and BSD projects offered packaged versions of Ruby gems to add sanity and stability to a computer.</p> <p>The problem is that every distribution and project packages a different subset of all the Ruby gems available.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve always tried to use as many &ldquo;packaged&rdquo; gems as possible in the systems I run — chiefly Debian and Fedora Linux, along with OpenBSD.</p>