Rev for Linux "Seal of Approval"

Alex Shaw alex at harryscollar.com
Sat Jul 8 09:19:54 EDT 2006


hi

Linux is a great platform for server style rev development. Currently 
I'm researching & testing on Xubuntu, a variation of Ubuntu but using 
the Xfce desktop which rev positively flies. I have used a number of 
distros in the past, but I certainly don't consider myself a full penguin.

Aside from faceless-CGI, rev is great for building admin interfaces that 
need to be accessed on the server desktop. Most Open Sauce projects 
which talk to servers are web-based these days (eg. webmin) but with rev 
you really do get the best of both world by being able to simply create 
cross-platform results. Because I have access to & develop for the 3 
platforms (pc/mac/linux) I like to try test my applications across them all.

Linux has also been the source of great multimedia projects like 
VideoLan, which although has interesting streaming capabilities I mainly 
use to play videos fullscreen on macs which don't have Quicktime Pro :)

It's good to hear a linux altBrowser is under development and I like the 
altFirefox or altMozilla idea. Even better maybe rev needs to integrate 
plugins the mozilla/firefox way, all the freely available code is there 
(personally haven't verified this). Not many big players seem to release 
Internet Explorer PC-only plugins anymore. It would allow us 
rev-developers the ability to utilise web-plugins the rev-way.

regards
alex



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