Installing Ruby Gems on Dreamhost

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Before I move on to posting about installation instructions, some people might wonder why I am using Dreamhost.

Would I recommend Dreamhost for Rails hosting?

I wouldn't recommend it to people with budget and have little patience. You can go for Heroku, Slicehost and Linode. I've tried Linode and it's a very good option for advanced users, a.k.a, Unix nerds. Clients have used Slicehost and other VPS hosts. Point is, VPS rules. Dreamhost has it PS plans but if you are serious about business go for the so-called cloud services offered by Rackspace. (And just an F.Y.I, Rackspace also owns Slicehost).

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