# Any Desktop Application?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-desktop-application/126197>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 16, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-desktop-application/126197 "2008-01-16T07:31:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MohsinHijazee)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-desktop-application/126197/1 "2008-01-16T07:31:35Z")

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Hello everyone!  
I am new to both the groups, and to the ruby and I like ruby very  
much! Are there any great Ruby Desktop applications attempted with GUI  
like Blender in Python? Or should we start some?

Regards,  
Mohsin

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**Author:** ![MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MohsinHijazee)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-desktop-application/126197/2 "2008-01-16T07:50:55Z")

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On Jan 15, 2008, at 11:30 PM, MohsinHijazee wrote:

> Hello everyone!  
> I am new to both the groups, and to the ruby and I like ruby very  
> much! Are there any great Ruby Desktop applications attempted with GUI  
> like Blender in Python? Or should we start some?

jruby is waiting for you 😉

a @ [http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/)

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**Author:** ![MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MohsinHijazee)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-desktop-application/126197/3 "2008-01-16T08:06:45Z")

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On Jan 16, 11:50 am, “ara.t.howard” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> –  
> we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being  
> better. simply reflect on that.  
> h.h. the 14th dalai lama

Well, what about the JRuby performacne? when its a VM On VM?

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**Author:** ![MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MohsinHijazee)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-desktop-application/126197/4 "2008-01-16T09:23:01Z")

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MohsinHijazee wrote:

> > –  
> > we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being  
> > better. simply reflect on that.  
> > h.h. the 14th dalai lama
> 
> Well, what about the JRuby performacne? when its a VM On VM?

JRuby performs at least as well as Ruby 1.8.6, and often better.

- Charlie