# Best debugger for Rails on Linux

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-debugger-for-rails-on-linux/55131>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 17, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-debugger-for-rails-on-linux/55131 "2006-03-17T06:24:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doug)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-debugger-for-rails-on-linux/55131/1 "2006-03-17T06:24:54Z")

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A quick survey… what’s the best gui debugging tool for Rails 1.0 on  
Linux that you’ve used? SW versions?

Personally I’ve tried FreeRIDE 0.95 and RDT 0.7.0 in Eclipse 3.1.2. Both  
are very slow and the latter got quite a few bugs itself.

TIA!

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**Author:** ![doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doug)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-debugger-for-rails-on-linux/55131/2 "2006-03-17T12:59:30Z")

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On 3/16/06, Doug D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> A quick survey… what’s the best gui debugging tool for Rails 1.0 on  
> Linux that you’ve used? SW versions?
> 
> Personally I’ve tried FreeRIDE 0.95 and RDT 0.7.0 in Eclipse 3.1.2. Both  
> are very slow and the latter got quite a few bugs itself.

Currently, the fastest GUI debugger is in ArachnoRuby.

Curt

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**Author:** ![doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doug)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-debugger-for-rails-on-linux/55131/3 "2006-03-17T15:12:53Z")

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On 3/17/06, Curt H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On 3/16/06, Doug D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > A quick survey… what’s the best gui debugging tool for Rails 1.0 on  
> > Linux that you’ve used? SW versions?
> > 
> > Personally I’ve tried FreeRIDE 0.95 and RDT 0.7.0 in Eclipse 3.1.2. Both  
> > are very slow and the latter got quite a few bugs itself.
> 
> Currently, the fastest GUI debugger is in ArachnoRuby.

Is it a problem that the Linux version is almost a year out-of-date  
compared to the Windows version?

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**Author:** ![doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doug)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-debugger-for-rails-on-linux/55131/4 "2006-03-17T16:48:11Z")

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On 3/17/06, James L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is it a problem that the Linux version is almost a year out-of-date  
> compared to the Windows version?

Sorry, as a Windows user, I’m don’t know the answer.

Curt