Did your source file definitely have a .rb extension? Did anything at all appear in the output window?

Also you may want to temporarily stop using indexes on the tables in question

I didn't see this thread sooner and it may now be too late, but 1 database is the way to go; easier to manage, easier to optimise, easier to backup, faster, requires less disk space.. 1 database is...

As jbennet says nautilus is fine for burning files. For burning ISOs and other stuff:

sudo apt-get install gnomebaker

You should already have Serpentine installed (for burning audio cds)

If...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification#Compliance

But that would mean him actually doing something!

application.terminate;

install gnumeric

then use ssconvert

should be something along the lines of:

ssconvert -I Gnumeric_Excel:excel -T Gnumeric_html:html40 file.xls
file.html