title: most common version of rails used on hosting websites
body: <p>This is kind of a general question, but I think as someone who is trying to host a rails site it deserves attention: what is the most common version of rails that is compatible with hosting websites like godaddy, dreamhost, etc, and what is the best hosting company to do this on?</p>
  
  <p>I'm very surprised at how difficult it is to host a rails site; for example, godaddy flat-out doesn't support rails at all and dreamhost only has ruby 1.8.7 on their shared server, with which rails doesn't even function; you need ruby 1.9.2 or higher according to the official rails website.  You have to install the newest version of ruby and rails on your personal host space, which is several hundred MB and because of this costs $35/month now (more than double the minimum $15/mo 300 mb.  Seems excessive; why don't they just have it on their shared server?  It takes 5 minutes to install.  </p>
  
  <p>I built a rails site locally and thought I should install ruby 2.1.2 and rails 4.1.4 because they are the newest, but even after installing the new rails on my dreamhost space the website doesn't function because rails is not set up correctly (works fine locally however).  The customer support people, while they have an awesome staff and a very comprehensive help wiki in general, haven't been able to help me.  </p>
  
  <p>After going 0/2 on hosting sites for a VERY simple website, I guess I should have done my homework better, but do people generally use an older version of rails or ruby that is easier to use?  Which is the most common, and why?  Also, what is the best website to host a rails app on?</p>