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WWhat is your favorite OS for writing PHP, etc.

Poll ended at Fri May 17, 2002 2:36 pm

Linux (all distributions)
6
33%
Windows 2K
4
22%
Windows (the rest)
8
44%
 
Total votes: 18

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gotDNS
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I'd like to know the average OS for a web programmer

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What is your favorite OS for writing PHP, etc.
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i do my development on a WinXP comp and then upload to a linux server
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Mac OS X
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Develop using Win98,Apache 1.3, PHP4.01
Have tried to upgrade to Apache 2, and Php 4.2 but haven't had any luck getting either to work properly.
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Redhat Linux 7.2 (downloading 7.3 as we speak). Vim editor/apache 1.3/php 4.2.0/Perl 5.6/mod_php/mod_perl/mod_ssl That is my testing environment. I telnet into it from windows XP (that is about all windows is good for).

Cheers Sam
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SGI Irix 6.5, Apache 1.3.17, PHP 4.04.
No luck so far getting Apache2 and PHP4.2 to work together.
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Horrid as it may sound I do my webdesign/php on a WinME laptop with apache/php installed. works fine though.
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Everything here is done on WinXP Pro. and up'd to a FreeBSD server... :-P
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Post by groovemaneuver »

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$current_server = "FreeBSD w/ Apache + PHP + MySQL";

$current_workstation = "Dual Athlon MP 1.2 GHz w/ Win2K";

$programmer_needsї] = {"Dreamweaver", "Fireworks", "Flash", "Photoshop", "Illustrator"};

$programmer_wants = "Decked-out Dual G4 1GHz Mac";

while ($job == "current") {
  $budget = null;
  $workstation != "Mac";
}

if ($app_support != "Linux" && $price_for_mac > $price_for_pc) {
  $programmer = "Windows Slave";
}
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Post by FlasherJau »

Well,

server runs FreeBSD (UNIX)

PIII 866 Win98
Latest purchase P4 1.6gig WinXP

I use Dreamweaver, Fireworks & Flash 5. I do use Paintshop
occassionally, can't justify buying Photoshop, for what I would
use it for.

Still revert back to notepad when I want to make changes
on the fly.

Just started getting into PHP and I luv it :)

Cheers

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My setup

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Mac OSX introduced me to PHP, it came pre-installed on the client version all you have to do is uncomment 2 lines from the httpd.conf file to get it running.
MySQL was a simple GUI installer too. It really was a no-brainer to get going. I have all my usual tools, like dreamweaver, fireworks, flash, photoshop etc all to hand on the same machine which is running a a development webserver. I have the same setup on my laptop so there is nothing I can't do on the road that I usually get done at work.
New PHP binaries come courtesy of Entropy.ch.
Now every project no matter how small that comes up I can think of a way of making it zero maintenance using PHP, so we can spend less time doing repetitive work in HTML but still charge for the time. It's a godsend.
On top of all that I can run GIMP under X11 and a PC environment for browser compatibility checking and I haven't rebooted for months.
Never mind both worlds, I got em all.
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Post by MattF »

I just use Windows ME with PHPCoder or Metapad and upload to a Linux server using WS_FTP, simple. On some occaisions I use Foxserv to test scripts offline.
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I use Windows XP running IIS, PHP, MYSQL, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, and notepad...
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I use a Win2kPro PC with Notepad+, EditPlus2, XaraX and Flash for designing, and a Linux box w/ Apache for hosting...
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Post by jmaker »

I liked your reply Groove....creative.

I have a Win2K box with Apache2/PHP4.1.2/MySQL to play around with. I have Metapad installed on my box too, but now I use PHP Master Editor or the Zend Studio for coding. Now I couldn't go back to a noncolor code editor. It's just too hard to read.
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