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Which Linux is Best For php

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I am a Windows User I Wanna Use linux To Run php Under Linux.
So Which Linux Would Be Te Best For Me ??

I Wanna Use Dual OS Configaration And I Wanna Install Linux On My 5 GB Drive
Can It Be Installed in 5 GB Only ??
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Any unix system should be able to run PHP at some level. Some installations come with the option to pre-install PHP. Fedora Core, Ubuntu and a few others for example. There are many many many flavors out there, each with their own merits. It's better to find one that you are comfortable with first I think. Afterward you can load PHP if it isn't already.
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feyd wrote:Any unix system should be able to run PHP at some level. Some installations come with the option to pre-install PHP.
Can You Tell Me About Some Linux That Has pre Installed php ??
neel_basu wrote: I Wanna Use Dual OS Configaration And I Wanna Install Linux On My 5 GB Drive
Can It Be Installed in 5 GB Only ??
And Can I Install That OS In That Much Space ??
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Many of the Debian and Red Hat/Fedora based variants, among others, have programs that make installing many packages, including PHP very simple. If memory serves, Fedora's newer builds has options to preinstall PHP as does FreeBSD. So long as you don't need to do special builds of them, these packages save a lot of time. If the packages allow configuration of the build they still save a lot of time.

Being able to install inside of 5GB is up to what you select for a distribution and what you select in that distribution to install. There are many flavors that can install into very tight spaces.
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I Have Rd Hat 9 Can I Make A Compleate Installation On A 5 GB Drive
After That I Wanna Install XAMP For Linux thats Near About 200 MB

So Can It Be Installed On 5 GB ??
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Why not try it?
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OK I'll Try
Some Guys Told Me That Linux Installation Is too Tuf And Its Too Different From Windows That A Core Linux User Only Can Install It.
Is It Really Tuff ??
Does Linux Installation (Red Hat 9) Runs On GUI INterface Or In Command Line Interface ??
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You can make it tough, but many basic installations are fairly simple. If you want to get into the nitty gritty, it's challenging, but so can be a Windows installation.

Red Hat 9 is fairly old, but it can be run in either command line or GUI.


I have to ask, why do you capitalize nearly every single word when they don't need it?
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:oops: Sorry actually i have a Mania OF Writting Like This (capitalize nearly every single word) While Talking.

And Writing all to Lowercase at the Programming
Its My Mania and I cant Stop It Sorry
feyd wrote:If you want to get into the nitty gritty, it's challenging, but so can be a Windows installation.

Red Hat 9 is fairly old, but it can be run in either command line or GUI.

I have to ask, why do you capitalize nearly every single word when they don't need it?
Hey Whats nitty gritty
As You Told Red Hat 9 Is Old Which Linux Is Leatest ??
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nitty gritty: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nitty%20gritty

The latest in the Red Hat free line is Fedora Core 6 if memory serves.
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I didn't Understand What was Written In That Site About nitty gritty
Would You Please Tell Me Whats It ??
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Extreme detail. Like tweaking individual registry entries during installation of Windows (which is possible.)

It's often for the anal (heavily detail oriented) amongst us. Windows users are typically no where near as anal as Linux users.
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I'd suggest Fedora Core for this. I'm currently using Fedora Core 5 which has the option to install all the servers you require upon installation but even if you realise you need another server later you can use a tool called Yum. It's as simple as running 'yum install php' to get the job done.

Fedora has a good IRC channel for help aswell. Any help you need will most oftenly be found on the IRC channels.

Hope that helps, Stephen
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