I'm so sick and tired of Windows, i ran out and bought some blank CDs to burn me 2 maybe 3 distros from linuxiso.org.
best linux distro for php development?
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best linux distro for php development?
If you have one, what is your recommendation?
I'm so sick and tired of Windows, i ran out and bought some blank CDs to burn me 2 maybe 3 distros from linuxiso.org.
I'm so sick and tired of Windows, i ran out and bought some blank CDs to burn me 2 maybe 3 distros from linuxiso.org.
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Redhat is the easiest, and comes with PHP, MySQL, KDE, and other useful things.
*BSDs tend to be better for production servers, since you can configure them with more detail, but they are a pain to set up if you don't know how (especially OpenBSD).
Gentoo is much smaller than RedHat, but does not have RPMs (redhat package managers).
*BSDs tend to be better for production servers, since you can configure them with more detail, but they are a pain to set up if you don't know how (especially OpenBSD).
Gentoo is much smaller than RedHat, but does not have RPMs (redhat package managers).
I really want RedHat 8 (whatever is the newest release), but can't find a good reliable place to download it.
I'm going to back up my data tonight, download a copy, and try it (maybe) tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then I'll do it Saturday, and give you my results!
In the mean time, some (very sexy) screenshots of RedHat:



UPDATE:
After several hours of trying to burn the CD, I finally burned the CDs correctly, and running RedHat 9 just smoothly.
I love it. *plays around*
I'm going to back up my data tonight, download a copy, and try it (maybe) tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then I'll do it Saturday, and give you my results!
In the mean time, some (very sexy) screenshots of RedHat:



UPDATE:
After several hours of trying to burn the CD, I finally burned the CDs correctly, and running RedHat 9 just smoothly.
heh phice, where was your reliable source? linuxiso.org?
And yea i've never even used Linux let alone could be able to install a version of BSD/Linux targeted at pros & experienced users.
I hear from places that Redhat + Mandrake + Debian are the most user friendly, i'll give them all a go if my HD holds out.
And yea i've never even used Linux let alone could be able to install a version of BSD/Linux targeted at pros & experienced users.
I hear from places that Redhat + Mandrake + Debian are the most user friendly, i'll give them all a go if my HD holds out.
My source: http://www.filemirrors.com/tops.src?perpage=30Oromian wrote:heh phice, where was your reliable source? linuxiso.org?
And yea i've never even used Linux let alone could be able to install a version of BSD/Linux targeted at pros & experienced users.
I hear from places that Redhat + Mandrake + Debian are the most user friendly, i'll give them all a go if my HD holds out.
Just look for files shrike-i386-disc1.iso, shrike-i386-disc2.iso & shrike-i386-disc3.iso
It takes up 3 cds.
Also, I'm having trouble installing Apache2 into RedHat... I do a ./configure, and everything works until I type in 'make', and it brings up an error 'No file to make from'...
While trying to install Apache, I come across a problem when the ./configure trys to test to see if it's a good install.
Here's what I did:
Here's what I did:
Any help?$ CC="pgcc" OPTIM="-O2" \
> ./configure --prefix=/home/don/apache \
> --enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite \
> --enable-module=proxy --enable-shared=proxy
Configuring for Apache, Version 1.3.27
+ using installation path layout: Apache (config.layout)
Creating Makefile
Creating Configuration.apaci in src
+ enabling mod_so for DSO support
Creating Makefile in src
+ configured for Linux platform
+ setting C pre-processor to /usr/bin/cpp
+ checking for system header files
+ adding selected modules
o rewrite_module uses ConfigStart/End
disabling DBM support for mod_rewrite
(perhaps you need to add -ldbm, -lndbm or -lgdbm to EXTRA_LIBS)
+ using builtin Expat
+ checking sizeof various data types
+ doing sanity check on compiler and options
** A test compilation with your Makefile configuration
** failed. The below error output from the compilation
** test will give you an idea what is failing. Note that
** Apache requires an ANSI C Compiler, such as gcc.
======== Error Output for sanity check ========
cd ..; pgcc -O2 -DLINUX=22 -DNO_DBM_REWRITEMAP -DUSE_HSREGEX -DUSE_EXPAT -I./lib
/expat-lite `./apaci` -o helpers/dummy helpers/dummy.c -lm
/bin/sh: line 1: pgcc: command not found
make: *** [dummy] Error 127
============= End of Error Report =============
Aborting!
Yes, volka is right. Real men do use fluxbox! Does everything a good window manager should.
My personal Linux preference is SuSE. It's easy to configure and work with (YaST is very nice, and very much worth the extra cash) and maintain. I haven't had any problem getting anything to run on the system.
SuSE is also nice because everything is just so logical (they actually use /opt for what it was meant for!)
Wheee!
My personal Linux preference is SuSE. It's easy to configure and work with (YaST is very nice, and very much worth the extra cash) and maintain. I haven't had any problem getting anything to run on the system.
SuSE is also nice because everything is just so logical (they actually use /opt for what it was meant for!)
Wheee!
my thoughts...
Fluxbox def is nice, but it lacks a couple of things I need:
As for distributions, I'm a bit of a junkie. Currently, I just left RH8 for Vector Linux, based on Slackware. It's pretty nice, but I don't think it's a long term keeper for me. Maybe I'll try again to get Gentoo to work next. Maybe once I get Gnome 2.2 working I'll like Vector better? we'll see. Either way, playing with my OS is fun for me.
- nice applets for my media player on the taskbar
pretty windows
quick-launch icons
a taskbar
a four-square virtual desktop chooser
As for distributions, I'm a bit of a junkie. Currently, I just left RH8 for Vector Linux, based on Slackware. It's pretty nice, but I don't think it's a long term keeper for me. Maybe I'll try again to get Gentoo to work next. Maybe once I get Gnome 2.2 working I'll like Vector better? we'll see. Either way, playing with my OS is fun for me.
