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From: "Koster, H" 
Subject: Re: XAMPP or Ubuntu Server?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:29:43 +0100
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Op Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:41:38 -0500, schreef edgy:

> I was doing a little research about setting up a local testing server on 
> an extra computer here.  Two "out of the box" solutions I have come 
> across for Ubuntu are the Server edition, which has an automated Lamp 
> server install option, and the XAMPP this here:
> 
> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html

Useful under windows probably; and in case you have linux installed
without LAMP. Otherwise I would spend <1 hour installing ubuntu 6.xx LTS
and with 1 restart you'll have your localhost up and running. In my
opinion PhPmyadmin requires some extra attention but thats step 3.
 
> It seems to me these are very similar - does anyone have any helpful
> tips for me? I'm not very linux savvy yet, so I'd like to install a GUI
> on the same system rather than trying to fake my way though code.

well that way works still fine for me ;-)

>  From what I have read, my idea is to install ubuntu with a gui
> (probably Xubuntu, just because it uses less memory), then install the
> XAMPP business (which seems pretty straightforward).  I was going to run
> one computer as the server and then the website building from another,
> but it seems that would not be neccesary if I were to install a gui on
> the server, right?  Everything would just be http://localhost/ right?

yes exactly. one might use it as a live server as well, but it's very
useful as a testing server at home. Localhost.

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Henk Koster jr.
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