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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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