Re: Linux distributions and tools for Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL dev

Chris Lott wrote:

Thanks for the advice-- I've run Linux without a GUI for a long time, so I'm quite familiar with hand compilations-- but I always wondered if I was just missing something with packaging systems that it seemed to REQUIRE hand-compilation to get a workable development LAMP system. Anytime I tried using packages some need seemed to force me back to doing it by hand.

I guess it depends on what you are developing.. Most package systems have the extensions available but not installed by default (eg php-mysql, php-pgsql, php-imap etc).

So I guess my more specific question would have been: Are there any distributions that actually TARGET developers and I Was curious about desktop tools. I own Zend but tend to use Homesite and Emacs in regular doses. Guess I will probably stick with Emacs and use Zend more. I know enough Vim to survive, but it just isn't "me" :)

I don't think any actually target developers. You could always run either *bsd or gentoo, they are ports based and compile most stuff from scratch so should be quite easy to get it exactly how you want it. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/