Re: First steps towards unix and php

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Frank Stanovcak <blindspotpro@comcast.net> wrote: > I've been a microshaft punk for some time now, and am just getting ready to > try to step over to unix on one of my own boxes. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on which flavor would be a good idea to > start with? I'm looking mostly for compatibility with php, mysql, and other > web based programming languages. > > Thanks in advance! > > Frank > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I use Ubuntu and love it. I want to use the computer, not have to waste my time compiling crap, figuring out dependencies, whatever. It recognized all of my hardware and was a breeze to set up. So far I've been able to do everything with it that I've need to as far as lamp development goes. Setting it up as a dev box is really easy too with apt-get. Basically you install apache2, php & mysql and it just works. Plus if you get stuck there's a ton of help with google search & ubuntu forums.