muhsinb Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Hi All, me again :P i've got XAMPP up and running on my Windows XP VMWare machine now as a test site. However, i just now thought to myself it wont be a true test, since my live site will be on a Linux box. And also on windows boxes, you can't change permissions like they do on Linux, so i can't have a play :( Well anyway...could anyone recommend a Linux distro for an ABSOLUTE noob. I've NEVER touch Linux environments in the past, well if am honest i've always avoided them LOL, however, i have NO choice now and am determined to learn it now. Most people have recommended Ubuntu and Mandrake for starters...any other opinions? 2nd Question: In a test environment, how do i create a local database? I've created the database on my live site through the CPanel of my host, however, if i want to create another database, they'll charge me £25 and i don't really want to do that, unless i have no option! Any opinions, suggestions are greatly welcome. Best Regards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Hi All, me again :P i've got XAMPP up and running on my Windows XP VMWare machine now as a test site. However, i just now thought to myself it wont be a true test, since my live site will be on a Linux box. And also on windows boxes, you can't change permissions like they do on Linux, so i can't have a play :( Well anyway...could anyone recommend a Linux distro for an ABSOLUTE noob. I've NEVER touch Linux environments in the past, well if am honest i've always avoided them LOL, however, i have NO choice now and am determined to learn it now. Most people have recommended Ubuntu and Mandrake for starters...any other opinions? 2nd Question: In a test environment, how do i create a local database? I've created the database on my live site through the CPanel of my host, however, if i want to create another database, they'll charge me £25 and i don't really want to do that, unless i have no option! Any opinions, suggestions are greatly welcome. Best Regards... I recommend using fedora : http://www.stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_...tion_notes.html http://www.fedorafaq.org/ http://www.informit.com/articles/article.a...169466&rl=1 25 pounds for a second database ? give me a break that is brutal. DEFINITLEY times to switch to a new host. these guys rock - i have more than ten domains living here, never an issue : http://www.lunarpages.com/basic-hosting/ you should learn some unix while you're at it! http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ Corrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natewlew Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Fedora???? You have got to be joking!!!! Just kidding :lol: I would recommend Ubuntu for a desktop. I have never used it to setup a server. They also have a server cd but it doesn't have a graphical desktop on it. You could install the desktop one and then install the server programs you need later with apt-get (very easy to do). I think a good distro to be used a server would be Centos (it has php4 and mysql4 installed by default). It is similar to Fedora. It is a more stable version. Regardless of what distro you use follow the directions on this site. http://www.howtoforge.com/ They have server setup instructions for just about all of the major distribution's. You can also go to http://www.distrowatch.com to see all of the Linux distro's. Other great Open Source (Free) programs: (Free as in free speech not free beer) The Gimp - An image program. | Firefox - All you have to do is add the Web Developer add-on to make this web browser complete. | FileZilla - An ftp program. | Inkscape - A good program to create images with. | Thunderbird - An email program. | Openoffice.org - An office suite that is compatible with MS Office. | Abiword - Another office suite. | Audacity - A sound recording tool. | ddp's Picks | Wordpress - An easy to use blogging software. | Joomla - An easy to use CMS that has ecommerce plug-ins. | Drupal - Another CMS How do I find these programs? Google Search! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhsinb Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 25 pounds for a second database ? give me a break that is brutal. DEFINITLEY times to switch to a new host. LOL...i know!!! Am fairly new to all this! However, there customer service is pretty good :blush: So can anyone tel me how i can create a blank database locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 LOL...i know!!! Am fairly new to all this! However, there customer service is pretty good :blush: So can anyone tel me how i can create a blank database locally? http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/linux-rpm.html http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=in...earch&meta= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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