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I really like Ubuntu. I have installed several different Linux systems on my test machine during the last few years. I tried Fedora, DSL, Lindows (known as Linspire now) and and much more… They all had one thing in common - i installed them, but couldn’t find anything that would keep me using them. I would always return to my Windows Box.

But since Ubuntu 7 my world has changed… From the first boot from the Live CD i noticed something new… Linux was usable and even a dummy like me could work on it. I found a great guide (The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn) on how to transform the default Ubuntu 7 installation into a desktop that could do everything Windows XP could do (except sending error messages to Microsoft :P). The guide creates a list of apps most windows users use and explains step by step with lots of screenshots on how to accomplish all that with Ubuntu. If you go through the guide from the beginning to the end you will find a desktop that does (almost) everything - from picture editing, Skype, Google earth, Bittorrent and emule. It takes some time and might look like “Chinese for advanced students” sometimes, but be patient and walk through the entire guide.

After installing everything (and even starting to understand some stuff) i used my Ubuntu setup more and more. Except one thing i still couldn’t figure out how to do - using Ubuntu as a webserver where i can work locally on my websites. I needed a way to install apache, php and mysql. As always i turned to my good friend and helper - google. After some searching and clicking around i found another great guide (also from howtoforge.com) - “Installing LAMP on Ubuntu for Newbies“. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP… that was exactly what i was looking for… After installing LAMP on Ubuntu, my Ubuntu station became my main developing workstation and i just can’t get enough of it…

admin :: Jul.24.2007 :: Linux, OS, Ubuntu, web dev :: No Comments »

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