Phil Davey's Technical page
This page is where I share some of my technical wisdom
Disclaimer: Feel free to copy or use any of the code or instructions on these pages, but be aware that they are only my instructions. I.e. they work for me, and may not work for all users or on all platforms.
My personal PC is a 64bit AMD 3500+ processor with 2GB ram running openSUSE Linux version 11.2 with a Gnome desktop. Not the fastest machine you`ll ever see, but adequate to run most things quite well.
LAMP server
What is a LAMP server?
What`s it for? ; It means you can create your own web pages, interact with databases, and write your own web applications on your personal PC for free. In other words a chance to use your computer for something more constructive than playing games, and all it`ll cost is time.
If you`ve read my CV, you`ll know that I built this server recently to learn website design and programming.
While you could build the server using rpm`s or the standard software installer, I feel there is greater satisfaction (and control) in building the components yourself from source and they`ll also be optimized for your system, so should be quicker.
Install all parts from scratch or any of the individual components MySQL Apache or PHP.