[GLLUG] LAMP

[Michael George]

Richard Houser wrote:
> nathan at ilothlorien.com wrote:
>>> If I had debian or ubuntu could i just do apt-get like in this howto.
>>> http://howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server
>> Easier yet, there is a LAMP server option available in the Ubuntu Server
>> installation.
> 
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/serveredition
> 
>> It may not be as lean and mean as a custom built Gentoo server, but it is
>> very easy to setup and keep updated.
> 
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> Agreed.  As a general rule, an end user has no business compiling
> applications unless those applications are either not supported by the
> chosen distro or different compilation options are required.  Even those
> of us that run distros built from source avoid custom compiling things
> ourselves when possible (we leave those builds up to the distro build
> scripts).

I also agree.  I found years ago that the personal satisfaction of
having built a package from source was far outweighed by the time
savings of doing it The <Distro> Way.

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-Michael George
 Ideal Solutions, LLC