jhoffman Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Obviously not my first rodeo but it really couldnt be easier on a linux machine. In fact I cant remember how many webservers I have built in my days but enough that I pretty much know exactly what needs done on a linux box. Microsoft IIS I only ever had the pleasure of configuring once. I turned my laptop into a linux machine about a month ago after being tired of dealing with windows nonsense. Opting to push Ubuntu Desktop 12.03LTS to it, ive started with server before when building a strait up server but its always nice to have an interface to work with. It also wouldnt be reasonable to have the only computer in the house become a server strait up. My career change has my hands back into code again so I wanted another place to test as well as possibly build websites on the side. I always hated paying hosting fees to build sites, its kind of pointless when you can turn about any machine into a Linux Apache MySQL PHP server with very little effort. A couple command line commands built the whole thing in ten mins, the rest was spent configuring virtual hosts and the database. If I had a real domain name and a static IP address I could already be serving pages to the web. Im not recommending anyone jump into this but if youre a computer/tech guy and you havent dabbled in Linux you really should give it a shot. Quote
BassResource.com Advertiser FD. Posted March 9, 2014 BassResource.com Advertiser Posted March 9, 2014 I'm sorry, is this written in english? 1 Quote
Super User retiredbosn Posted March 9, 2014 Super User Posted March 9, 2014 I'm sorry, is this written in english? No that is techno-ese, something most including myself do not speak. I have no idea what he is talking about. Quote
Jolly Green Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Last time I dabbled in Linux was five or six years ago, beginning with Puppy and Ubuntu. I didn't traverse the entire learning curve however, and even though I have somewhat of a natural affinity for messing with computers (I used to program simple games in BASIC on an Apple IIe, for Pete's sake) I found that I was waaaay too far behind to catch up very quickly, and eventually decided that the music and photo editing for which I primarily use a computer would be on hold for a year or two while I figured out how the heck I would be able to do it in a Linux environment. I couldn't even guess at how much I didn't know, so I went back to Windows XP x64, my favorite OS to this day. Full disclosure though, my last name is Gates... Uncle Bill if you're reading this, I love Windows 8 more than all my children put together... really... honest... Quote
jhoffman Posted March 9, 2014 Author Posted March 9, 2014 I think the windows 8 environment is awesome Quote
Jolly Green Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 It's not as awful as Millenium Edition, but I don't love the tiles. To be fair, probably half of my issues relate more to how my laptop and 8 conspire together to muck up even the simplest task. Cannot recommend the Lenovo Twist. Quote
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Jolly Green Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 You running 8.1? Nope, just 8. Is 8.1 where the awesome happens? Quote
Super User Root beer Posted March 9, 2014 Super User Posted March 9, 2014 I turned my old laptop into thousand of pieces. 1 Quote
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