Brian Dunning wrote:
Hey all -
I have an unused Pentium box here, recent, well loaded with RAM and HD.
I want to turn it into a LAMP box. Never done that before; is there a
preferred one-stop-shop installer CD or anything (easy - knock on
wood)? It would be nice to end up with some kind of decent web GUI for
admin.
As others have responded, any linux distribution will come with packages
to install the different components of LAMP. The 'easy' part depends on
which distribution you choose, and how it does the install process.
Most people recommend Madrake (now called Mandriva), Fedora (RedHat) or
SuSE. Ubuntu is another one I see mentioned quite often. I would
recommend you that you give the 'LiveCD' versions of these distributions
a try before you decide to install one permanently. I've heard from
other users that ubuntu's install process is very easy, but of course, YMMV.
Also note that almost all of the distributions I mentioned here are
designed for desktop use, which means that unless you customize the
install, you will get a complete desktop system (including X, and one of
KDE or Gnome). This is fine if you want to use the PC as a workstation
from time to time. However, if you just want it to be a server (ie, no
monitor, no keyboard, just plug it into the network) then you will have
to customize the install process to uncheck those items that you will
not need (like X, for example).
For your other part -- webmin is a great utility for managing servers if
you are uncomfortable with the shell. Your distribution will probably
have a package (or RPM) for it, so just install it as per your
distribution's install process.
Hope this helps,
Burhan
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