[Gllug] Newcomer

[Harry Mantheakis]

Hi Garry

Thanks for the information. As it happens I have had my head stuck into Java
for past couple of years, and one of things I want to do is run Tomcat to
serve up dynamic content. (In fact I have an application in mind, using
PostgreSQL most likely as the DB.)

I feel really spoilt for choice as far as the distros go! For a newcomer, at
least, there does not seem to be all that much to distinguish between
Mandrake, Suse and RH.

RH seems to have the biggest mind-share - but then I suppose you could say
the same for Windows :-)

Hopefully, by talking to people I shall be able to make a decision.
 
I plan to install Linux myself, even though suppliers offer to pre-install
it, and one thing that concerns me (in my ignorance) is: will I be able to
figure out (from books or resources on the internet) how to partition the
server's hard disk?

Or is this one of those black arts?

Hmm... I better hold fire on questions until I get the gear. I shall keep
reading in the mean time :-)

Many thanks again.

Harry Mantheakis
London


> Harry Mantheakis wrote:
>> 
>> I want to set up a Linux development server at home. I am new to Linux, and
>> my knowledge of servers is very superficial and limited too.
>> 
>> Harry Mantheakis
>> London
> 
> Hello Harry
> 
> If it's a web development server you want to setup I can recommend a D-Link
> 300G+ ADSL modem and a Netgear RP114 4-port router/switch. If you're
> ADSL/cable provider supplies the modem just go for the router.
> 
> Set the router's LAN IP to 10.0.0.254 and each connecting machine anywhere
> within the range 10.0.0.1 to 10.0.0.253 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0.
> 
> Mandrake comes with a nicely setup "Advanced Extranet Server" complete with
> Apache 2, PHP 4.3 and Perl 5.8 along with MySQL 4.0 and PostgreSQL 7.3. That
> should cover most of your needs. Once you're running them as services on
> your LAN, with Firestarter for an extra layer of protection, you're free to
> view web pages from any Windows, Mac or Linux machine connected to the LAN.
> Just file the webstites under /var/www/htdocs/ or /var/www/html/, configure
> this as Apache's document root and point the browser to http://<server's
> IP>/<website>/.
> 
> Garry
> 
> 


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