Posted by Jasen Betts on 02/15/06 12:02

On 2006-02-14, d <d@example.com> wrote:
> "P-Rage" <prague.cia@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1139950718.040495.302580@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>I would stay away from the VMWare idea. If you land a job, you're not
>> likely to use virtual machines; you'll use real ones. So, familiarize
>> yourself with installing a few Linux distros, and
>> installing/configuring Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Most of the job
>> descriptions I see call for knowledge of either RedHat or Debian based
>> distros. I have seen a few calling for Novell's,OSs but it's rare. Good
>> Luck!
>
> VMWare is not the same as a virtual server package you might get from your
> ISP... it's a lot cheaper than buying a second PC, and gives you all the
> benefits :)

a $20 second-hand PC is all that's needed to run linux,apache, and PHP
eg a 200 Mhz pentium 2 with 32M ram 2G hard drive, 10M net, it's enough
to learn on...

you don't need a screen or a keyboard (after install) if you're only using
it for a server.

Bye.
Jasen

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