Thanks
Bryan,
Good
point there...I wish I had the time to learn all this, but at the moment I just
want to set up a Linux server for PHP testing and multimedia file serving...I
know a fair bit about the shell, but am too busy too get stuck in
more...
I just
need to know what programs I should use to maximise the potential of
a Linux server - ie. mail servers, network configuration, etc.
Where is the best place to find out all this info?
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan McClellan [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bryan McClellan
Sent: 07 October 2004 16:38
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: RE: Fedora, Apache & PHPOf course you can install these packages with applications such as yum, apt-get or even the add remove programs from the fedora menu. However if you are a newbie and you want to learn the NOS yourself (which is the main reason I find people use Linux distributions). You must get your hands dirty using the shell.This is the only way you will understand how the runlevels work, where your packages are installed, the directory structure and important files that your newly installed packages use, the way that the software packages are dependent on each other, how to fix things when they go wrong and so on and so on and so on....I have been using various Linux Distributions for over three years and have just begun to scratch the surface of its scalability, configurability and and versatility. This is not something that you should take lightly. All point click options are referenced to actual shell commands (unlike windows os'es). You will be doing yourself a grave injustice to not pickup a book and use the shell until you get a good understanding of how things come together.That's all I have to say about that.. Good luck in your Linux endeavor.
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