New Fedora Core user

[eric benoit]

I just started using xampp which was really pleasent to install it got 
me up and running with MySQL Apache and PHP among others ...in about 4 
hours.  Other paople on the list might have better suggestions, I'm 
rather new here myself.  :)
http://xampp.org


hawkwynd wrote:

>I'm new to Fedorda, Linux or anything other than the dreaded 'doze world. I
>have a box on my home network, running Fedora Core. It's nice. Here's my
>wish list, and if anyone can provide links to where I can find some how to's
>and info on doing it, I would appreciate it GREATLY!
>
>1. I need to run MySql on this machine, along with a webserver, and PHP so I
>can test my scripts before I upload them to the production server.
>
>2. I want to configure my linux machine to share it's storage (3 9gb scsi
>hard drives) with the rest of my machines on the network. I want to be able
>to also attach my linux machine to a NAS server I have on my network, also a
>linux based kernal box.
>
>3. I want to be able to eventually use my linux machine MORE than I am using
>my windows machine for writing scripts, web applicaitons and other
>development tools for PHP, Perl and stuff.
>
>
>I'm new to linux, but I have enough knowledge of the OS to get dangerous at
>the terminal window.
>
>
>Thank you,
>Scott
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