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what system for web development

Asked by enofman

I am developing an online store utilizing XAMPP for the front end for Apache, Tomcat, MySql, PHP 5, Mercury Mail, and FileZilla. The online store is being developed with Zen-Cart. I am currently using MS 2000 Pro as the operating system. However, I find every time I wish to take advantage of a software addon, which I think is for IE 6 (IE 7 is not available for 2000 pro). I find it is only available for the newer versions of the MS operating system, which is XP (which I do not like) and Vista (which I can not trust). I would, therefore, like to add one of the Ubuntu package's to my box prior to removing Windows entirely. I am just not sure which one to add or if I can add another system and still maintain my original Win2k system. I would hate to lose all of the work I have put into my online store. I am aware I will have to change or add all or most of my software. I do have other computer running windows software which are presently connected via a LAN with in my premise. I believe I am going to need the Ubuntu Server Edition, however, I do the web development on the same box as the server is on.

Thank you in advance.
enofman
Gary Ricketts

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Best David Portwood (dzportwood) said : 		#1

Just run ubuntu-desktop. You can install the server componets and the lamp stack as well as others mentioned easily.

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enofman (enofman) said : 		#2

Thanks David Portwood, that solved my question.

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andrew prudente (aprudente-99) said : 		#3

I agree, you should do your development using Ubuntu Desktop. It has a much better GUI system than the server so if you are new to Linux, the GUI is a good thing. The only issue with this is that you only have Mozilla Firefox available, IE has some built in Javascript compiler coding errors but Mozilla just does not execute it with no explanation.

I also agree that windows is not secure. I had times when I oberved my hard drive being accessed and at the same time my modem indicates internet traffic when there should not be any. That time I found it was caused by WD SmartWare, an external hard drive utility.

kind regards,

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Buzz Interactive (buzzinteractive) said : 		#4

A common system for web <a href="https://www.buzzinteractive.co/">development</a> that incorporates comments is the use of HTML and CSS. HTML is the markup language used to structure the content on a webpage, while CSS is used to style and design the webpage's appearance. Comments in this context are annotations or notes that developers can add within the code to provide explanations or reminders to themselves or other developers.