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<DIV><SPAN class=515455723-07102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
Bryan,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=515455723-07102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=515455723-07102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bryan McClellan
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bryan
McClellan<BR><B>Sent:</B> 07 October 2004 16:38<BR><B>To:</B> For users of
Fedora Core releases<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Fedora, Apache &
PHP<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Of 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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's all I have to say about that..
Good luck in your Linux endeavor.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>