The principle characteristic of a good installation process is that it "just works" with no more than a few basic on-screen instructions. No pre-preparation. No manuals. No helpline. And no more than one cup of coffee. I'm pleased to report that such a characteristic is possessed by Ubuntu 6.06 Desktop edition. Things didn't go quite so well when I tried to install the Server edition onto my Intel Mac mini.
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I talked about doing it, and even tried out the some of the theory. Eleven months later I did it. This is a reconstruction of the process I went through in migrating from iBlog to WordPress. In the best tradition of reconstructions it is put togther partly from hand-written plus typed notes, old screen captures, lots of coffee, and reliance on memory. Apologies if it seems a bit dis-jointed. I should have gotten to it sooner, but you know how it is...
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Ubuntu upgrade: The Server Edition of the June 1 Ubuntu release will include a mechanism to set up a standardized, certified, and supported LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server with a single command.
Once, long ago, being a member of Apple's .Mac seemed like a good idea—even value-for-money. Following the recent Macworld in San Francisco (Jan 2006) I'm left wondering what I'm getting for my money.
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Following my earlier and (eventually) successful attempt to install PHP for OS X's built-in Apache 1.3 (the version in both Panther and Tiger), MySQL, and WordPress, I decided to have a go at installing an Apache 2 server. Not being overly comfortable with the command line, I first tried several Mac OS X binaries:
- WebServerX Kit (Apache 2.0.52, MySQL 4.1.8, PHP 5.0.3)
- XAMPP (Apache 2.0.53, MySQL 4.1.11, PHP 4.3.11, PHP 5.0.4)
- Complete Apache 2 (2.0.52) with Complete PHP (4.3.9)
- MAMP (Apache 2.0.50, MySQL 4.0.20, PHP 4.3.11, PHP 5.0.4)
Now I'd like to tell you about the Mac OS X Terminal, my new best friend, and how it facilitated a working installation of Apache 2.0.54, PHP 5.0.4, and MySQL 4.1.11...
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On the one hand there's iBlog, a "rough edges" application that reads RSS feeds and generates a blog composed of static web pages with no add-on tools (commenting, counters, search, etc.). It has a small user base and limited on-the-ground support but it is supremely easy to use. On the other hand, there are a number of "specialist" applications that have cared out a niche, integrating with well-established and comprehensive server-side solutions like WordPress and Movable Type. Frustrated by iBlog's inconsistencies and poor support for web standards, the time has come to consider making the transition to an alternative solution that meets my expectations. Here, I look at WordPress...
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