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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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.
How do you make a computer nerd happy? Give him three (or more) operating systems to play with at once on the same machine. But seriously, virtualization software is a real boon for web developers with an interest in cross-platform testing their designs.
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So you want to explore Linux, or create a LAMP environment for web development without having to re-partition your internal drive or try some flakey Boot Camp hack to triple-boot your Mac? Can it be done? I decided to find out...
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With the release of Boot Camp Apple have openly facilitated users running Windows XP on their Intel Macs if they need do. This is a good thing for everybody. Apple gives "switchers" a reason to choose Macs without betting the farm. Microsoft gets to sell copies of Windows to Mac users. Mac fans get to work in OS X and boot into Windows when they must (e.g. I occasionally need to run Access, install PC-only software for hardware configuration, test how my website looks using Internet Explorer, etc.)
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