Faceoff: Battle of the Thumb Drive Linux Systems. Phantom Keystroker. O'Reilly Network -- iBooks Love Linux. By Edd Dumbill 03/29/2002 It feels a bit like a homecoming. After years wandering in the cranky wilderness of mix-and-match PCs I'm working again on a computer that feels like it has a soul. The reason I feel like this? The other week I switched from an Intel-based laptop to an iBook.
However, this is a different story to the recent Mac conversions you've heard about. My day-in, day-out operating system of choice isn't Windows, it's Linux. To be precise, Debian GNU/Linux. If you're just interested in the high level details read "The Decision" and "The Verdict. " The Decision As both a writer and programmer, my needs are pretty diverse. I spent a lot of time looking at options for replacing the ailing machine. I was complaining about how expensive small laptops were when a friend mentioned that he thought iBooks were cool.
My interest was piqued, but I was still a little skeptical. After all, a lot of the fuss about the new Mac centers on the beauteous Mac OS X as much as anything. AMP on USB. AMP on a USB ...whyfor ? I dunno ;), there are several possible uses , the most obvious being demonstrating your wares to a potential client on their computer , but the possibilities should be obvious to any PHP heads who in general I find are quite an inventive bunch. In the past I have produced AMP CD-R's , e.g.
Apache/MySQL/PHP installation running from a CD-R , a USB flash drive install is even easier since we don't have to worry about non-writable media, the point of this article by the way is to provide a portable system with no hard-coding of drive paths etc. Requirements err a USB flash drive (min 32MB) , PHP (I am using 5.0.3 ), Apache (2.0.50) & MySQL -v $whatever , and the text editor of your choice, my tests are all done on XP & 2003 server , this configuration should however work on windows 2000 , and possibly on windows 98 though I won't bet anything I need on that. 32MB ?
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