Comments on: LAMP Or Xampp? I Choose Xampp http://www.customdistros.com/2009/04/lamp-or-xampp-i-choose-xampp/ Every distro should be custom Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason Rehmus http://www.customdistros.com/2009/04/lamp-or-xampp-i-choose-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Jason Rehmus Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:12:32 +0000 http://www.customdistros.com/?p=96#comment-80 Basically, I set it up to test sites locally, like you, on a Linux machine. We have videos and pictures stored on that machine as well. I wondered about a good way to move those files back and forth w/ other Linux machines and a Windows laptop. I thought, "if this is running web server software, can't I just use an FTP client to connect?" So, I tried Filezilla with the IP address of the box running the server and it connected just fine. That's how I've been moving stuff up to it that we want to save. The added benefit is that we have easy access to movies that are saved on that server. We just navigate to a web page, copy the link that Apache displays for that directory's contents, and use VLC to stream the movie off our little server. Basically, I set it up to test sites locally, like you, on a Linux machine. We have videos and pictures stored on that machine as well. I wondered about a good way to move those files back and forth w/ other Linux machines and a Windows laptop. I thought, “if this is running web server software, can’t I just use an FTP client to connect?” So, I tried Filezilla with the IP address of the box running the server and it connected just fine. That’s how I’ve been moving stuff up to it that we want to save. The added benefit is that we have easy access to movies that are saved on that server. We just navigate to a web page, copy the link that Apache displays for that directory’s contents, and use VLC to stream the movie off our little server.

]]> By: admin http://www.customdistros.com/2009/04/lamp-or-xampp-i-choose-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-74 admin Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:25:09 +0000 http://www.customdistros.com/?p=96#comment-74 @Jason: I do like Xampp for it's ease of use. I'm interested in how you used it to FTP files though; something like that could prove to be handy for me in the future. Could you maybe explain that a little in the comments or through the site contact form? Much appreciated, thanks! One thing I've noticed about it though, and this may be just my experience, is that Xampp is just as fast and snappy as if I would have installed all the LAMP parts manually. But Xampp operates much slower on Windows than on Vista, at least it always did for me. Other people may have differing experiences @Jason: I do like Xampp for it’s ease of use. I’m interested in how you used it to FTP files though; something like that could prove to be handy for me in the future. Could you maybe explain that a little in the comments or through the site contact form? Much appreciated, thanks!

One thing I’ve noticed about it though, and this may be just my experience, is that Xampp is just as fast and snappy as if I would have installed all the LAMP parts manually. But Xampp operates much slower on Windows than on Vista, at least it always did for me. Other people may have differing experiences

]]> By: Jason Rehmus http://www.customdistros.com/2009/04/lamp-or-xampp-i-choose-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Jason Rehmus Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:43:12 +0000 http://www.customdistros.com/?p=96#comment-73 Xampp is a great, easy to use, server set up. I've used it at home for the same reason. I also used it to FTP files between systems (across platforms) when I was too lazy to set up Samba. Xampp is a great, easy to use, server set up. I’ve used it at home for the same reason. I also used it to FTP files between systems (across platforms) when I was too lazy to set up Samba.

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