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Installing Ubuntu as LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP - Perl - Python) Server is very easy. As it already has the choice available if you installing your Ubuntu using Ubuntu server CD. It’ll install Apache with mod_php and PHP and Mysql along with php_mysql module. All tight up together. Not like in Fedora/CentOS/Redhat where you install Apache without PHP, which may lead to miss some configuration.

Simple and straight forward configuration is available on UbuntuGeek.com

Finally Ubuntu 8.04 is OUT!!! I’ll download the desktop and server edition and play with both. Especially the server edition because someone ask me how to install and configure Ubuntu for Web, Database and File server.

He is server is using AMD 64bit but I am just download the 32bit as my test bed, and if everything ok! I can do the same thing with Ubuntu 8.04 Server 64bit.

I just realized that my home PC is not yet installed with linux. I thought, it was already dual-boot with Fedora 6. But again I am rememberd that I am uninstalled Fedora 6 due it’s can’t detect the onboard soundcard for Motherboard DFI Infinity RS482 with chipset ATI Radeon 200 RS482. I hope Ubuntu 7.10 can detect my soundcard and play Compiz well

Yes finally I can upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10 with alternate CD but somethings are error.
Sound sometimes always beeping. Wifi can’t connect and the most important Desktop effect can’t be activated
Damn…. So I am doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.10.
Luckily I dont have data on it. So it goes smooth.

I get Ubuntu 7.10 CD from Andry… but I can’t use it for Upgrade, it only can be used for Fresh Installation.
I do not want fresh installation, I want upgrade my Ubuntu 7.04 so I need Ubuntu 7.10 alternate CD Installation.

My Ubuntu is reside in:

• Notebook type: MSI Megabook S420
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500
• Memory: 512MB DDR2 PC4300
• Harddisk: 80GB SATA
• LCD Display: 14″ Widescreen display with glare-type WXGA(1280×768)
• Graphics & Video Module: ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M (UMA)
• Audio: SoundBlaster compatible
• Optical Drive: COMBO/DVD Dual DL/Super Multi/Lightscribe
• Communication Port:
  • Built-in 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN and Modem Module
  • Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Supported (Bluetooth is optional)
• Card Reader:
  • 4-in-1 Card Reader, MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro
• added bonus an optical scroll mouse and a web-cam

at first by default Windows XP and all needed programs are installed.
then looking by the size of available disk space left after installing Windows, I was thinking why dont I install a Linux in this notebook??
Fedora 7 is the first came to my mind, as I am a system administrator and very close working with RHEL and CentOS, a Fedora should be piece of cake.
But then because I am hoping Fedora should be a end-users OS, I am began to act like users. So when Fedora failed to detect my soundcard, I get angry.
So I leave my notebook alone and play with Windows only.

Then few back later I get Ubuntu 7.04 ISO from InfoLinux magazine, so burn it to CD and try it.
Ubuntu CD has many functions

• If you put it in Windows, it’ll load up a startup and display an OpenSource application that you can use with Windows
• If you boot from it, it’ll act like a Live Cd
• then after Live CD’s Desktop is there you can install/upgrade Ubuntu or migrate into Ubuntu (I choose fresh install and wipe out Fedora)

The first things I like about Ubuntu:

• It can detect my soundcard perfectly
• It can migrate my Windows users and datas (although I didn’t do it)
• It can detects my Windows partitions well and mount it
• and finally it can write into NTFS partition…
  (gee.. if I know this from the start, I wont create a FAT32 partition only to share data between Windows and Ubuntu)