For my personal development, I want to learn web application development on the LAMP stack. (Previously I have done web applications on Windows, using ASP.NET, RIA Services and Silverlight front end.)
I want to do this on my home computer, which is a laptop running Vista.
I am grateful for any advice on how to do this best.
Which LINUX system, and how to run it on my Notebook?
- Ubuntu? desktop or server?
- dual boot mit Ubuntu
- run Ubuntu in a virtual machine
- run ubuntu as a windows application in Vista (e.g. with portable ubuntu)
Which IDE can I use for development?
- Can I do everything using Eclipse?
I installed Ubuntu server on my machine, in a separate partition to my Vista installation. It works fine – in fact I rarely boot into Windows anymore. Ubuntu runs much quicker – even my wife prefers it!
It’s a bit of a leaning curve using a LINUX desktop – but that’s what I wanted anyway.