permaculture

[jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>]

On Sunday 21 January 2007 10:39 am, Keith Johnson wrote:
 ] So, just to clarify, Drupal and Joomla are free AND will run on Linux?

 Correct.

 They are free in both senses - libre and gratis.

 Or 'free as in beer and free as in speech', if you prefer.

 Note that one option most people ignore when evaluating these
 things is to run it on your local computer.  If you are using MS-
 Windows or Mac OSX, there are ways of running a GNU/Linux
 distro on the same computer, at the same time.  With MS-Windows
 it's $-free to do this - head to the www.vmware.com site and download
 the 'VMWare Server' product.  With Mac OSX I don't think it's
 bundled $-free, but the 'Parallels' product works similarly (but
 does assume you're on an Intel box, I'd guess).

 I echo Graham's recommendation of Ubuntu (or Kubuntu - which
 is the same underlying software, just a different desktop environment,
 KDE, that I happen to prefer).  Very easy to install, very easy to
 use and maintain, very pretty, and of course very stable.

 In any case, you can install a GNU/Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu,
 within a virtual machine on your computer, and it'll look just like a
 new physical computer on your home network.  This lets you play with
 admin-required stuff - such as installing CMS's to evaluate, and use
 your local copy of Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox (etc) to talk
 to the virtual CMS computer.

 Virtualisation (running multiple real, full operating systems on one
 computer at the same time) is big business at the moment, and all
 the usual suspects are gearing up for a fight.  This is why there's
 now $-free versions of what was, up until a few years ago, stupidly
 expensive and very high-end software - such as VMware server:

 http://www.vmware.com/download/server/

 Jedd.