Re: tlug: Fw: Linux Web Server

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Q <jq@example.com> writes:

    >> As for software I am planning to keep my Windows 98 (for my
    >> wife), and install Redhat 6.0, Cladera 2.2 (which I got from
    >> the last TLUG meeting- Thanks), and Turbo Linux as my Japanese
    >> software. I am hopping to convert my wife.

    jb> Three different Linux flavors?  I would cut that down to two,
    jb> I think.  After all, you don't want to be dual-booting a Linux
    jb> box between Linux flavors - you'll never set any uptime

Get VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/), and then you can say you haven't
rebooted your Windows box in ages.  You'll still have to reboot
Windows, of course, but the box can keep on running ;-).  You can also
have multiple Unix systems running too.  I think this is a cleaner way
to test different systems' UIs.

    jb> records that way :-) If you need a Japanese system on your
    jb> workstation, just put TurboLinux on it rather than Red Hat, I
    jb> think.  Or you could, alternatively, put in Red Hat and
    jb> install some of the Japanese packages from TurboLinux.  I
    jb> guess that depends on how much Japanese you need in your Linux
    jb> distro.

This is _NOT_ recommended.  TurboLinux tweaks their Japanese packages,
and last I saw had a funky file hierarchy too.  Sometimes they work,
sometimes they won't.

    jb> Finally, file system lay out.  I recommend partitoning your
    jb> disk like this:

    jb> /
    jb> /usr
    jb> /usr/local

This is a good idea; a better idea given you goal of learning about
sysadmin stuff is to learn how to make RPMs, install your local
software into the main tree, and keep the RPMs around in an archive
under /home somewhere, that gets burned into a CD-ROM every three
months.

    jb> /var
    jb> /var/spool
    jb> /home
    jb> /var/log



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