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| I need some help trying to find out whether I create a partition on my
hard disk and install unix as os, would that be visible on my network? I
installed apache for windows and the very same day I got four viruses on my
computer. Where can I get a free copy of unix is another question. Thanks a
lot in advance.
Ed
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| patpro ~ patrick proniewski 2005-12-25, 5:52 pm |
| In article <KNyrf.255$M%4.80@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
"Ed" <myspace1@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I need some help trying to find out whether I create a partition on my
> hard disk and install unix as os, would that be visible on my network? I
> installed apache for windows and the very same day I got four viruses on my
> computer. Where can I get a free copy of unix is another question. Thanks a
> lot in advance.
> Ed
you can choose a free Linux distribution (Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, ...)
or a free Unix distribution (FreeBSD for example).
you can install one of these on a partition of your hard drive.
You'll have to boot from that new partition in order to "make it
visible" from the network. ie. you won't be able to use windows at the
same time.
You might want to test a linux distribution with a LiveCD first, so that
you can give it a try without installing it.
If you have viruses on your windows, it's probably because :
- your windows is not up-to-date
- you use Internet Explorer
- you don't have a firewall/Antivirus
It's not related to apache (unless you make a very big blunder in your
apache configuration)
To me it looks like it's RTFM : Right Time For a Mac ;)
Mac OS X is a Unix, apache is installed and configured. The embedded
firewall is good, and there are no real viruses for MacOS X yet.
patpro
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| Where can I install Apache for windows on a Windows XP system? I have Norton
2005 antivirus installed and windows firewall enable. Anyway I got four
viruses on my computer the very same day I installed Apache for windows in
my computer. Thanks in advance.
Ed
"patpro ~ patrick proniewski" <patpro@boleskine.patpro.net> wrote in message
news:patpro-4AA6DD.16434025122005@news1-e.proxad.net...
> In article <KNyrf.255$M%4.80@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
> "Ed" <myspace1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> you can choose a free Linux distribution (Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, ...)
> or a free Unix distribution (FreeBSD for example).
>
> you can install one of these on a partition of your hard drive.
>
> You'll have to boot from that new partition in order to "make it
> visible" from the network. ie. you won't be able to use windows at the
> same time.
>
> You might want to test a linux distribution with a LiveCD first, so that
> you can give it a try without installing it.
>
> If you have viruses on your windows, it's probably because :
> - your windows is not up-to-date
> - you use Internet Explorer
> - you don't have a firewall/Antivirus
>
> It's not related to apache (unless you make a very big blunder in your
> apache configuration)
>
> To me it looks like it's RTFM : Right Time For a Mac ;)
> Mac OS X is a Unix, apache is installed and configured. The embedded
> firewall is good, and there are no real viruses for MacOS X yet.
>
>
> patpro
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| patpro ~ patrick proniewski 2005-12-25, 5:52 pm |
| In article <aYzrf.10189$nm.2859@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
"Ed" <myspace1@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Where can I install Apache for windows on a Windows XP system?
I'm afraid this question makes absolutely no sense to me...
good luck.
patpro
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| Tim Hammerquist 2005-12-25, 5:52 pm |
| Ed <myspace1@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I need some help trying to find out whether I create a partition on my
> hard disk and install unix as os, would that be visible on my network?
Unix is more of a network operating system than Windows is, so
yes, assuming you have network drivers for the network card for
whichever *nix you install.
> I installed apache for windows and the very same day I got
> four viruses on my computer.
My condolences. I'm glad you looked to Unix for help instead of
Symantec. I'm fairly certain this not the fault of Apache,
however.
> Where can I get a free copy of unix is another question. Thanks a
> lot in advance.
Free?
For web server use, I like either Debian GNU/Linux or FreeBSD.
Of these two, I would recommend Debian for new *nix users.
<http://debian.org/>
<http://freebsd.org/>
For people entirely new to Linux who do not need a server,
I often recommend Ubuntu Linux, which also offers a live CD to
try it out first.
<http://ubuntulinux/>
If security is your primary concern, you don't get much more
paranoid than the Apache installation that comes with an OpenBSD
install.
<http://openbsd.org/>
And if you want a good, fairly stable *nix-based desktop OS with no loss
of usability, and an Apache install in the base system,
I heartily agree with the other poster: Mac OS X makes a great
development platform.
Try Debian first. Then go from there. Make sure to use their
online help and documentation. It's all free.
HTH,
Tim Hammerquist
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