Roger G. Romeril replied to an email about test sites for cgi scripts. He
mentioned that instead, it would be better to get a stripped down pc and
load Linux, perl, and apache and play with that. Well, I decided to do just
that. While the suggestion wasn’t specifically aimed at me, I thought that
the suggestion was a good one. I located an old P166 open-architecture pc
with a 4gig hd and 32 mg ram. Just need to get a cdrom. No problem. But I
have some questions:
Can you run a web browser under Linux?
Does perl behave better/differently than on a M$ machine?
I don’t have any experience w/ Linux. Am I over my head?
Where do I get Linux?
Do I necessarily need Red Hat?
Thanks in advance. My goal is to learn perl and CGI scripting well enough
to administer my own site. I want to learn how to access a database with my
scripts to provide live content on the fly and provide an e-commerce
solution for my Company, a small mom & pop business that recently has made a
very successful break onto the web in September, 2000 (by yours truly).
What databases work the best for this type of project?
Are there any other tools/software/utilities I’ll need?
Thank you,
Nathan
Internet Graphics and Design
www.tandrtrailer.com <http://www.tandrtrailer.com/>
