Well to each their own, you can try this test which tries to tell you what the best distro is for "you": http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
On May 17, 2:55 pm, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sliv: thanks you, thank you, and thank you! > > Really, Mandriva? Everyone seems going with ubuntu. I have no idea > what is the difference. > > On May 17, 1:34 pm, Sliv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > BTW, I recommend Mandriva Linux for a dev env because I personally > > found it to be the easiest learning curve among the linux distros for > > those used to windows. > > > On May 17, 2:29 pm, Sliv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I haven't read this in detail, just googled it, but you may want to > > > have a look: > > > > How to install vmware server on > > > xp:http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_install_vmware_server.htm > > > > On May 17, 2:07 pm, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sliv: thanks for the response. If windows MySQL is the problem, then I > > > > need to move to virtual LAMP. I tried to install vmware flowing web > > > > tutorials. But I failed. I think that I need the right copy of vmware > > > > server and the right tutorial to go with it. > > > > > On May 17, 11:39 am, Sliv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You can give something like this a > > > > > try:http://virtualappliances.net/products/lamp.php > > > > > > Or browse > > > > > this:http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=LAMP+virtual+machine&btn... > > > > > > Personally I use vmware server (free) from vmware.com on my xp desktop > > > > > as host and installed LAMP myself using web tutorials, works great. > > > > > > At one time I tried running WAMP, but had serious slowness and other > > > > > problems. I narrowed it down to the windows MySQL binaries, but never > > > > > found a solution. That's when I forced myself over to LAMP. > > > > > > On May 17, 11:28 am, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for responding guys. I tried a non-php application (Drupal). > > > > > > It > > > > > > was slow too. But I thought that Drupal might had a lot of stuff > > > > > > going > > > > > > on there. My own app is very simple, just form submission, using > > > > > > CakePHP Form->submit. So I suspect WAMP setup as well. But I don't > > > > > > know where to look into to find the problem. I will appreciate some > > > > > > suggestions and information. > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > I also tried to install a virtual machine. It was not successful. > > > > > > Either I did not download the right stuff or the instruction was not > > > > > > clear. > > > > > > > On May 17, 9:15 am, Sliv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I would recommend trying a non-cake php page, then a non-cake php > > > > > > > page > > > > > > > that reads data from your database. If either of those are slow, > > > > > > > you've got an issue with your WAMP setup, not cake. If possible, > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > recommend you run a virtual machine with a LAMP setup, I bet > > > > > > > you'll > > > > > > > have less problems and better performance (at least that's been my > > > > > > > experience). > > > > > > > > On May 17, 10:12 am, "Brian D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > When you ask about a problem, the more details you give the more > > > > > > > > others will be able to help you. > > > > > > > > > - CakePHP by itself is not slow. Are you *doing* anything on > > > > > > > > the page > > > > > > > > in question? > > > > > > > > - Have you tried serving PHP pages without using Cake and > > > > > > > > comparing > > > > > > > > the load time? > > > > > > > > > It's a process of narrowing down the possibilities. > > > > > > > > > On 5/17/07, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I am running Apache, MySQL, PHP, and CakePHP on XP. It has > > > > > > > > > been slow > > > > > > > > > for me to view a page. Any idea where could be the problem? > > > > > > > > > Is this an > > > > > > > > > issue of CakePHP with all the MVC routing etc? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
