Hi Steve, I admire someone as open-minded as you. The desire to learn new things and try new ways of doing things is an attribute that deserves respect.
I'm a linux man myself. I'm currently writing you from a SuSE Linux system and I'd recommend SuSE Linux for both your server and PC environment - as that's what I do myself. There are other great distro's out there, but SuSE is widely supported in both servers and desktops and I find that makes my life easier most times. SuSE 10 can also be downloaded for free at www.opensuse.org. What's more, Macromedia/Adobe officially supports it as a server environment. I don't know if the developer edition works on Linux, but I know the Server works great on it. The viviotech.net web site is a SuSE server. For an IDE, I'd highly recommend the Eclipse/CFEclipse combo. It takes a little getting used to, but so did dreamweaver when you first started using it. ;) For FTP, I use the KBear client that comes with OpenSuSE. It reminds me of what I used to do with CFStudio and WS_FTP LE back in the day. Again, it'll take a little getting used to when you first get into it, but once you're familiar with it it's pretty slick. Hope this helps! Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies DURETTE, STEVEN J (AIT) wrote: >Hi all, > >After many years, I decided to go back to school and finish my degree... >One of my current classes is Linux + Certification and I am going to >have a project. > >I was thinking that my project would be to create a Linux distro that >had just the tools needed by ColdFusion developers to do their work. > >That being said, I have some questions for everyone on the list. Is >there anyone out there that is using Linux as a CF Development >environment? What software are you using to do it? What extra software >do you use that might not be used directly for you coding but is needed >to do your job? Is there a CF Developer Edition for Linux? (Of course >I'm thinking with Linux that the editor would probably be Eclipse with >the cfeclipse plug-in) > >I'm from an entirely Windows background, so this is going to be >interesting. > >I'd also like to hear what Windows programs that developers just can't >seem to be without. Maybe I can find Linux versions. > >Comments? Questions? I'd love to hear them. > >I'm also considering doing a Linux distro for Database Administrators so >if you know of Linux software to manage MSSQL, Oracle, mySQL, etc I'd >love to hear about those also! > >Steve Durette > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229344 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
