I like Redhat Fedora myself. As far as CFEclipse, it has an ftp client built in, although I don't think they've worked all the bugs out yet... And it doesn't support secure FTP afaik, but it's better then nothing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Slightly OT:Linux distro for CF Developers > > 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:4:229346 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
