Chad Martin wrote:
> Heh. Kinda makes me wonder why nobody suggested this way of installing > Apache in the first place. I wondered that too. > I respectfully disagree with the implication that you need gcc if you're > interested in playing with a web server. That's part of the reason I > wrote the previous email in the first place. HTML is not programming. > Running a server is not programming. RH has RPMs so you don't have to > deal with source. Just my 3 cents. Well... here's my logic: RH9 is no longer supported by Red Hat, so users (I have RH Enterprise on my main box, with full support, but RH9 on my laptop and another box) have to retrieve and install updated software themselves. Having gcc handy is nice, because not everything gets RPM'd, sometimes you just have to make from source. HTML is not programming, but running Apache is a step closer to programming, than just writing HTML, because running Apache requires configuring Apache, and the config file is basically a script. I wrote and tested my website without having Apache installed on my Windows box... as long as it was just straight HTML and *.css. It wasn't until I started writing CGI scripts, that I had to set up Apache. Also, Apache is a daemon, and with that, come the inherent security risks that go with running a daemon, exposed to a network. Running a server is not 'writing C programs', but it does tend to lead one in the direction of programming... Perl and php scripting, etc. In fact... Linux itself tends to lead one in the direction of programming. That's one of the things I like about it.<g> -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
