OK, before I install, a couple of newb questions?

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On 7/6/05, Beats Walkin <totallynoway at yahoo.com> wrote:
> hello everyone!
> 
> i've been lurking the list for a few days and things
> look pretty good. i'm ready to try this distro. what
> really did it was whoever said "Ubuntu is about love"
> but it looks like this is a really cool group. 

LOL, that would be a "Vincent-ism" I believe ;-)


> just a couple of questions:
> 1. web developers: what HTML editing software do we
> have that does extended find/replace like Homesite?

Not much out there.. maybe http://www.nvu.com/ or http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/
or you could spend a bit of money and get crossover office to make
dreamweaver (and probably Homesite) to work.
 
> 2. what FTP software do we have to synchronize
> directories?
HEAPS.
There is lots of different options for this.. too many to list.

> 3. how is Ubuntu working as a LAMP development
> platform?

NFI what LAMP is..
Is it this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP
???

 
> i loved Mandrake in the 8.x days but in 10.x it's
> become a regular pain in the you-know-what and the
> you-know-what-else.
> 
Yupp.. I don't much like MandrivaL either ;-)


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