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I am a web developer on window since long time. I usually use WampServer as my local work environment, I would like to know if I could set up such type of environment on Ubuntu that can help me continue my development on Ubuntu. A step by step guide will be very good for me. Thanks.

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  • actually Linux runs on localhost all the time, you will only need phpmyadmin (for example) and any PHP IDE and you are all set – Atieh Jan 19 '14 at 12:39
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    Wrong place to ask. For C or C++ see also [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/7937638/841108) and read [Advanced Linux Programming](http://advancedlinuxprogramming.com/); also [SICP](http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/) with [Racket](http://racket-lang.org/) will teach you a lot. – Basile Starynkevitch Jan 19 '14 at 12:39
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    Do not hope to run photoshop on ubuntu though... – Cthulhu Jan 19 '14 at 12:41
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    But consider [Gimp](http://gimp.org/), [Blender](http://www.blender.org/), [Inkscape](http://www.inkscape.org/en/); In general get a *new mindset*, don't try to find or mimic on Linux every individual feature or program from Windows. See also [Opa](http://opalang.org/) and [Ocsigen](http://ocsigen.org/) for Web programming. – Basile Starynkevitch Jan 19 '14 at 12:44
  • To Cthulhu, No just need something I could use work like I do with photoshop. All I need is to be able to continue all my projects on Ubuntu no matter the tool I will have to use. Thanks @BasileStarynkevitch – ZooBoole Jan 19 '14 at 13:33

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Firstly, though I won't be one of them, some people will flame you for calling linux an OS. If you want to learn linux, congrats, ubuntu is a great place to start.

If you really want to get into the nuts and bolts, however, I would reccomend switching once you learn the basics of things like terminal. Secondly, PHP is easily obtainable through apt-get, and phpmyadmin is excellent. more php-savy people who are better explainers than me have written tutorials for both pieces of software.

MySQL is obtainable in much the same way. I hate to say RTM, but you really do have to read up on apt-get, if you're going to get anywhere. LAMP stacks (basically the linux version of wamp) are gotten through installing all this and apache, available as apache2 in the repos. The standard linux replacements for ps an illustrator are the GIMP and inkskape. The gimp, while getting better is horribly unintuitive, so I would reccommend installing photoshop though PlayOnLinux, an excellent piece of software that simplifies running windows software with something called wine. As for CSS, all you need for that is a good brower.

For editing, I would reccoment gedit for a beginner, and investing you time in learning vi or emacs at some point, as they are much more powerfull. Finally, I would recoment considering whether linux is right for you. I would reccommend reading this article before deciding. Good Luck!

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One good way to get started is VirtualBox. It's free and it lets you boot up Linux (any OS, really) without leaving the comfort of Windows. Later when you are more confident, you can try dual-booting.

It takes a lot of learning, and don't be afraid of the command-line. If you rely on GUIs, you will only be using a fraction of the OS.

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