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This article looks at compiling PHP 4 on Ubuntu Linux. The reason for compiling from source is that PHP 4 is no longer in the repository for Ubuntu (I'm using Ubuntu 7.10, or "Gutsy"), and a project I'm working on specifically requires PHP 4 and not PHP 5. The web server with which PHP is being used is Apache 2. Additionally, I have configured PHP to work with MySQL and PostgreSQL database...

The screen on my Ubuntu Linux laptop (a Dell Inspiron 6400) has gone faulty, with one side of the screen not displaying as brightly as it should. Therefore I decided to try connecting an external monitor to the laptop via the VGA connector on the back.

I wanted to get myself a Linux laptop for work, and Dell had the perfect product: A Dell Inspiron 6400 preinstalled with Ubuntu Linux. Unfortunately, just when I decided to place the order, the line went out of production. As it happens, I own a Dell Inspiron 6400 with Windows Vista, so I decided to try installing Ubuntu alsongside Windows in a dual boot set up.

As I have always worked as a one-man team, I have never felt the need to use version control software. However, I have recently started working with other programmers and have had to take on their company practices, which includes using the version control software Subversion, or SVN (homepage: http://subversion.tigris.org/).