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Maria De Bruyn
Maria De Bruyn
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Posted by Maria De Bruyn
Maria De Bruyn
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I already have LAMP installed on my Linux computer. Is there any reason why XAMPP would be better?

Just curious if XAMPP has any special features that LAMP doesn't have.

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Christopher Loyd
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Christopher Loyd
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No.

Installing XAMPP on your linux box is going to be the same as installing LAMP on your linux box. XAMPP may include some additional libraries, but core functionality is going to be the same.

XAMPP is just the cross-platform version of LAMP, allowing it to be installed on Windows and Mac.

jesdavpet
jesdavpet
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jesdavpet
jesdavpet
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I'm pretty sure the differences between XAMPP and LAMP should be trivial given that Apache, MySQL, and Perl/PHP/Python still make up both stacks.

YMMV, but I've followed along with a lot of the lessons here using a Linux setup as well, and found that the only hiccups were the ones I was already used to anyhow. Good luck!

Maria De Bruyn
Maria De Bruyn
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Maria De Bruyn
Maria De Bruyn
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Thanks for letting me know.