Yup thats answer of my question that mysql,apache,php is built in On 9/2/11, Always Learning <centos at u61.u22.net> wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 09:59 +0500, Liang Arsalan wrote: > >> i am a user of windows and use little bit ubuntu >> my friend told me to use centos for web development >> i have question that what is features of centos. > > > Hallo Liang, > > Centos is the free version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). > Volunteers remove all the 'Red Hat' branding; then recompile the sources > and make the distribution. The volunteers also maintain the > distribution. > > Centos copies Red Hat's policy of maintaining distributions for many > years. This means users can be sure they will not have change > distributions every 6 months or every 1 or 2 years. Centos distributions > are maintained for about 7 years. > > Centos is used by home users, business users and in Data Centres. > > Centos is a very professional operating system. It contains most > (sometimes all) of the Linux features professional users expect. Extra > features and programmes can be added, already compiled for Centos, from > special sites known as 'Repositories'. > > Centos can be updated with bug fixes, improvements and new versions of > programmes by using a simple command > > yum update (which updates everything installed) > > yum update xxxx (which updates XXXX) > > Yum has several options. It is one of the most useful tools in Centos. > The name means 'Yellow Dog Updated Modified'. Yellow Dog is/was the name > of a Linux distribution. > > You can install extra software, if a version is available in a > repository, with > > yum install xxxxx > > > Like other Linux distributions, Centos lets you have 'Windows'. The most > common are Gnome and KDE but several other types of 'Windows' can be > run. > > To operate and test a web site, you will need Apache (or one of its > competitors), PHP (a programming language which can be used in web pages > and in Centos - it is similar to a BASH script), a database (I use > MySQL). All of these are supplied in the basic version of Centos. > > Centos has mail servers Sendmail, Exim etc. It has a DNS server called > BIND ('Named'). Centos is a complete and advanced operating system > containing everything a normal computer user will require. > > Centos is available for i386 & i686 machines (32 bit processors) and X64 > (64 bit processors). I believe Centos is available for other types of > CPUs too. > > I use Centos on servers, laptops, notebooks and home PCs. So do my > friends who are not computer 'experts'. They prefer Centos instead of M$ > Windoze. > > Centos can be installed on a normal personal computer ('PC') in addition > to M$ Windoze. This means when you start the PC, you will have a choice > to use M$ Windoze or Centos. This is called 'dual booting'. > > The biggest attraction for me to use Centos are:- > > 1. It is not M$ Windoze > > 2. It is free > > 3. It is very stable and reliable and boring. > > Centos is boring because it 'just works without problems' and works very > well. > > Best regards, > > Paul, > England > Europe. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Sent from my mobile device _____Best Regards_____ Buddyexpress Administrator Liang