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Posted by rod

I've been doing a fair bit of PHP and Python on Linux recently. My favorite PHP editor, PhpEd is Windows only. However, I prefer to develop LAMP code on LAMP. Here's a solution: Linux on VirtualBox, networked to the host Windows OS.

 NOTE: The latest version of VirtualBox, 3.0.2 at this time, puts a few things in different places, particularly the VT-x/AMD-V and Nested Paging settings. Check the latest VirtualBox docs for more info

  Get and install VirtualBox for your system.
  Get the install iso for your preferred Linux distro, in my case Ubuntu
  Create a new virtual machine in VirtualBox, e.g., by clicking "New" and using the Virtual Machine Wizard 


  Navigating the wizard is straightforward. Name your machine, set the OS type, etc. I configure for 768MB RAM and create a new 30 GB hard drive. If your DB or file storage needs for dev are large, up the disk as needed. The RAM is plenty for most dev LAMP servers unless you run big backend progs.
  Once you've created the machine and disk, before booting the VM, go to the Settings dialog, General, Advance tab and turn on Nested Paging. VirtualBox will only use it if available, but if it is available, it greatly streamlines the memory interface between guest and host.


  Now attach the boot/install iso you downloaded for your linux distro. Use the VirtualBox Media Manager to attach the iso, then mount it on your VM.


  Next, go to the Network entry in Settings and enable Adapter 2, set Attached to: to Host-only Adapter and Name to VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter. This adapter will be for Apache name and IP virtual hosts exposed on the host OS.


  Finally (as far as the VM setup goes) ...

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