1st Timer wants to set up LAMP on SuSe
 

Hi all,
having worked with AIX for much of my life (20 years now), I felt it only right that I should have a grown up OS on my home PC. I decided on SuSe (as we have several servers with that distribution at work).

I had purchased SuSe Pro 9.0 some time ago and only just got round to installing it. I have got it installed OK, but am unable to get any online updates.

Now for the questions:-
1. How easy is it to set up a WebServer? (with PHP support)
2. How easy is it to set up a MailServer? (problems with ISP mailserver unavailability)
3. Can I update to SuSe latest levels with my licence?
4. If 3. is yes, what's the easiest way?

I accept that these are very general questions and not having posted before, I am not aware of the usual protocol for asking for advice. If required I will split the questions into different threads.

Many thanks.

You can download opensuse for free, I'm not never used suse before, but I think 10.2 is the latest, so 9 might be a little out dated, for both ease of use and security.

I would recommend updating first, it doesn't really matter which distribution you choose, but setting up a webserver is very simple and straight forward,

just google "setting up apache + linux (insert distro title here)"

same for mail server, provided that your ISP allows you to run one, (I know mine does not unless I upgrade).