Last week in Gearhead I discussed the struggle to get my hosting provider to give me a server with the version of PHP I needed to run a PHP-based groupware system.

Learn how to set up XAMPP on Lubuntu Linux with virtual hosts for an organized and efficient local development environment.

In addition to Apache, MySQL, and PHP, XAMPP includes thephpMyAdmin database administration tool, FileZilla FTP server,Mercury mail server, Perl programming language, and JSP serverTomcat.