> So now, I want to recreate my web dev environment as much as I can. I had > the WAMP stack, mySQL, and I used Notepad++ as an editor. Notepad++: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/nppLinux.php but I would recommend switching to a native editor. Notepad++ is based on scintilla: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html if you really like that. But there are plenty of others. LAMP: http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_for_newbies https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP http://www.ubuntugeek.com/step-by-step-ubuntu-904-jaunty-lamp-server-setup.html Took 30 seconds on Google to find those. I have setup LAMP on an Ubuntu workstation once or twice--just follow the directions and you should be OK. F