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Setup LAMP on 32MB VPS server - video tutorial
Hi LowEndTalk members
I was working with extreme small VMs (32-64MB) for a long time, so I decided to prepare short video tutorial for all of You that are interested in this kind of lowend solutions.
I show, how to setup typical LAMP stack (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP) on 32MB VPS server.
This is my first tutorial in english, and I'm from Poland, so sorry for any language mistakes
Comments are welcome. Thx.
P.S. You want more tutorials like this one?
Comments
Not really, I much prefer written tutorials to video ones. Videos are fine fort pratical tutorials where you need to actually see something done, but that's totally unnecessary for command line-based tutorials.
You are right. This kind of tutorials can be written in just few paragrapsh of text (+some commands), but I will tell You, what is my point of view. If I working with newbie admins, they usually prefer, when I sit with them, and describe them what to do. I could send them just list of commands, but they always ask if I can come and explain them everything 'in person'. So I decided to make series of tutorials (video tut.), because I can't teach people 'in person' over the net. I want to simulate, that someone is sitting with You, and describing You in friendly way, what to do, and how things works. I recording this kind of movies of years (in Polish language) and they are kind popular
'tl;dr' version:
text tutorials are awesome for linux admins with some expirience
video tutorials are better for newbie admins, that don't understand 90% of tutorials over the net
Thx. for comment.
32 MB VPSes are dead -- killed by the rising IPv4 prices and plummeting RAM prices. Even LowEndSpirit offers 128-256 MB for 3 EUR/year. RAM is not the issue anymore, it's a question of IP costs and allocation.
The only remaining customer base for the 32 MB (and some of whom will probably post here in defense) is a small group of people who like to prove themselves they are better than everyone else, by overcoming a ridiculous limitation they have mostly imposed on themselves.
Well put.
Disagree, I see no benefit. Video tutorials don't allow you to take your time like a text tutorial does (which is arguably important for newbies), and there's nothing you can show in a video that you can't adequately convey via text.
@rm_ You're arguing over a tiny detail of this guide.
I think this information is just as useful for someone trying to squeeze the most out of a 128MB or 256MB VPS. Very few people will use a 32MB VPS, but the tips can be applied to a larger VPS just as easily - it's showing people where/how you can optimize certain processes.
I love these types of guides because I always pick one or two things up, or just get an idea of the thought process of another admin. Sometimes I like to kick back and have someone talk nerdy to me
@unknow I enjoy the screencast format, but as @Nekki said text guides for these things are helpful. Perhaps you can accompany your next video with some notes below.
Anyways, subscribed. Look forward to more tutorials.
Well he means there's a group of people who just can't read, and need everything explained to them "by a real person" (and two or three times at that). Have to agree there is certainly such a group, and it is very large. Though I am not sure if a video tutorial will be of any help to those people, compared to a text one.
You can pause, go back, etc. Not everyone enjoys video tutorials, but a lot do. I think the most valuable part of video for a newbie is being able to show the results of a command or explaining a simple error. Very very few text guides go into that much detail.
But lowendbox has had this tutorial for a while now http://lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/
But yes text tutorial is a lot better. And you can copy and paste the commands.
How irritating is that though, plus wouldn't newbies benefit from being able to c/p commands?
That aside, the question was whether I'd like them, not what I think is useful for the masses, so I still think the answer for me (and I suspect the majority of this forum) is no.