Linux Guide/System administration

Many Linux distributions come with the popular Apache web server program pre-installed. It is quite common to use this in conjunction with MySQL and PHP (or Perl or Python) to build websites. This is known as the LAMP stack.

To do:
Page should mention alternatives to Apache, as well as common configurations

Instructions for installing and running Apache can be found at the documentation page of the Apache website.

External links

Guides to setting up Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Ubuntu Linux: 1 2
Information about Apache on Fedora Core Linux: 1 2

Linux distribution usually includes some tools for monitoring systems parameters and processes, such as ps, top, free and sar.