Node.js could not configure a cxx compiler! (Ubuntu)

I have Ubuntu installed and I am trying to compile node.js

Is Ubuntu an acceptable distro for running a production server?

I'm not a great Linux expert, but I'm comfortable running my Ubuntu desktop. I've also got a little experience running Ubuntu as a server as well, for my home network.

sudo changes PATH - why?

This is the PATH variable without sudo:

$ echo 'echo $PATH' | sh



/opt/local/ruby/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

SVN - Permission Denied

I have set up a Linux Server and installed Apache and SVN and dav_svn on it. Now, when I try to upload to https://x.x.x.x:x/svn/repo with Tortoise SVN I get

How to secure phpMyAdmin

I have noticed that there are strange requests to my website trying to find phpmyadmin, like

How to start using and developing on Ubuntu Linux?

I am a newbie Linux user who came from 10 years using windows OS, and developing in Microsoft languages.

Remotely accessing web server, and connecting to local mysql (via php)

I am trying to connect to my local mysql server via php. so my code looks as follows:

PDO_OCI: could not find driver

Today my problem is connected with PDO, OCI8 and PDO_OCI. But from the beginning.