In a new posting from PHPKitchen:

This is an article teaching PHP developers to set up and configure a LAMP system for web development. LAMP [Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP] refers to a set of software tools that allow for rapid development and deployment of sophisticated, robust web applications.

All components of LAMP can be downloaded and used for free. This helps a lot with cost savings, which is why so many webmasters and developers are moving to Linux and other open source solutions for a variety of projects.

For more information on this, check out this article they refer to and get started using your very own LAMP setup quickly and easily...