faris10 - 4:10 am on Mar 14, 2006 (gmt 0)

I think all the tools available under the GNU. If you look for free softwares you can find everything that you need from A-Z.
Here are some of the great softwares that you may need.
www.mysql.com
Great database that can fit your website.
www.php.net which is a great scripting language.
www.oscommerce.com
Full functionality shopping cart that I been suing for some years, Open source.
Do u need free BOOKS?

look Emacs, Kedit (these comes with linux)
You can use crimson editor very simple for windows.
The only thing I have changed in the last year is moving to a real operating system that gave better control, you will find all the tools that you need.
www.linux.org ,www.freebsd.org
All editors,Mysql,Apache, and many more comes simply free. Choose the distribution that you like and start running from there.

[edited by: mack at 9:06 pm (utc) on Mar. 14, 2006]
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