Where should I use the full Moodle Windows XAMPP Installer package?
The Windows XAMPP Installer is a very simplistic package that has pre-configured Apache, PHP, MySQL And Moodle. It was set up specifically for the standalone Windows environments, like XP and Vista. The Moodle/Windows XAMPP Installer is very handy for Teachers to use on their personal computers, or laptops, to develop courses they can backup then transport to their production sites. As a production site, it is useful on a very small LAN and for a small number of users, perhaps 20 or 25 at a time. Any more users and there are resource issues. It is not useful for large numbers of students or a full production web site. This version of the XAMPP installer is modified for the Moodle installation. The full XAMPP Installer package is produced by Apache Friends and does not include Moodle. You can use the XAMPP Installer in other OS’s but you need to get more information from Apache Friends about how to use it. Bear in mind though that many distros of Linux include Apache, PHP and a database
