Thanks a ton for the information, Brian!  I wasn't specific enough with 
my original question, but I agree with you:  whay I originally meant to 
ask was off topic.  I'll try it at a different mailing list.

Brian McCallister wrote:
> Well, LAMP is just [Linux|FreeBSD] Apache [MySQL|PostgreSQL] and 
> [PHP|Perl|Python]
> 
> So really, resources on FreeBSD, Apache, Ruby, and PostgreSQL ( FARP ) 
> and you are good to go ;-)
> 
> MySQL and PostgreSQL both have solid documentation at their respective 
> sites. If you don't know your way around Apache or *nix very well yet, I 
> would suggest going to good vhosting company for hosting ( 
> http://www.textdrive.com/ is good from what I hear) and setting up a 
> small, local, FreeBSD or Linux (I prefer FreeBSD, but it is arguably 
> less friendly to newcomers, if superior in every other way ;-)
> 
> FreeBSD
>     http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html 
> is SPECTACULAR
>     /UNIX Power Tools/ published by O'Reilly is best thing for learning 
> way around a shell
> 
> *nix in General
>     /UNIX System Administration Handbook/ by Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, & 
> Hein
>         Excellent general *nix systems intro book
>         There is also a linux specific one if you go that way ;-)
> 
> Apache
>     Online: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/
>     Most of the O'Reilly Apache books are good
>         /Apache: The Definitive Guide/, Laurie & Laurie is a good intro, 
> if showing its age ;-)
>         /The Apache Cookbook/, Bowen & ROUS is an excellent 
> recipe/reference guide
> 
> MySQL
>     http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html
>     Cannot recommend any books =(
> 
> Ruby
>     You found the best place =)
> 
> PostgreSQL
>     http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/index.html
>     Cannot recommend any books =(
> 
> Databases in General
>     /An Introduction to Database Systems/, C. J. Date (not LAMPy (FARPy 
> ?) but excellent!)
>         Worth gaining a solid understanding of databases as in most 
> FARPy apps
>         data is king.
> 
> -Brian
> 
> On Jan 27, 2005, at 6:11 PM, tom / tompurl.com wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I'm fairly new to Ruby with a background in web development using 
>> Java
>> and Zope.  I've recently been attracted to Ruby On Rails, which has 
>> led me
>> to want to learn more about the advantages of using the LAMP stack in
>> general.
>>
>> I've been experimenting with creating LAMP applications using Ruby (which
>> is pretty sweet by the way), and I would love to learn more about it in
>> general, but I can't find much on it.  I've been to a bunch of Ruby sites
>> and seen a bunch of books, but they don't talk about LAMP.  I've also 
>> seen
>> a lot of LAMP sites and books, but most of those focus on PHP.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a good, Ruby-centric resource for learning about LAMP
>> development?  At the very least, does anyone know of a good,
>> language-neutral, informational site in general for learning about LAMP
>> (other than onlamp.com)?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Tom Purl
>>
>>
> 
>