I would like to use PHP, mySQL as my development platform, so I am looking for something easy to setup on the MacBook.
What version of Linux would work best on a MacBook as a web development/testing server?
My distro of choice these days has been Ubuntu, and for what you're needing, I'd suggest going with a copy of the recent (as in a couple of days ago) release of the Ubuntu Server edition, which includes an install-time option to automatically set up a LAMP server for you (rather than downloading and installing all of the components separately). (The downside is that you'll have to install a GUI after the main install, but that's as simple as going:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
from a command prompt after you first boot up.)
(I'm assuming here that you understand the possible perils of multi-booting a computer, and also that you already have Bootcamp. Have you considered using virtualization instead of dual-booting?)
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