Downloading Apache

[gman]

When I get to this page to download Apache, I see downloads for Unix source and Win32 source:

   * Unix Source: httpd-2.0.49.tar.gz [PGP] [MD5]
   * Unix Source: httpd-2.0.49.tar.Z [PGP] [MD5]
   * Win32 Source: httpd-2.0.49-win32-src.zip [PGP] [MD5]
   * Win32 Binary (MSI Installer): apache_2.0.49-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi [PGP] [MD5]
   * Other files


When downloading Apache on two different systems, one with Windows XP and the other has Mandrake Linux, which one do I download for each system? Thanks.

[query]

Unless you have a compiler for Windows (one is not included with the operating system), download the binaries.

You can download either the source code, if you're willing to compile it under Linux (the compiler is standard-issue for all variants of Linux/UNIX), or, you can download the installer binaries as rpms (redhat package manager files) -- try rpmfind.net for the ones you need for your Mandrake install.  For that matter, Mandrake itself likely has the binaries available for download -- perhaps not the latest bleeding-edge version, but certainly one or another variant of Apache 2.x.