Windows: Install Xampp, copy your files to C:\xampp\htdocs

Right click xampp icon and start services

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 mysql-server php5-mysql

sudo service apache2 start/restart

sudo service mysql start/restart

copy files to /var/www/

"getting FTP set up to get into your remote server"

sudo apt-get install ssh sudo service ssh start