I'm currently linuxless, but since I have access to a Windows XP laptop I thought I'd try a few little experiments. I'm probably not going to pursue this to far, as at this stage in the game it doesn't make a lot of sense to bring another, radically different, platform into the mix.
Running mod_python on Windows (XP) is actually quite simple:
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install Apache (Windows MSI Binary 2.0.X)
- install Python; I like ActiveState's version from my Windows versions (Windows MSI 2.4.X)
- install mod_python from here; make sure you pick the correct matching version for Apache and Python!
On Windows I find it fairly useful to install everything the default way. Configuring this is simplicity:
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edit httpd.conf (there's probably a start menu option for this)
- add "LoadModule python_module modules/mod_python.so" in the LoadModules section
- restart Apache
- test (the Directory version works out of the box with the appropriate path adjustment)
BlogMatrix uses a lot of shell scripts; mixing this together with Windows Python (not Cygwin Python) is going to be a challenge, as the way paths are handled is different.