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Lectrician · 11-26-2006, 09:10 AM

I am looking to start playing with setting up a server that will serve some webpages.

I would also like to put all my music etc on to the machine, and access them over my network at my 2 machines.

I have looked at getting a second hand server or PC tower.

What should I really look for?

I have never tried linux, but believe this to be the way forward for servers that are on all the time?

I do fancy having Win XP as I can then use remote access to access the 'server' as I don't want a screen etc attached to the server.

Is it easy to share files on a linux machine to a couple XP machines? Is it a good idea to allow this if I am installing apache to do the webserving concurrently?

Any pointers great - I have done plenty of networking etc, but never had a go at a server - the IT guys always sort that after I have done an install.

Cheers guys.

[edit] - OK, just seen a topic about samba - seems the thing to use, and is what is used in things like the linkstations etc isn't it?

Can you remotely access a linux machine?

11-26-2006, 09:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lectrician Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 129	Web Server I am looking to start playing with setting up a server that will serve some webpages. I would also like to put all my music etc on to the machine, and access them over my network at my 2 machines. I have looked at getting a second hand server or PC tower. What should I really look for? I have never tried linux, but believe this to be the way forward for servers that are on all the time? I do fancy having Win XP as I can then use remote access to access the 'server' as I don't want a screen etc attached to the server. Is it easy to share files on a linux machine to a couple XP machines? Is it a good idea to allow this if I am installing apache to do the webserving concurrently? Any pointers great - I have done plenty of networking etc, but never had a go at a server - the IT guys always sort that after I have done an install. Cheers guys. [edit] - OK, just seen a topic about samba - seems the thing to use, and is what is used in things like the linkstations etc isn't it? Can you remotely access a linux machine? Last edited by Lectrician; 11-26-2006 at 09:16 AM.