Setting up a Linux Home Server from scratch

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Originally Posted by No1Joker

Cheers for the suggestion. I have got quite far, but time hasn't been on my side and its been sat under my desk for a bit now. Just trying to find a way to move my files over. I haven't had much luck - but then i also haven't looked into it much.

Did you install Ubuntu server? I comes without a GUI by default, although you can install one later if you like. Getting the file sharing to work can take a while - although there are a number of tools that help with configuring samba.

Personally I use MythBuntu, which is a server and a HTPC rolled into one. The configuration is very easy until you need to do something special.

[No1Joker]

I've haven't been having the best experience getting this to be exactly how i wanted it to work and after dipping my toe into the linux world i am going to setup a system using FREEnas. I've bought a IDE/CF converter to handle the OS and at least it'll give me an easy back-up solution.

I can turn my attention to something which i can access anywhere at a later date. As for ultimately hosting my own website i think that'll be on the back-burner for a while too.