What to do with a server?

[extruct]

Hello, I've got a pc (p4 2.8, 1gb) and installed linux on it ^^
I dunno what else I can do with it. Any ideas?
Thanks!


Share what you do with your server

[Deamos]

You could share fileson it via Samba.
You could set it up as a UPNP Media Share via Mediatomb or others.
You could create a website on the internet w/ Apache.
You could setup a dedicated firewall for your network.
You could create a backup machine for all computers on the Network.


As you can see, theres lots to do. Just find out what you need in your home and google search the process.

[StOoZ]

^^
cool suggestions...

[paulthom12345]

Personally i made my ubuntu machine into an ftp server so i can fetch files from my computer from anywhere.. as long as it is on.

[extruct]

Yea I also tough about FTP server, and Im also programmer so I tough about SVN and bug-tracer.

Thanks for ideas all!
I want some more ideas! :)

[beercz]

I backup my entire network data onto my debian server :-)

[extruct]

To make this thread a bit more interesting I changed the topic. So go on share what you do with your server? :)

[Dr Small]

To make this thread a bit more interesting I changed the topic. So go on share what you do with your server? :)
Backup all of my files to it (ssh, sftp).
Run Postfix (email server) on it.
Web-development with Apache, Php and MySQL.
Jabber Server.
Print Server.
FTP Server (eh, yeah.. for those Windows PCs that doesn't support sftp)
Squid & DansGuardian for web filtering.

That's about it.

[pwnst*r]

You could share fileson it via Samba.
You could set it up as a UPNP Media Share via Mediatomb or others.
You could create a website on the internet w/ Apache.
You could setup a dedicated firewall for your network.
You could create a backup machine for all computers on the Network.


As you can see, theres lots to do. Just find out what you need in your home and google search the process.

awesome suggestions. end of thread! ;)

[Kareeser]

It's a little overpowered to be a router or firewall :)

You could mess around with it as a learning box... if apache isn't enough for you, try loading lighttpd on it... host a wordpress blog...

A wiki?

[.Maleficus.]

What I have my most used server doing...

1. Seedbox. I have no X on it, but use SSH, screen and rtorrent to have a very usable and convienent torrent box.
2. Direct Connect hub. My friends and I share files though direct connect using my box as a hub (running Verlihub).
3. Proxy when I'm at school. I won't go into details.
4. FTP server. Not used a whole lot, but vsftpd is running in case I need it.