Thinking of a *nix box..but for what...

[SaigonK]

Well, I had a box laying around and i was thinking of setting it up again with some linux version for fun.
But then when i did this the last time i remebered that I didn't use it at all.....anyone got any suggestions for a usage?

Got a cable connection here in the house behind a router...my pc..the wife's Dell...wireless.....landlord lives downstairs (two family home)...maybe i shold run wireless to him and set it up as a file server?

anyone ? ?

 

[MGMorden]

Serve up something. Make a router out of it. Heck my machine is used for development (mostly just class projects except for my Visual Basic class ) as well as a file server using Samba, an FTP server for me moving files around campus, and a Bnetd server so me and my roommate can play the Warcraft III Beta (I know that's "against the rules" but we're both buying the game on the first day it's out so I don't see a problem with it).

The freeware chess programs are also must better on Linux than in Windows too . . . .

 

[SaigonK]

I was thnking if i built it up I could also make it a backup file server for my data from my Windows machines...
Im just unsure what to do with it.....

It would be a Pentium-II 450 with like 512 meg of ram in it, and a 10 gig Harddrive to start off..then later i might bump it up but i wouldnt really need to...
I already have a router in my house (linksys BEFSR41) so I dont need to use it for that......maybe an intranet so my wife can do her scheduling from anywhere....

 

[Abzstrak]

what would U do with another windows box? U can do the same with the nix box.

sounds like U dont need another desktop, so make it a file/backup server... maybe an ftp server for your friends.

 

[SaigonK]

I could make it an ftp server...that would be kind of cool.
Guess I will know once im done downloading a Linux package.

 

[freebsddude]

Host a web site with your family pictures and videos on it (be sure to secure it with a password!) assuming your ISP will allow uploads from your home and you have a decent high speed connection!

 

[n0cmonkey]

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