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Originally posted by Smackre
2. Set up a linux distro with all the needed deamons or *shudder* use windows 2000 and enable file/print sharing and use the built in ftp server for access by those outside your subnet.
Be a perfectionist in setting this up since it opens you to the outside world.
what is a linux distro and how do i set it up hehe?
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Oh boy. If your not familiar with linux, it's history, and it's use (it runs most of the servers in the world), Then i'm not sure linux is for you.
Mandrake is a well know linux OS that you can see
HERE , but it may be best to stick to windows for what you want. Using linux is going to open a can of worms that you may not want to open.
Linux is a secure operating system that's free and is improved upon by the community at large modifying it and fixing it at a code level as needed. view it as a community effort that has created an operating system more powerful and flexable than windows. It's also more complex to learn though. The majority of all ftp and web servers in the world run on it.
Your scale and needs may not match the performance and power linux offers because the time needed to learn will not be large but not be small either.
It's getting more user freindly and has a desktop interface like apple or windows, but the code under is a whole different matter.
Side note: mac osx is a variant of linux/unix but more slick, simplified, and user freindly.
Obviosly i'm oversimplifying here, but i'd recomend sticking with windows, and perhaps investagating linux if it interest you later.