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- leontes, on 08/17/2008, -18/+2571.Do a google search for your area and the term "catering services".
2.Call a few of these places, they will offer different services for different prices.
3.Find a time and decide on a menu.
4.They will send over an individual with the food ready to present.
5.Be sure to tip the caterer well if the service was to your liking.
A complete guide to setting up your own home server. - xptweakerntn, on 08/17/2008, -19/+138Insert Ubuntu Server edition, hit a couple buttons, wait 20 minutes, done!
- antoniuk, on 08/17/2008, -7/+101How is this front page material? Buried for poorly written crap from an inexperienced amateur
- vmos, on 08/17/2008, -0/+59There's nothing in this article that doesn't fall under the category of "no ***** sherlock" what about software? debian, slackware or windows (ahem) raid 1 or raid 5? what kind of drives are good for long term use? what about security? What are the options for administering it remotely.
HOW TO PLAY THE FLUTE
1: buy a flute
2: put the small hole near you mouth, blow into it
3: move your fingers up and down the flute in a rhythmic pattern - divRS, on 08/17/2008, -2/+57i actually logged in for the first time in months to bury this worthless crap. This is hardly a "complete" guide to doing more than getting an old computer and turning it on.
- doshindude, on 08/17/2008, -3/+45well played.
- aelias, on 08/17/2008, -4/+40Where is the server part again? There wasn't even a suggestion for an OS. Lame.
- inactive, on 08/17/2008, -0/+26"It'll also need to be plugged into an electric outlet."
So that's what I've been doing wrong. - Skunkhair, on 08/17/2008, -2/+28that was lame. xptweakerntn's comment was more useful than this article which gave you a shopping list of equipment. FAIL
- cliffzdude, on 08/17/2008, -1/+25The bad news is the article made it to the front page. Digg's previously Über-Geek user base is becoming less technology proficient.
- natenovs, on 08/17/2008, -0/+19more like
HOW TO PLAY THE FLUTE
1: buy a flute
2: make sure that it is a flute
3: play the flute - FetalSage, on 08/17/2008, -0/+16Article should be called "Some things to think about when wanting to get a home server"
- tastypastry, on 08/17/2008, -9/+24At least its technology related and not something completely stupid.
- inactive, on 08/17/2008, -1/+15Read the Terms of Service with your ISP. Some of these suggestions can get your Internet connection disconnected.
- hokie47, on 08/17/2008, -0/+11I build a server using old computer parts about twice a year and then after the fun of setting everything up I realize that no one could care what I have to say and I I move on to other projects until the server bug hits me again a few months later.
- kfsutops, on 08/17/2008, -0/+11Buried because I am just little bit more stupid since I read that crap.
- doshindude, on 08/17/2008, -1/+11Buried for not being a guide. All it told me was basically what I needed for a server, but most computer-savvy people already know this stuff.
- DangerCollie, on 08/17/2008, -0/+9I agree. No one could use that guide to set up a home server. There's nothing about how to set up users and shares, setting up a network printer or scanner. How does tripe like that make it on the front page?
- demonemo, on 08/17/2008, -3/+11Just did this with an old Dell XPST600 tower. Added a couple of 160 GB HD, extra memory, windows server 2003, software RAID(1) and tversity as the media server.
/done stroking myself - sega01, on 08/17/2008, -0/+8Age of computers has little to do with how good of a webserver they can make. Static files take little CPU time to serve, and a 486 can serve dynamic content if setup properly with a light scripting language for the pages ( http://digg.com/hardware/486_can_survive_the_Digg_ ... ). Reliability is usually a greater factor, but most of my current servers have parts in the 7-9 year old range and I have had minimal issues. I setup my first Linux server (Slackware) with Apache, PHP, ngircd, sendmail, and Mysql on a Pentium Pro (~9 years old at the time) when I was 13. I won't mention what I am doing now :-).
- jasmin888, on 08/17/2008, -4/+11That's a pretty stupid comment.
Burried - minideezel, on 08/17/2008, -0/+7your guide is much more complete, it tells you how to use it, this article doesn't mention any of the things required to get the server functional, but u can buy a computer and follow the guide, plug it in then just let it sit there.
- ChappyChaps11, on 08/17/2008, -0/+7Touche good sir.
- Fritzel, on 08/17/2008, -3/+10Burried for no reason, because just like you never tried the OS, I never read your comment.
- inactive, on 08/17/2008, -0/+7Frack! I will have to undigg this one (which is becoming a trend). I will have to stop digging stories that I want to save to read later.
- psaffire, on 08/17/2008, -1/+7lol
Buried has one 'r'. - Disfnord, on 08/17/2008, -1/+7Will the power a new pc saves you offset the energy required to dispose of your old computer and manufacture and ship your new one?
- jasmin888, on 08/17/2008, -2/+7Or get a qnap, insert a harddisk, plugin to your network spend 5 minutes going through the setup and you're all set.
Or if you are so inclined, Install debian on it:
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/orion/qnap/ts-109/ins ...
Don't use an old power hungry pc, get rid of it!! - sega01, on 08/17/2008, -0/+5I've hosted servers on two different "residential" connections with no problems. My 486 was dugg under my current residential line and I have not had any comments from my ISP (but their terms state that you cannot host a server, which is technically quite vague). I wouldn't worry about it.
- BetterOffEd, on 08/17/2008, -2/+7They have stories with women and sports and politics in them! This is *****! Boo!
- tcpip4lyfe, on 08/17/2008, -0/+5I'm sure he didn't buy 2003 Server.
- Books, on 08/17/2008, -0/+5That was a worthless read. I mean, he didn't even talk about setting anything up. I thought he would have explained some server tools I don't have, or some new techniques...but no, just useless.
- Nouman6, on 08/17/2008, -5/+10'collect and send e-mail messages' on a 'home' server?
That part seems a bit pointless to me. - mikelieman, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4In the Big Leagues, every computer is a server. That's what the whole P2P thing is predicated upon. If you can open a socket, you can serve content.
Windows sorta hides that from you. *nix platforms don't. It's all right there -- out of the box.
Now, THAT is Freedom and Liberty. - Archon810, on 08/17/2008, -0/+4This is so out of context.
- jowSithm, on 08/17/2008, -1/+5...how bout we get off our asses an find a new way to make electricity. Electricity is relatively easy to make, you just need to have something conductive moving through a magnetic field. ...hmm, lots of things move, and there are many sources of magnetic fields around. It doesn't even have to pollute!
...or we can just sit and whine about it, and continue to use the obsolete. - landrypants, on 08/18/2008, -3/+7Sites down already (only 400 diggs!), thanks for the copy/paste
- aznpwnzor, on 08/17/2008, -0/+4im pretty sure they realized
- conna, on 08/17/2008, -0/+4+1 for getting Slackware working back in the day.
- conna, on 08/17/2008, -0/+4Windows Home Server at its core is windows server 2003 plus some really cool tools.. For the price ($160) from newegg your get it. Just getting 2003 cost a few buck more ($650+). The WHS trial lasts 120 days. Not sure how I did it but my trial version still is running long after the trial period. It is suppose to run for an hour and shut off but it is staying up. I purchased it anyway because its how I do business. Point is, it is good software and a noob can set it up.
Of course you can do everything with alternative OS's but it comes down to personal preferences, time and money. - BlackCow, on 08/17/2008, -1/+4Don't forget forwarding ports!
- Rotzooi, on 08/17/2008, -1/+4I'll have to write a lifehacker.com about that, I'm sure it will hit the Digg FP in no time.
- gordigor, on 08/17/2008, -0/+3I know the article about is about open source, but Windows Home Server is an amazing product that you can get in cheaply.
Its based on Windows Server2003 so you can run anything you normally would. I run Sharepoint and IIS websites on it daily. - BlackCow, on 08/17/2008, -1/+4I went with Ubuntu. Although I use it mostly as a headless server I did install X-fce so I could have a user interface. I also have FTP, HTTP, but have SSH and a TeamSpeak server. Unfortunately they don't have a garry's mod server for Linux :-(
But anyway I would recommend people use Linux for their home server if not for security then for the educational value of learning Linux. - ryan83189, on 08/17/2008, -1/+3A complete guide to buying a computer, plugging it in and and turning it on. I would have guessed that It would at least show you how to set up a DNS to your computer, and how to SSH into it, but no, just that it should have fans, but not too loud. At least it has links on the bottom.
- naszaklasa, on 08/17/2008, -2/+4FritzelFritzel, If I haven't tried the OS I would not comment.
I love Ubuntu, I just don't like idea of automatic install of servers. Forums are filled with questions such as "where is my httpd.conf" or my.cnf. Those could be easily avoided.
.....and then users blame linux for not being secure. - BradMajors, on 08/17/2008, -1/+3Awful article.
He is discussing a "file server", there are other types of servers including: "media server", "print server", "web server", "CPU server". If someone wants a file server he would be better off buying a cheap NAS than following these instructions. - inactive, on 08/17/2008, -1/+3A noob wrote this article. It sounds more like a promotion for "OpenID" which is ***** too. I'm not going to take time to nit pick this dumb ass guide but... do your own research, don't use this pos.
- floort, on 08/17/2008, -1/+3Or the centos single disk server CD.
- blueplanet, on 08/17/2008, -1/+3Am I the only one that feels like I was just told what components are good for a home server, rather than how to get a server up and running?
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