Wednesday, November 15, 2006
What I decided to do with Linux
So, its been a while...
I decided to go with Fedora Core on my work machine, and while it feels more polished than SUSE, I am still having a variety of troubles with it...like, I cannot get any of the special features to work, even though my hardware supports it. I guess I just haven't figured it out yet, but hay, I'm just learning.
Since I have started working with Linux at work, and getting to a point where I can use the 15 years knowledge I have of operating systems in general, I decided it was time to start migrating systems at home to some distro or another. First, I would like to set up a server.
Why?
Well, I am spending a lot of money on web hosting and email and internet access, etc. And I need to find a way to cut some costs. So, if I host all my stuff on my own machine, well, I save money...
I chose Fedora Core 5 for my server. I took my old Dell Precision 220, (Dual Proc PIII-733, 2 x 100 gb HDD, 512 RDRAM), and I turned it into a server. I will go into the setup later.
The whole idea is to make a machine that I can use to host my own services, save a little money, build my resume, learn something new, etc.
I was paying a good company $50 a month for email and web hosting of my 3 domains. This adds up quickly...$600 a year. But you cannot forget the costs of the internet connection itself, at $45 a month...or $540 a year. Over a $1000 a year for internet and services.
Now, sure, I would just use comcast, and have email and a personal page, and a blog, etc...most of the other types of services, and they can be had for free. But I run a home business, and I need a web page and domains and emails...
Well... now I have taken Linux, my old Dell, and set things up on it, and have Dynamic DNS for $75 a year...a savings of over $500.
Details to follow
I decided to go with Fedora Core on my work machine, and while it feels more polished than SUSE, I am still having a variety of troubles with it...like, I cannot get any of the special features to work, even though my hardware supports it. I guess I just haven't figured it out yet, but hay, I'm just learning.
Since I have started working with Linux at work, and getting to a point where I can use the 15 years knowledge I have of operating systems in general, I decided it was time to start migrating systems at home to some distro or another. First, I would like to set up a server.
Why?
Well, I am spending a lot of money on web hosting and email and internet access, etc. And I need to find a way to cut some costs. So, if I host all my stuff on my own machine, well, I save money...
I chose Fedora Core 5 for my server. I took my old Dell Precision 220, (Dual Proc PIII-733, 2 x 100 gb HDD, 512 RDRAM), and I turned it into a server. I will go into the setup later.
The whole idea is to make a machine that I can use to host my own services, save a little money, build my resume, learn something new, etc.
I was paying a good company $50 a month for email and web hosting of my 3 domains. This adds up quickly...$600 a year. But you cannot forget the costs of the internet connection itself, at $45 a month...or $540 a year. Over a $1000 a year for internet and services.
Now, sure, I would just use comcast, and have email and a personal page, and a blog, etc...most of the other types of services, and they can be had for free. But I run a home business, and I need a web page and domains and emails...
Well... now I have taken Linux, my old Dell, and set things up on it, and have Dynamic DNS for $75 a year...a savings of over $500.
Details to follow
