Linux Home Server

max users for a linux (home pc) server?
Just would like to know whats the max users that can be connected to a home linux server running on a PII-PIII 333Mhz pc computer with about 500mb of ram. Using the xampp server? At the same time is what I'm asking.

If you are talking about the apache web server, the maximum number of users is normally controlled by the MaxClients setting in configuration file "apache.conf" "The MaxClients directive sets the limit on the number of simultaneous requests that can be supported; not more than this number of child server processes will be created. To configure more than 256 clients, you must edit the HARD_SERVER_LIMIT entry in httpd.h and recompile."

How To Set Up A Linux Home Media Server?
I have a P4 2.2ghz PC with a 300gb HD, and I want to install a distro of Linux that I can have connect to my home network so that I can have all my pictures and music on one computer, but be able to access them on my four Windows XP systems. I have very little previous experience with Linux. My network is wireless, but this computer will be wired to the router directly. I would like to have full access to these files, not just streaming capabilities, similar to the way you can share folders on the Windows Network.

Most linux distros include the samba/smb server, which is what windows networking/file sharing is. Below is a couple guides on doing this.

How do you set up linux hosting server at home?


You would need a static IP, so your IP won't change. It is ok if t is a dynamic IP, but you know exactly your current IP so you can access your server form other place. When you said a hosting server, do you mean the web server? If you do, then you can install Apache web server. Create your webpage, and you are done. You just type your IP from any computers in the world, it will display your web page. If you need a domain, you need to forward your domain to your IP.

What is the best Linux distro for a home web server?
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Any of the major distros would work perfectly fine. For most stuff I use Fedora. It has the largest driver DB of any distro, so usually if it won't run out of the box on Fedora it won't run out of the box on any distro. Fedora has a huge array of prebuilt packages, still far larger than #2 Ubuntu however Mandriva and SUSE and other RPM based distros usually can use most Fedora RPMs without problems. Ubuntu is likely the next easiest but forcing you to do post installs of KDE or Gnome depending on whether you use Ubuntu or Kbunutu is an insane annoyance. So too is coming only in a live CD. Today with increasingly tight caps on bandwidth, if you have 4 or 5 machines who wants to chew up the same bandwidth downloading the same files over and over again and Ubuntu is incapable of doing air gapped tasks because of it's live CD only policy. In terms of server specific distros CentOS is probably the best out there. It's not a great desktop distro. It's tuned for being a server. Try different distros, find the one that you like best and that works best on your hardware. I use Ubuntu on my laptops, Fedora on my desktops, CentOS on a couple machines I'm using as servers and I'm trying out various music studio distros for my recording box. A distro is only a short cut. Linux itself is the same. The distro just saves you time customizing and offers advantages like repositories of prebuilt packages and such. So you can tune and create a distro tailored to anything you could hope to do.

is there a program that I can run Linux Server in Windows Vista Home Premium?
I want a Linux Server for my home network. I want it to be able to share files, restrict web access, and create policies. I have a heavy laptop, so that it is stable so users can connect to it. I have 4 other computers, that I want to do the above. So, can I run a Linux Enviroment in a Windows OS? I'm download Cooperative Linux. If not, there is no program, I will install it on a unused system.

i think cygwin will work, i use it, but i am a newb to it, it takes a while to download, but it is worth the wait, when you install it on vista, at one point, it will stop installing, it will just stay the way it is, at that time, you have to go to go to the windows task manager and end a process, i dont know which one though, after you end the process, it will keep on installing, before it starts installing, it will ask you which things you want to install, make sure you click instal all, not anything else

Is there a way to block or limit torrents on a home linux network server?
Is there an easy way to block or limit torrent downloads on a linux network server? I've used Ubuntu on my personal computer and am thinking about setting up my old computer to be a file and network server. While doing so I would also like to solve a small issue I have. One of my roommates are always downloading torrents and using P2P networks. My only problem with this is that it slows down the internet when I need to get online. Is there an easy way to limit or block this so that everyone in the apartment can get online and not have to crawl from page to page? I'd also like the ability to block this in he event his downloading becomes an issue

What I'm not clear on is how the network is set up. Does your roommate connect *through* your linux box, or where is the common point? If it's a router that you own, and if it supports bandwidth throtting or policies, you should have no trouble doing this. If the linux box IS the router, then yes you can do this. I found a guide that describes it. It's not what most people would call simple, but then again, most people aren't linux users. I'm sure you'll have no trouble.

Best Linux Distro To Create Home Server (For SSH Proxy)?
The question pretty much says it all. I'm looking for any FREE linux distro that would be the best for use as my home server. Please list which one, why, and what models it would be typically good for. The computer it will be installed on is a 2003 desktop computer. More specs cannot be provided at the time. The one who properly states the pros and cons, as well as gives his own personal opinion will be given the best answer. -Thanks If possible, could you please specify which version (ie Gusty Gibbon 7.10) and whether or not I have to get a specific "server" version of the distro. Thanks. Much thanks to deverybest. Your answer is good. Mind if I mail you with further questions?

A few days ago I got a HP n6395 (laptop from 2001). It has a Pentium III, 256MB of RAM, 30GB HDD and half of the monitor is dead. I decided to use it as a server (what else?). The distro? Xubuntu. It is perfect because its system requirements are very low which means it will run smoothly on a lower-end computer and not hog too much of the system's power on a stronger machine. Unlike ubuntu, it does not have gnome display manager but Xfce. This is a disadvantage if you would like to use it with vnc (virtual network computing). But you can overcome this problem just by downloading the gnome display manager by typing sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and change session to gnome when you login. VNC is very useful for connecting to the computer and making changes using the graphical user interface. After installing Apache2 (sudo apt-get install apache2) and php (sudo apt-get install php5) the site worked perfectly. Xubuntu is a perfect solution because it is easy to use compared to other OSs, fast and safe thanks to the security updates. Email me if you have questions. I am not an expert but I can help.

How to set up a web server at home using DSL connection?
I have a LINUX server setup at home. The upstream of my DSL bandwidth is about 150kbps. I want to setup a web server at home. But sometimes the IP address is changing. How can we resolve this problem?

It will be slow and agonizing, the slow upstream. There are dynamic dns services you can subscribe to. I know they have them for windows os, so they might have a linux one too. However how it works is you pay like $20 a year and install their utility on your webserver. So the utility on your server will send an update like every hour to their dns server. It will update their dns to your new IP and your domain will continue to feed people to the right place. http://www.no-ip.com dynamicdns.com

What are the advantages of setting up a home server?
I have an 5 year old dell computer that nobody uses anymore. What would be the advantages of installing a ubuntu linux server on it?

depends on what you need it for. What do you plan on serving? and most likely since its just a home network the current OS (i assume windows XP) will do the same thing

How can I access my home server by the same IP or name?
I need to access my linux server which is behind a router by the same name or IP, both inside and outside my network. (Clients are mac/linux/win). Is VPN the only solution for this? I've tried the router/dyndns solution... but if i ping the dyndns IP (my router's ip) from *within* my network, it doesn't forward; it stops at my router.

Two steps: 1.) configure your router to allow access to the server by whichever service you need, e.g., http, ftp, smb, etc. 2.) Look into dyndns.org. It allows you to give a name to a non-static IP so you can access it from outside the router. There is also software available to automagically update the dyndns.org DNS servers if your home IP changes.