Comments on: Build Your Own Server

By: origiNell

origiNell — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:21:14 +0000

Also a nice solution to quickly set up a server is “amahi”. Nice piece of software which runs on Fedora. Simply google it, should be the first hit. They also offer a free dns service for your box then.. But if you like to do things your own and keep it rather simple: nice guide!

By: Marco Pivetta

Marco Pivetta — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:51:13 +0000

Nice tutorial: easy, clean and simple to remember.
Anyway, I still have to remind everybody that “Ubuntu” means “I'm not able to setup Debian”
It's not a bad distro, but it is surely better when working with GUIs. Ubuntu Server should fit way better to a fileserver, also if it's still too much if you don't need to work in a cloud.
Thank you anyway It's a great job and it will help many people getting them closer to the linux world

By: Kevin Oh!

Kevin Oh! — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:45:53 +0000

Probably the simplest, clearest set of instructions for anything I have ever seen.

Now, can you do something like this for another difficult topic? Like, say… getting a matching pair of socks out of the dryer.

By: Clain

Clain — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:04:41 +0000

Bloody fool DAN Dart.. This tutorial is for novice guys… we are not going to set up gamil or rapidshare.. its a simple file sharing…. for that we do not need a server OS…. he he he

By: divyamistry

divyamistry — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:45:27 +0000

Love it! Now this is a tutorial I can forward to my friends-n-family. Not only that… I am also glad it's not a “Slide Show” type click tutorial. Thank you for that as well!

By: ageoflightwaves

ageoflightwaves — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:27:25 +0000

And that's the reason kids, why you need an computer scientist to configure your server.
Please think about these facts:
1. Use Debian (30 minutes)
2. Learn all about configuration files and use them(3 to 8 weeks)
3. Close ports (1 hour)
4. Change most used ports (20 minutes)
5. Test your system (4 hours)

By: Christian Jessen

Christian Jessen — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:08:43 +0000

I really love this icons, makes it so easy to understand the simplicity of setting up a simple file server.

By: Matthew Yuan

Matthew Yuan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:25:21 +0000

I like these icon. Would you please tell me what tool is it. Thanks

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:05:38 +0000

Yep, that's what Samba is for.

By: Lance

Lance — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:31:14 +0000

This is a nice and simple layout of something that can be intimidating to many. However, I do agree with Dan Dart that installing a distro meant for a desktop with a GUI is pointless, especially for a headless server. I’ve used Debian (which Ubuntu is based on) which has the GUI or NO GUI options.

Otherwise, I like your approach here, very straightforward.