On 17 December 2010 15:55, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > Hullo! > > I'm installing a little Ubuntu server for home. (AMD 1.3GHz CPU, 1GB > RAM, 160GB disk, low power, low noise) > > One of these things:- > > http://popey.me/dNBjHT > > (112 quid once you get the cash back) > > Anyway, I was thinking of making it a little "home office" server with > a few roles (listed below). It's for play initially, imagine an office > of 5 people or so, doing typical file etc sharing, but as it's in the > home, maybe chuck a couple of fun things on there too. > > I have some idea what I'd use, but wonder what selections people would > make, and maybe what additional things you'd do with such a box? I > don't want to get into religious debates about which mail server is > best, just what you'd choose and maybe why. > > I'm thinking of probably doing a very basic Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS > install and trying to use packages from the repositories, but happy to > use 3rd party repos, or PPAs, compiling from source is not an > attractive proposition to me :) > > Mailserver:- Postfix > Webmail:- Roundcube webmail > File sharing:- SAMBA (with some config fu) > Webcam monitor:- Webcam (part of xawtv) > Media server (music/photo/video):- ??? > VOIP server:- ???
XMPP server:- Prosody :) Why: Local secure IM and chatrooms, with various fun features. Caching APT proxy:- ??? I haven't tried this, but given that I have bandwidth caps and several Ubuntu PCs I'd probably look into this if I had a server running 24/7. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
