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How can I turn my Windows XP into a Linux? Because I want to create a server? I need to turn my WIndows XP into a Linux, because I feel Linux are much better in many different ways. Can you show me the steps or have any tutorials that Ican follow, this needs to be truthful I WILL CHOOSE BEST ANSWER!

Is it possible to create a linux network that does most of everything a windows network can? For example I'm use to setting up networks in Windows using active directory and various other tools however I'm slowly trying to move towards linux. Right now I'm using ubuntu to play around and soon centOS. However I'm just curious if it is possible to set up ubuntu on all the client machines say 200 or so and have it communicate to a few linux servers running centOS or ubuntu server ect. If I do, could I do all of the same things as I could in windows via scripts if there is no main linux equivalent programs to do all that . ( i.e. manage users and computers remotely, some sort of active directory equivalent, lock out users, set policies, install software remotely, remote installs, ect.) Or is that not possible therefore probably why Windows is predominate in businesses? Just wondering. Where could I learn how to do all that in linux, any good tutorial sites? 10 points for best answer.

Linux Server? I am going to use a linux server for file storage, and as a Windows Logon Domain. Could anone suggest which version would be best suited. Also, i am not too good with the Linux commands, so if anyone knows a tutorial that would also be great!

Server OS with GUI ASAP? I need to build a home server that is free and can handle all of this and is fairly easy to setup. Web Server (for use with Adobe CS5 for school) File Server (Windows, Linux, & Mac OS's) Active Directory (or equivalent. Prefer to be able to use CAC or SmartCard Technology but not necessary) Print Server ( I have two USB printers: a Lexmark and an HP.) FTP Server (For school/work) SQL Server (for use with adobe CS5 and some Microsoft and database applications) VPN (For connecting from work or school to my home server) Past that room to expand in the future would be great but not necessary. I would like to be able to use all of the storage space as 1 drive as to make the shares a little bit easier. The specs of the machine are: 3- 1TB hard drives 1- 500GB Hard drive AMD Athlon X4 3.20 GHz Quad Core CPU 4GB DDR2 RAM All help is greatly appreciated. Any links to downloads and tutorials would be amazing! Thank You Everyone!

What is/are best options/technologies to be use in virtualization in a Debian HEADLESS Server? Okay, The main purpose is to LEARN about virtualization and play around with it. However,I have a problem of determining which is best for a HEADLESS server. I want to run several Linux distributions as guests and of cause Windows guests as well. On a Side Note: This is not the first time I am going use virtualization. For more than 3 years I have been using VMWare Workstation and VirtualBox to run guest VMs However, now I want to run VMs/VEs in a headless server as they do in industry. I know, in industry there are lot of advanced technologies are being used but, still I want to try them in SMALL-SCALE. As I mentioned before, this is purely for educational purposes. If you're wondering what kind of system that I am going to use as my host, here are some details: Intel processor that supports hardware virtualization (Intel-VT) 8GB RAM More than enough Hard disk space (~1TB) THEREFORE, CAN YOU GUYS GIVE SOME SUGGESTIONS / LINKS TO TUTORIALS etc. Your ideas/help is very much appreciated. Thank you in advanced. P.S. I installed VMWare vSphere Hypervisor on my "host" and later noticed that it uses just over 1GB of my RAM just to run hypervisor. It is not an efficient solution for me because I have only 8GB RAM in my machine. Typical Linux Headless server only uses ~300MB RAM just to run. So, I prefer Linux Server. In fact I love FOSS :) :)

I need a guide/tutorial on how to set up a home web server on Ubuntu [Apache]? I've set up Apache servers with Windows before, but I'm kind of a Linux noob and I want to set up a home** Webserver with Ubuntu, running Apache. I also need to know how to assign a domain name to that server. Any links or help?

Can't send packets from my network across school's router? I am setting up a small network to resemble a demo corporate network, and it all will run through a linux or windows server (whichever one ends up having easier tools) acting as a router and firewall. The problem is that the school's network won't "know" about the network, and therefore has no idea what to do with the packets that have the networks addresses on them. So, I guess what I need to do is set up a proxy at the segment of the network where it attaches to the school's network, so I can connect my little network to the internet. What OS and programs should I use to accomplish this? Do you know of any tutorials to do it? Thanks!

Help with Linux DHCP? I have a Fiber to the Home (business class routerless) connection with a static IP. We have primarily mac's and a few windows pc's. When we disconnect the router and reconnect it it hands out leases but after that it requires a reboot to get addresses again. they were using a valet. I suggested a cisco E3000 and it was doing the same as well. we reverted to an old belkin and it worked for two days then started doing that as well. so we moved back to the E3000. we wanted the E3000 for the gig ports and N functionality. The only other thing i know to do is setup a linux dhcp server. I dont think it would be hard following a tutorial online and i have experience with linux servers but I guess what i would do and specify the dhcp server in the router to point to the server so that users would get leases through the router. This is a church and we have a lobby where we want users to be able to get on but not use the main office wireless so i was thinking of plugging the belkin into the lan ports on the main router and then assign the belkin a static ip on a diferent subnet to block them from accessing the office share and turn off dhcp and let the linux box handle thos leases. If i do that how would i go about configuring all of this. The lease time is set to 240 minutes on the private addresses Also ive researched this and it seems to be a known issue with this whole line of cisco routers hence the reason going a different route with the solution

I want to build a server, File Sharing, Web Hosting with MySQL and the whole works, and Email Hosting.? I have a Old Laptop. It is great for a server. I'm going to add on a Hard drive(external) to make it hold a lot more. I don't know what is the best for me. Can I leave the OS Windows Xp Home as it is, or should I upgrade to a Linux Server OS? What should I upgrade it to? Also, I want to be able to host a website. I want it to have the whole works. PHP, MySQL, Java etc etc. Do I Google it and just install it? I want everything to not cost anything. I know MySQL is free, and some other stuff; but how do I get domains like Yourname.com or whateveryouwanthere.org? Is there a Tutorial on this? A video will work too. I'm a visual learner, so reading text can be a challenge for me. LOL Appreciate the help. Thanks, Billy How do Website Hosting companys sell Domain Names. I want to sell domain names. I don't want a domain name for 1 website. i wanna create a little Website Hosting company. So, how does maxcompute.com sell domain names? Do they host domain names? I know what I want to say, but I can word it right. But, does anyone know what I'm trying to say? How do I sell domain names? Do I purchase 1000 from maxcompute.com? And sell them as people buy them? See what im trying to say?

Running Samba on Debian Linux? I am attempting to set up an old Pentium III machine as a file server for my Windows home network. I do not want to pay Microsoft for a Windows Server license for a 9 year old machine, so I decided to try a Debian server. I set up Samba, and edited the smb.conf file to include the correct workgroup info. There is no domain controller. The workgroup computers (2 Vista, 1 XP) can see the Samba server, but when I attempt to look at the shares hosted on the server, it prompts me for a username/password. I've tried every username on the server and none will go through. What should I do to get this resolved? Links to any relevant tutorials would be much appreciated; I can't find any that walk me through how to set up the server without being connected to a domain controller.

Is there a tutorial about how I can program a service that listens for queries on a specific port in C#? I'm thinking something like a database service, which listens to queries on its port, then returns the results of these queries to its client. It would be best if the tutorial (or your answer) showed only how to receive queries, and send responses. No need for the client code - I've built one on Linux and now I want to establish a communication with the server on Windows - although I won't mind if there is a client as well. So, a simple "hello world" server would suffice - just to receive some data (request) and maybe put it in a text box or something, and send something (response) back. Nothing too fancy. Thanks. In light of the answer I got, this application must run in the background as a service. Sorry if I forgot to mention that. So, are there any other considerations I must have in mind in addition to what the person who answered first said?

How do i set up a Web / File / Printer Server? Here's the hardware: - Core2Duo Pc with 2 SATA HD in RAID mode - Wireless N Router + Access Point - USB Printer OS and software: - Xubuntu Linux I don't want the server to have an internet connection. It will be a home Intranet server. There will be 2 or 3 pcs connecting to it via the wireless router. I need it as a file storage and it will host a php based software supported by a classic AMP config. A usb printer is connected to the server and will be shared by the 3 computers. My major concern is about the printer server, cause i've searched the web and just found tutorials starting from a router or switch with a built in printer server and most of them based on windows platform. Any idea?

Can someone help me setup a mail server? Hi guys, I have some free time on my hand so I'm trying different stuff out, yesterday I created a secure FTP server...and today I would like to create an email server... it's just a test so nothing big just a hanful of users and I would like to be able to access it via the web also... I'm running under Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu 7.10... Could anyone help me with a tutorial for both OS... Another question is do you have to have your own DNS or website... since it's just a test.. any free alternatives?

I want to make my own webserver? How would I approach this? I have a spare desktop, And I just want to get a webserver so I can have complete control over my website and webserver ect... and I don't like my webhost.... So, how would I approach this, any tutorials? What OS should I use? I saw one tutorial for ubuntu web server, but the whole operating system was a black screen with code. I actually want a visual OS like the regular ubuntu and windows. But if there isn't im fine with it. I heard Linux servers were the best? So I would like to hear about that and if anyone has any tutorials, experience, recommendation...ect. Ty (:

How can I set up my Ubuntu computer as a web server? My computer was originally built for Windows XP, then I replaced it with Ubuntu about 6-8 years later (today actually.) I've basically decided to turn it into a server, I already use it for Minecraft. How would I set it up as a web server? I'm told I need some specific programs to run different web files, such as sql, mysql, http, php, and other files. I have experience running a website on a Linux OS, but I haven't set one up before. Detailed tutorials or "how to" links are appreciated.

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Home Servers? I want to host pretty much a storage space for stuff for my website... i have a computer i could use as a server. I would like to use a linux OS... how would i do that? any one know of any good tutorials? and i would also like to use this as a place to back up my and run my home network.. could i do this too? and still use linux and would the linux net work be compatible with both windows and mac?

How can i use my old PC as an External backup solution for my mac? I would like to use an old pc with multiple SATA drives in as a backup solution for my mac. i want to be able to press a power button wait a moment and then connect my macbook to it and store files. i dont want to have a monitor or keyboard on it (after ive set it up of course). This would be best done as a network server like thing. I was wondering about using ubuntu and making into a server like according to: http://www.techenclave.com/guides-and-tutorials/how-build-low-cost-linux-home-102018.html i dont really want to do it like that (as a lot can go wrong). i also suspect that that wouldnt be compatible with os x. This is an extremely confusing question and i would be very glad if someone could try and decipher my madness and think of an easy solution. NOTE: i am not meaning to do the same job as an external HD, i am wanting an ARRAY of SATA drives, accessible via router (ethernet/wireless) or firewire (or USB, but i doubt thats possible). My specs are: Macbook 2.0 ghz 10.5.8, homebuilt pc, with dual ethernet and SATA RAID windows 7. i also own a copy of all recent ubuntu/kubuntu. Thank you very much, i dont expect anyone to be able to answer this question

Frontend/gui for apache? I use IIS on win xp and i am trying out Ubuntu? I hear that the preferred web server for linux distros is Apache. I have installed Apache but i can't find any thing that remotely resembles the IIS control tool that is in windows? I am wondering if such a thing exists and if it does, what is it called so that i can download it? Or is it just better form me to study and try to learn the httpd.conf files? If so, which website has an easy tutorial?

command questions... $ commands? I am a 1st year computer engineer at university and I am at my job. I have many new things I am learning and job is nothing like the programming we did in class....im feelin really frustrated..Ive been trying to setup a LAMP and such and they always give you lines of code in the tutorial such as the ones below for some other codes and I have no idea what they are talking about or where I am suppose to type these....I am so depressed because its making no sense to me and I am trying my best here...Ive never setup a LAMP before or worked with command propmt etc...I have Cygwin on the computer and well...everyones typing up commands and all I know is "is -al" command...or atleast I think thats what it was....shows u all the files in the directory....and I know cd which goes to a specific folder...other than that im clueless as to where I type those lines they are giving me....what software etc...I am following a tutorial but I dont know where to type these....on my computer I have windows and a virtual machine with Linux Ubuntu....I am really trying hard to do a good job here but ive never worked with apache or ruby gems or oracle or mySQL OR puTTY OR Cygwin .. Is there any hope for me.... To install the current version of the Apache web server (in the 2.x series) on an Ubuntu system use the following command: apt-get install apache2 $ gem install rubygems-update # again, might need to be admin/root $ update_rubygems Make sure your package repositories and installed programs are up to date by issuing the following commands: apt-get update apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded $ tar xzf project.tar.gz $ cd project $ git init

Was this a virus? ? Hi, I hardcode my dns servers to 68.9.16.25 and 68.9.16.30 but nowadays whenever i change them to that (they reset) they reset to 85.255.___.___ (dont know the last two). I looked around for crap in my registry's startup key and it had C:\Windows\system32\kdeff.exe. I figured out it was a virus by killing the key and it came back. eventually I booted into linux and destroyed the file but I want to know, well, what the #&@$ it was. I googled "kdeff.exe" but all it came up with was a tutorial on how to uninstall "porno player". I don't watch porn. What's up?

command questions... $ commands? I am a 1st year computer engineer at university and I am at my job. I have many new things I am learning and job is nothing like the programming we did in class....im feelin really frustrated..Ive been trying to setup a LAMP and such and they always give you lines of code in the tutorial such as the ones below for some other codes and I have no idea what they are talking about or where I am suppose to type these....I am so depressed because its making no sense to me and I am trying my best here...Ive never setup a LAMP before or worked with command propmt etc...I have Cygwin on the computer and well...everyones typing up commands and all I know is "is -al" command...or atleast I think thats what it was....shows u all the files in the directory....and I know cd which goes to a specific folder...other than that im clueless as to where I type those lines they are giving me....what software etc...I am following a tutorial but I dont know where to type these....on my computer I have windows and a virtual machine with Linux Ubuntu....I am really trying hard to do a good job here but ive never worked with apache or ruby gems or oracle or mySQL OR puTTY OR Cygwin .. Is there any hope for me.... To install the current version of the Apache web server (in the 2.x series) on an Ubuntu system use the following command: apt-get install apache2 $ gem install rubygems-update # again, might need to be admin/root $ update_rubygems Make sure your package repositories and installed programs are up to date by issuing the following commands: apt-get update apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded $ tar xzf project.tar.gz $ cd project $ git init

How to set up a proxy server? I run my own proxy server but I never good at explaining how to use it.Is their any pdf files or website that explains how to use proxy servers in IE, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome. If possible I would like tutorials for Windows, Mac, and Linux. If you don't know I am not talking about a php-proxy.

command questions... $ commands? I am a 1st year computer engineer at university and I am at my job. I have many new things I am learning and job is nothing like the programming we did in class....im feelin really frustrated..Ive been trying to setup a LAMP and such and they always give you lines of code in the tutorial such as the ones below for some other codes and I have no idea what they are talking about or where I am suppose to type these....I am so depressed because its making no sense to me and I am trying my best here...Ive never setup a LAMP before or worked with command propmt etc...I have Cygwin on the computer and well...everyones typing up commands and all I know is "is -al" command...or atleast I think thats what it was....shows u all the files in the directory....and I know cd which goes to a specific folder...other than that im clueless as to where I type those lines they are giving me....what software etc...I am following a tutorial but I dont know where to type these....on my computer I have windows and a virtual machine with Linux Ubuntu....I am really trying hard to do a good job here but ive never worked with apache or ruby gems or oracle or mySQL OR puTTY OR Cygwin .. Is there any hope for me.... To install the current version of the Apache web server (in the 2.x series) on an Ubuntu system use the following command: apt-get install apache2 $ gem install rubygems-update # again, might need to be admin/root $ update_rubygems Make sure your package repositories and installed programs are up to date by issuing the following commands: apt-get update apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded $ tar xzf project.tar.gz $ cd project $ git init

Does anyone here know of any good Winsock tutorials? So.. I've found, like, billions of things for socket programming with Linux, but aside from creating a simple client/server, I've found nothing for Windows. Primarily, does anyone know of anywhere, if anything has information on multi-client servers (forgot what those are called) and/or raw packet creation? So little information seems to be provided on Winsock that it took me months to get a simple Client/Server working, and I've been searching for over a month for a multi-client server, and merely a week for the raw packet creation/sending of. So... does anyone happen to have an answer? (it seems my questions tend to never get good answers >.<) Please?? O.o