Here’s the info on my server setup for those who are interested:
Hardware:
Dell Optiplex gx150 PIII 866MHz/256MB/40GB
network adapter: Atmel AT76503a-based USB WLAN adapter
Software:
OS: Windows Server 2003
web server: XAMPP. This package provides integrated Apache http server (2.2.0), php, mySQL, FTP, mail, and a bunch of other services.
CMS: textpattern. From what I’ve seen textpattern is quite a bit more robust and capable than WordPress, since it’s a complete CMS system instead of just a blogging tool.
remote administration: Remote Desktop. This allows me to access and administer my server remotely at school or elsewhere, which is really handy. It also lets me run my server without a monitor, keyboard, or mouse. For non-Windows machines I’m also set up with VNC Server but I don’t use VNC universally because it’s quite a bit slower than RD.
DNS: I don’t have a domain name yet (obviously). I’m planning on finding a DDNS service sometime in the next few days.
Let me know what you think.
