It seems every time I do a Windows Home Server (WHS) post, the comments end up evolving/devolving into a debate over whether Linux or Windows is a better home-server platform. I decided to ask a ...

Last year whenever people asked me what to use when building a home server, I'd tell them to use Linux or FreeBSD because there was absolutely nothing from Microsoft under a few hundred dollars ...

Setting up a file server doesn't need to be complicated. With three desktop machines (Kubuntu, Win XP and a testbed, which is currently running ReactOS) and a laptop (Xubuntu) in use at home, our IT ...

Which is why I'm so worried about Excito's miniature Linux server; slightly larger than a 3.5-inch drive and capable of serving up mail, FTP, HTML, backups, streaming media and more, all its ...

When you’re running a home server or VPS, Docker is pretty great because you can add services without messing (too much) with the underlying system configuration. As we saw with Nextcloud though ...

Windows Home Server didn't take long, but Ubuntu was rewarding for the geeky hobbyist willing to experiment with the creations of the open-source community. Either way, we got a powerful, low-cost ...

Let's start at the beginning. What's a home server? A home server is a computer that is used to store all your personal media such as music, photographs, video, TV recordings and documents. It may ...

I use CrashPlan on my headless home Ubuntu server. There are ways to configure the CrashPlan Desktop software on one PC to connect to and manage the backup service on another machine, or it's even ...