I have wanted to do this for a while...
But I access the Internet from a variety of locations, including at libraries and at school... and if I am at a friend's house and I want to show them something, or I need a file, I would want to be able to access my computer.
So what I desire is to be able to set up my computer as a server when I am gone. It only should be handling one request at a time, so it doesn't need to be very high-end... and mine is anything but high-end.
So here is what I have.
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @2.2GHz
200GB Barracuda 7200RPM HD
Partitions:
Windows XP Home SP3 (140GB)
Compaq Recovery Partition (50GB)
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty AMDx86_64 (10GB) (Desktop Edition)
I can resize the Recovery Partition down to about 20GB if need be, and I have about 25GB free on XP Home right now.
I don't mind getting a server edition and reloading Ubuntu in that mode... 32 bit or otherwise. I'm actually not liking 64-bit very much.
The basic features I want are:
Remote file access and browsing
VNC-like operation (remote access)
Utilization of internet resources w/o VNC use (proxy) with basic configuration on other computers... or used with a flash drive.
Those are the three things that are most important to me. I would appreciate any input on this. I know it is a big issue to tackle but I have a lot of confidence in these forums.
Thank you.
But I access the Internet from a variety of locations, including at libraries and at school... and if I am at a friend's house and I want to show them something, or I need a file, I would want to be able to access my computer.
So what I desire is to be able to set up my computer as a server when I am gone. It only should be handling one request at a time, so it doesn't need to be very high-end... and mine is anything but high-end.
So here is what I have.
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @2.2GHz
200GB Barracuda 7200RPM HD
Partitions:
Windows XP Home SP3 (140GB)
Compaq Recovery Partition (50GB)
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty AMDx86_64 (10GB) (Desktop Edition)
I can resize the Recovery Partition down to about 20GB if need be, and I have about 25GB free on XP Home right now.
I don't mind getting a server edition and reloading Ubuntu in that mode... 32 bit or otherwise. I'm actually not liking 64-bit very much.
The basic features I want are:
Remote file access and browsing
VNC-like operation (remote access)
Utilization of internet resources w/o VNC use (proxy) with basic configuration on other computers... or used with a flash drive.
Those are the three things that are most important to me. I would appreciate any input on this. I know it is a big issue to tackle but I have a lot of confidence in these forums.
Thank you.