Best server tools for Windows and Linux
Heres a list of great programs and tools to turn a home PC into a pro like server. I know must of you hate having a spare PC that takes up to much room . Meaning it''s a whole PC with monitor, keyboard and mouse. You can just use the PC it self and do away with the rest unless you have to config something that the programs im's going to list won't do the job.
Before I start listing off here I should tell you if your using a older PC say 166MHz or bellow you should use NT4 server or Linux. If you have 166MHz or more with over 64MB ram then use 2000 server/pro or Linux. Do not use XP since you won't beable to enjoy the eye candy with out the monitor and you know the old saying "more free resources are better then none". If you have a really kick ass system then try oiut Windows 2003 or some server distro of Linux. Ok enough blabing.
Windows
OpenSSH - This will let you control the Server by command prompt, enough to move files around, deleting files, starting and stoping services. It's freeware
Radmin - Lets you control the whole PC as if you were at the Server's keyboard. This is Comericalware
Sendmail for Windows - CGI like script or EXE that works as a SMTP. Costs money and hard to find a crack.
Blat - Works like sendmail but it's free.
Wget - A text based downloader that comes in handy with OpenSSH but also uses very little resources. This is also freeware.
MySQL - Great database server for PHP scripts or other. Do I say Freeware!
Apache/Apache2 - The best HTTPD server around and works great. Use Apache for NT4 and Apache2 for Win2k or higher. Freeware!
PERL - This is used for websites but also there are some great scripts that will let you use Administrive tools. Freeware!
CYGWIN - A Linux like suit that let you use many and wonderful Linux programs with out having Linux installed. Even lets you use X-Win with your fav window manager. It's Free
Webmin - Great configure tool that works though your web-browser. Need CYGWIN for this, FREE!
Helmet - Kinda like Webmin but works with just Windows. Comericalware.
PHP - Great for pro like websites. There are many great premade scripts like PHPbb and PHP-Nuke. Free!
BulletProof FTP - This FTP server seems to be the best for windows. It's also known as G6 FTP. Comericalware.
Serv-U FTP - A step lower then B-FTP but it gets the job done. Comericalware.
Heres the Linux list. Most distros already have most of theses.
Apache
MySQL
PERL
PHP
OpenSSH
VNC
Wget
SendMail
BLAT
Webmin
TCL
Before I start listing off here I should tell you if your using a older PC say 166MHz or bellow you should use NT4 server or Linux. If you have 166MHz or more with over 64MB ram then use 2000 server/pro or Linux. Do not use XP since you won't beable to enjoy the eye candy with out the monitor and you know the old saying "more free resources are better then none". If you have a really kick ass system then try oiut Windows 2003 or some server distro of Linux. Ok enough blabing.
Windows
OpenSSH - This will let you control the Server by command prompt, enough to move files around, deleting files, starting and stoping services. It's freeware
Radmin - Lets you control the whole PC as if you were at the Server's keyboard. This is Comericalware
Sendmail for Windows - CGI like script or EXE that works as a SMTP. Costs money and hard to find a crack.
Blat - Works like sendmail but it's free.
Wget - A text based downloader that comes in handy with OpenSSH but also uses very little resources. This is also freeware.
MySQL - Great database server for PHP scripts or other. Do I say Freeware!
Apache/Apache2 - The best HTTPD server around and works great. Use Apache for NT4 and Apache2 for Win2k or higher. Freeware!
PERL - This is used for websites but also there are some great scripts that will let you use Administrive tools. Freeware!
CYGWIN - A Linux like suit that let you use many and wonderful Linux programs with out having Linux installed. Even lets you use X-Win with your fav window manager. It's Free
Webmin - Great configure tool that works though your web-browser. Need CYGWIN for this, FREE!
Helmet - Kinda like Webmin but works with just Windows. Comericalware.
PHP - Great for pro like websites. There are many great premade scripts like PHPbb and PHP-Nuke. Free!
BulletProof FTP - This FTP server seems to be the best for windows. It's also known as G6 FTP. Comericalware.
Serv-U FTP - A step lower then B-FTP but it gets the job done. Comericalware.
Heres the Linux list. Most distros already have most of theses.
Apache
MySQL
PERL
PHP
OpenSSH
VNC
Wget
SendMail
BLAT
Webmin
TCL
Comments
That's my Windows solution. You could go with NetBSD or FreeBSD if you know what you're doing.
Abyss Web Server
PHP4
Serv-U FTP
ArgoSoft Mail Server
MySQL
SigFree
NT 4 always bombed out when i tried to install the network driver.
[Edit by Q: Merged accedental guest post and later ownership claim]
-Q