clipped from net.tutsplus.com How to Setup a Dedicated Web Server for Free All great websites have a great server behind them. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to set up a dedicated web server (with Apache, MySQL, and PHP) using that old computer you have lying around the house and some free software. A Quick Overview We're going to install the Ubuntu Server operating system. I commonly use Ubuntu because of its ease of use and simple administration. It also has a rather large and extremely active community behind it, which makes getting support a breeze. We're going to install an OpenSSH server. This allows you to administer your server from remote computers. A LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack is going to be installed. This provides the backbone that will run your web site. Apache is the industry standard web server on Unix-based operating systems; it's what most web hosts use (NETTUTS is using it right now!) and it's what we're going to use. We're going to install a firewall