My #1 son and I are in mild disagreement. I've got an old Dell laptop (Latitude 26something) that I've put Xubuntu on and am re-purposing as a version control server (later internal web server for testing and probably Dirvish for, well, survival).
(And yes, using a laptop as a server has a number of strikes against it. But I don't care, because it cost us exactly $0 to put into service. We can get our feet wet with this without spending any capital, and if and when it seems necessary we can shell out some real dough for a real machine.) He's of the opinion that a laptop is gonna break if it's left on all the time. I'm of the opinion that it's going to be pretty less heavily loaded than if someone were using it (how much can a working household with three part-time developers load a server?), and besides it's been left on for days on end before now, so get outta the way kid and let me work! I've never tried this, so I have to admit that it's an either/or thing as far as I'm concerned. I'm interested if anyone has any direct experience, good or bad, with this. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
