Build your own server

From Lothar:

Have you wanted a full-functionality web-server, media host,
bit-torrent client and NAS box, all fully remote-controlled? Want to
build it out of spare parts? Well then…

Bit Tech

In addition to that, he wanted it to run headless, thus requiring a remote administration. Also, a web-based P2P solution was offered to run on the box, so that you can shut down your power hungry workstation, and leave the downloading for the economic box. And to finish things up, I’ll briefly touch the area of scripting. Scripting is the edge that Linux has to offer over Windows – Mac users will know of it a bit if you are familiar with Automator. Most tasks can be automated through scripts – a (lesser) known saying in the Linux world goes: “If you need to do something more than 3 times, you should write a script for it."