Newbee for building a server

[Dingirxul]

I've been toying with the thought of building a server to act as a media server. Something that my friends and I can share movies/music/games. Secure login, easy data transfer. And I thought of maybe building an FTP server. This is a new venture for me, so I'm not sure where to start, what products to look at. I would like to build from scratch. Any guides, directions, tips........anything would be helpful. Thanks a bunch!!!!

DingirXul

"The Humble Improve......."

[Leszek]

It's not from scratch but it could help.
GeexBox (http://geexbox.org/en/index.html) has features You need.

[Dingirxul]

It's not from scratch but it could help.
GeexBox (http://geexbox.org/en/index.html) has features You need.


Thanks Leszek, Like I said any little bit helps, the more information that I can get on this that and the other then the better I would feel sifting through it all and making a better decision.

DingirXul

[falko]

These tutorials might help you:
FTP Server: http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_etch_virtual_hosting_pureftpd_mysql_quota
FLV Streaming Server: http://www.howtoforge.com/video_streaming_lighttpd_flowplayer