Submitted by Ryan Zook on Sat, 05/03/2014 - 11:25
At some point a web hobbyist or developer needs to upgrade from shared hosting to a virtual private server (VPS). For a Windows guy, the learning curve can be steep. Starting at home with VirtualBox can provide the experiences of running a VPS without the upfront cost or the security liability of a publicly-available server.
Here's how to set up your own Linux server at home, without adding any hardware.