so, you want to run a webserver (for your home network, or as a base to develop websites before uploading them live to the internet) there are two choices. IIS which is microsoft's webserver and costs a lot of money or apache, which is an opensource webserver that runs the majority of the internets websites.
id go with apache =) you can install apache on windows, linux, AIX, solaris, playstation, anything that has a C compiler =)
apache.org is the place to go to findout all the information you need to know, however i would suggest using an old machine and installing ubuntu (or debian linux) on it as its the easiest to maintain with an apache webserver.
also LAMP (linux, apache, mysql and php) is the basis for most jobs that you will get as a freelance web developer as hosting with these services is very cheap, so most companies tend to go with that.
so, you want to run a webserver (for your home network, or as a base to develop websites before uploading them live to the internet)
there are two choices.
IIS which is microsoft's webserver and costs a lot of money
or apache, which is an opensource webserver that runs the majority of the internets websites.
id go with apache =)
you can install apache on windows, linux, AIX, solaris, playstation, anything that has a C compiler =)
apache.org is the place to go to findout all the information you need to know, however i would suggest using an old machine and installing ubuntu (or debian linux) on it as its the easiest to maintain with an apache webserver.
also LAMP (linux, apache, mysql and php) is the basis for most jobs that you will get as a freelance web developer as hosting with these services is very cheap, so most companies tend to go with that.