WEBTREES ADD ONS PORTABLE

I even used one of them as my primary computer until I built my current desktop in about 2016. I purchased several of some six or seven years ago for about 40 bucks apiece in around 2013, when I sought to expand my side hustle of computer tutoring and consulting.

WEBTREES ADD ONS PORTABLE

These machines were quite the portable work horses when they were introduced in 2005. The machine I have chosen for this project is one of my old HP Compaq nc6230 laptops. A 15-year-old HP Compaq nc6230 will host my Webtrees website. Setting up a dedicated server machine is the wise thing to do. If I’m intentionally inviting strangers into a computer that I own, it’s better that it be a computer (a) that has no personally sensitive information on it, and (b) that I don’t rely on for other purposes in the event of a security attack that breaks functionality. Moreover, from a security perspective, exposing my main desktop to Internet traffic is unwise. I don’t want that thing running all the time. With an 8-core AMD processor and a GeForce GTX 960 graphics card, the machine draws a lot of power and its fans make a lot of noise.

I don’t know about yours, but my desktop computer is a bit of a beast, or at least is was when I built it some four years ago. While it is certainly possible to launch a web server from my regular desktop (and I have in fact done this), a better idea is to set up a machine dedicated to this purpose. Of course the first step in running Webtrees on a home server is to choose the machine and operating system. ⬅ Previous Post: 2020 Summer Project #1: ‘Webtrees’ on a Home Server

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