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Re:Ask HN: What to do with a spare linux box? by liangzan on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @09:01PM (#444207)
There're many things you can do with a spare linux box. I do keep a few 'project ideas' links just in case I got some spare time on hand.

Home file server with ZFS - http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/

Proxy Server - http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2008/10/0...

Map-Reduce fun with Hadoop - http://www.michael-noll.com/wiki/Running_Hadoop_On_Ubuntu_Li...

Donate bandwidth with a Tor Server - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/31/how-to-run-a-tor-serv...

More good ideas - http://www.dailycupoftech.com/2007/09/17/put-that-old-comput...

A Dial-In server - http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_dialin_server

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