Hehehe, one thing is having my own server (which I have, CUPS, LAMP, Samba) and another thing is using it outside my private home network.

Although I have LAMP and make my things locally I prefer to "outsource" my hosting to someone else.

There shouldn't be much to administer once you're done setting everything up. Worst case scenario (which was my case), you spend a day fiddling with the damn thing.

Then you stick it under your desk, and it purrs along forever.

There shouldn't be much to administer once you're done setting everything up. Worst case scenario (which was my case), you spend a day fiddling with the damn thing.

Then you stick it under your desk, and it purrs along forever.

I've been doing this for years. My home server is the dev machine. And changes go there first, once I'm happy with it (and the client approved it), I use source control to push out the changes to the production machines at a hosting company.

It's much faster to edit a file locally as opposed to over a network share (sshfs).

Obviously it's fun to run a server at home, sometimes. The question is whether or not there's something more fun. Or "better" for any definition of goodness you prefer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost

I, for one, remain fully satisfied with the time I spent installing Gentoo Linux.

The thing that concerns me more is the surface area into my home network.