Home Webserver Help Needed
I've been running a small website for about a year now that is hosted on a professional server that I have to pay for. The use of the website has been dwindling for some time and it now mostly used to host photos and share them with family and friends. Also, I use it to store files when I need access to them from multiple locations. I would really like to be able to run a web server in my house and have complete control over it and not have to pay for anything other than a domain name.
The problem is that I don't really know where to start. I have some experience with Appache, SQL and PHP, but most of it was done on a Windows box. Also I have no idea how to actually make my computer visible to the outside world, while at the same time keeping the rest of my computers safe.
If anyone has any suggestions on where to go for information (books to buy, tutorials to read) I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
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