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Rather than relying on a third party's Nas services, you can build your own. Mr Loreilhe followed our recent article and explains which products he found the best
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We commend the idea of taking the 'free' route but this calls for a plan of action. First you need to install an operating system - and we suggest using Ubuntu
This operating system is designed to run a home server
A convenient way to make best use of a new hard disk, or make a backup
The latest version of this free alternative to Windows has an improved interface
No need to worry about partitioning hard disks if you want to give the free operating system Ubuntu a go
If a laptop fails it should be possible to use the old recovery disc on a new PC
Recollecting Linus Torvalds's August 1991 newsgroup post: "I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional)"
This powerful British laptop could handle lots of programs running at once
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