Hardware
I've currently got a Windows home network, run through a Zoom Modem / Router, with two increasingly old PC's linked. The oldest is an old Dell Pentium 2.4Ghz, 2 GB of RAM. Not the best, but it'll do as a host for the database, build system and application servers.
The other is slightly better HP xw4300 Workstation, 3.2Ghz Pentium D with 3GB of RAM. This is the development machine, but also remains the family PC.
Right now, I don't really want to spend any more money on hardware, so options like more RAM, SSD's etc are out, never mind getting new PC's. Besides, what I've got might not be shiny, but it'll meet my needs for now. Maybe later or if a windfall comes along, but right now I can't justify that to the other half.
OS : Linux or Windows ?
I've done some Unix before, not much in the last few years, and we're using Linux at work at the moment. I know I could do Linux VM's, but, improving my Linux isn't really an immediate concern, and it'll just slow me down for a while. I'll take the easy option and stick with Windows on both. I'll come back to this later, maybe near the project end, and migrate the server to a Linux distro - no idea which one at this stage.
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