Running Linux servers on Windows

In this column we have, for the most part, assumed that readers are using Windows for their home networking applications. Statistically speaking, most of you probably are. Unfortunately for Windows users, however, many of the very best home networking apps – particularly server apps – are only available on Linux or other flavours of Unix.

That’s not the end of the world, however. You can still run all those apps on Windows with just a little bit of effort, and this month we’re going to look at the basics of how you can do that. This will help us in future TechLife issues, where we’ll walk through setting up