After much waiting, the server is finally upgraded. Goodbye AMD 350, hello Athlon 900. In the process I also picked up some much needed hard disk space. I also took the opportunity to switch to a “Sarge”-based Debian install. Sarge is nice because it has a lot of newer software packages that Woody doesn’t (python2.3 and scponly, for instance). It’s a little annoying that Debian seems so far behind the curve in keeping packages up to date on the stable branch, but then again I’ve never had a machine running “stable” crash on me.
So what am I going to do with all the new horsepower and disk space? I’ll tell you:
- Play with Python. Lots and lots of Python. I’m currently messing with mod_python. It’s a lot of fun, everyone should check it out.
- Set up my music repository. After many failed attempts, I think I’ve finally got the necessary pieces to make this happen. In the past I’ve usually been short on disk space to pull this off.
- Host a domain. Eventually I’ll come up with my clever and catchy domain name and host it on this box.
- Whatever else I want. It’s a UNIX box and it’s mine, so I can really do just about anything I put my mind and effort to.