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Even better, but most people don't have Linux knowledge. Let's hope that this is not the case with Rick.

Rick,  if you ask my honest opinion...; consider a professional hosting company instead;

a) it's less expensive (especially Linux) (mine is about $80/year)

b) more secure

c) lots of extras that are easy to use

d) more bandwidth

e) free support

f) in general more reliable

g) general maintenance is done by the hosting company

etc.

And if you want to support our Canadian economy  ; http://www.monsterhosting.ca/

That's the one I use for almost a year now, highly recommended.

Need a domain name? Best place in my opinion; http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp (good and cheap)

Hey, but if you still want to set up a local server, no problem, just let us know if you have any more questions